Advisors: See Faculty of Environment undergraduate advising.
Honours Geography and Aviation is available in the regular stream of study only.
Continuing in Honours Geography and Aviation requires a minimum cumulative overall average of 65% (all courses) and a minimum cumulative major average of 70% (all AVIA, ENVS, and GEOG courses). All Professional Pilot Program course benchmarks must be achieved.
The Professional Pilot Program courses offered through the Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre (WWFC), AVIA 101, AVIA 102, AVIA 203, AVIA 204, AVIA 205, AVIA 306, AVIA 307, and AVIA 408, are not used in cumulative major and overall average calculations and will not count towards any other University of Waterloo program requirement. Grading is Credit (CR) or No Credit (NCR). Students are expected to maintain passing grades (70%) in all WWFC flight components. Students may be allowed to achieve this by using a "competency-based" approach, so long as they achieve the established benchmarks on time.
For an overview of the career and academic objectives see the Department of Geography and Environmental Management website. For more information on the aviation requirements, see the Aviation website.
Recommended course sequencing is available on the Geography and Aviation website.
Successful completion requires:
- 15.0 units distributed as follows:
- AVIA 100 Introduction to Aviation
- AVIA 310 Human Factors in Aviation
- AVIA 417 Aviation Safety
- CS 100 Introduction to Computing Through Applications
- One of:
- ENVS 178 Environmental Applications of Data Management and Statistics
- ENVS 278 Applied Statistics for Environmental Research
- GEOG 101 Human Geographies: People, Space and Change
- GEOG 102 Global Environmental Systems: Processes and Change
- GEOG 181 Designing Effective Maps
- One of (Economy and Society theme):
- GEOG 202 Geography of the Global Economy
- GEOG 203 Environment and Development in a Global Perspective
- One of (Earth Systems Science theme):
- GEOG 271 Earth from Space Using Remote Sensing
- GEOG 281/PLAN 281 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- One of:
- GEOG 293 Approaches to Research in Human Geography
- GEOG 294 Approaches to Research in Physical Geography
- GEOG 309 Physical Climatology
- One of:
- One of:
- 4.0 units: GEOG courses
- 0.5 unit: at or above 200-level
- 1.0 unit: at or above 300-level
- 2.5 units: at 400-level
- 2.0 units: Elective
- 5.0 units: Professional Pilot Courses (see 4, 5, and 6: additional conditions)
- AVIA 101 Professional Pilot Program Course 1 (0.75 unit)
- AVIA 102 Professional Pilot Program Course 2
- AVIA 203 Professional Pilot Program Course 3
- AVIA 204 Professional Pilot Program Course 4 (0.75 unit)
- AVIA 205 Professional Pilot Program Course 5
- AVIA 306 Professional Pilot Program Course 6 (0.75 unit)
- AVIA 307 Professional Pilot Program Course 7 (0.75 unit)
- AVIA 408 Professional Pilot Program Course 8
Additional conditions:
- If a minimum grade of 65% is achieved in EMLS 129R/ENGL 129R or ENGL 109, the Undergraduate Communication Requirement (UCR) milestone will be granted. If the minimum grade is not met, review the Overview of Academic Plan Requirements page and contact the Geography and Aviation academic advisor.
- The Environment Academic Regulations section of this Calendar contains information, regulations, and requirements pertaining to undergraduate studies within the Faculty. It is students' responsibility to familiarize themselves with the content of this section.
- Geography and Aviation students are required to have at least 13.5 units at or above 200-level to meet Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES) degree requirements.
- Professional Pilot Program courses may take place during the spring term.
- All costs associated with the Professional Pilot Program courses are paid directly to the Waterloo-Wellington Flight Centre (WWFC).
- Transfer consideration of previous flight training or Professional Pilot Program courses will be at the discretion of the Waterloo-Wellington Flight Centre (WWFC) and not determined by the University of Waterloo.
Students can be granted advanced credits up to and including a Private Pilot Licence. Program hours will be granted up to licence sign off and the remaining hours will be logged as career, not program hours. Students are not accepted past the Private Pilot Licence or if they have acquired a Night Rating. Students entering the program with a Private Licence will be required to attend WWFC's Flight Management Basic Courses as a review. Students who apply with the flight qualifications that meet the standards set by WWFC are eligible for the BES degree upon successful completion of the plan curriculum and transfer of credit for the flight courses.
- Up to three independent study GEOG 475 or AVIA 475 courses may be taken.