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The Undergraduate Calendar

 

 

Environment Academic Plans

Geography and Environmental Management

Three-Year General Geography and Environmental Management

Year One

  • GEOG 100 On Becoming a Geographer
  • GEOG 101 Human Geographies: People, Space and Change
  • GEOG 102 Global Environmental Systems: Processes and Change
  • GEOG 181 Designing Effective Maps
  • One of:
  • Electives totaling 2.5 units

Total of 5.0 units


Year Two

  • Six of:
    • GEOG 202 Geography of the Global Economy
    • GEOG 203 Environment and Development in a Global Perspective
    • GEOG 205 Principles of Geomorphology
    • GEOG 207 Climate Change Fundamentals
    • GEOG 209 Hydroclimatology
    • GEOG 271 Earth from Space Using Remote Sensing
    • GEOG 281 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Electives totaling 2.0 units

Total of 5.0 units


Year Three

  • 200-level or higher GEOG course (0.5 unit)
  • 300-level or higher GEOG courses (1.0 unit)
  • Electives totaling 3.5 units to fulfil degree requirements (see Note 1)

Total of 5.0 units


Notes

  1. Minimum Required Units
    • Total: 15.0 units
    • Core requirements: 7.0 units
    • Minimum units at or above 200-level: 8.5 units
  2. Average Requirements
    • Minimum cumulative major average of 65% (all ENVS and GEOG courses); and
    • minimum cumulative overall average of 60% (all courses).
  3. Per Term Course Load Allowance
    No more than 2.5 units may be taken in a term without the approval of the associate chair, undergraduate studies, Geography and Environmental Management. Normally, approval for a sixth 0.5 unit will be considered only if the cumulative major average is 78% or higher.
  4. General Information Applicable to all Faculty of Environment Plans

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