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Geography and Environmental Management

Specializations for Geography and Environmental Management

Advisors: See Faculty of Environment undergraduate advising.  

Students majoring in Honours Geography and Environmental Management or who are pursuing a Geography and Environmental Management joint plan, may choose to graduate with one of the following specializations. Upper-year courses may not be taken without the appropriate prerequisites. It is recommended that students declare the addition of a specialization as early as possible by submitting a Plan Modification Form.


Aviation Specialization

The Aviation Specialization is also available to Three-Year General Geography and Environmental Management students.

Successful completion requires:

  1. 5.5 units distributed as follows:

Additional condition:

Up to 1.0 unit may be granted towards the 3.0 units requirement (not including the capstone course requirement) based on prior successful completion of Professional Pilot Program courses, or if a student has held a Transport Canada Private Pilot Licence. Proof of Transport Canada Private Pilot Licence must be provided and approved by the aviation program manager prior to declaring this Specialization.


Climate Change and Environment Specialization

Successful completion requires:

  1. 5.5 units distributed as follows:
    • GEOG 203 Environment and Development in a Global Perspective
    • GEOG 207 Climate Change Fundamentals
    • GEOG 209 Hydroclimatology
    • 3.0 units, including at least one capstone course, from:
      • GEOG 304 Carbon in the Biosphere
      • GEOG 306 Human Dimensions of Natural Hazards
      • GEOG 307 Societal Adaptation to Climate Change
      • GEOG 309 Physical Climatology
      • GEOG 356 Resources Management
      • GEOG 357 River Management
      • GEOG 368/PLAN 341 Conservation/Resource Management of the Built Environment
      • GEOG 420 Ice Sheets and Glaciers
      • Capstone courses (see additional condition for all specializations):
        • GEOG 408 Earth's Future Climates (1.0 unit)
        • GEOG 409 Energy Balance Climatology (1.0 unit)
        • GEOG 452 Climate Change and Environment Project (1.0 unit)
        • GEOG 456 Transforming Canadian Resource Management (1.0 unit)
        • GEOG 459 Energy and Sustainability (1.0 unit)
    • 1.0 unit from:

Earth Systems Science Specialization

Successful completion requires:

  1. 5.5 units distributed as follows:

Economy and Society Specialization

Successful completion requires:

  1. 5.5 units distributed as follows:
    • GEOG 202 Geography of the Global Economy
    • GEOG 203 Environment and Development in a Global Perspective
    • GEOG 293 Approaches to Research in Human Geography
    • 3.0 units, including at least one capstone course, from:
      • GEOG 219 How Pandemics Change the World
      • GEOG 222 Geographical Study of Canada
      • GEOG 225 Global Environment and Health
      • GEOG 233 Geography of Tourism
      • GEOG 302 Geographies of Work and Employment
      • GEOG 311 Economic Geography and Society
      • GEOG 323/REC 383 Tourism Impacts - International Perspectives
      • GEOG 325 Geographies of Health
      • GEOG 336 Space, Power, and Politics: Citizenship in a Changing World
      • GEOG 349/PLAN 349 Urban Form and Internal Spatial Structure
      • GEOG 361/ERS 361 Food Systems and Sustainability
      • GEOG 411 The Digital Economy
      • GEOG 423 Sustainable Tourism
      • GEOG 426 Geographies of Development
      • GEOG 436 Feminist Economic Geography: Gender, Identities and Social Change
      • Capstone course (see additional condition for all specializations):
        • GEOG 415 Economic Geography Project (1.0 unit)
    • 1.0 unit from:

Geomatics Specialization

Successful completion requires:

  1. 5.5 units distributed as follows:

Additional condition for all specializations:

GEOG 490A and GEOG 490B Thesis (1.5 units) topics - if related to the specialization - may be approved to count towards a specialization capstone course by the associate chair, undergraduate studies, Department of Geography and Environmental Management.


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