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:
- 5.5 units distributed as follows:
- AVIA 100 Introduction to Aviation
- GEOG 207 Climate Change Fundamentals
- GEOG 281/PLAN 281 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- 3.0 units, including at least one capstone course, from:
- AVIA 270/GEOG 270 Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Knowledge Requirements
- AVIA 310 Human Factors in Aviation
- AVIA 374 Special Topics in Aviation
- AVIA 474 Special Topics in Aviation
- AVIA 475 Independent Studies of Selected Topics
- GEOG 202 Geography of the Global Economy
- GEOG 233 Geography of Tourism
- GEOG 309 Physical Climatology
- Capstone course (see additional condition for all specializations):
- 1.0 unit from:
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:
- 5.5 units distributed as follows:
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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:
- 5.5 units distributed as follows:
- ENVS 200 Field Ecology
- GEOG 205 Principles of Geomorphology
- GEOG 209 Hydroclimatology
- 3.0 units, including at least one capstone course, from:
- GEOG 300 Geomorphology and the Southern Ontario Environment
- GEOG 303 Physical Hydrology
- GEOG 304 Carbon in the Biosphere
- GEOG 305 Fluvial Geomorphology
- GEOG 309 Physical Climatology
- GEOG 320 The Cryosphere
- GEOG 404/ERS 484 Soil Ecosystem Dynamics
- GEOG 407 Environmental Hydrology of Terrestrial Ecosystems
- GEOG 418 Cold Region Climates
- GEOG 420 Ice Sheets and Glaciers
- Capstone courses (see additional condition for all specializations):
- 1.0 unit from:
Economy and Society Specialization
Successful completion requires:
- 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:
- 5.5 units distributed as follows:
- GEOG 271 Earth from Space Using Remote Sensing
- GEOG 281/PLAN 281 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- GEOG 310 Geodesy and Surveying
- 3.0 units, including at least one capstone course, from:
- GEOG 371 Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques
- GEOG 381/PLAN 381 Advanced Geographic Information Systems
- GEOG 387/PLAN 387 Spatial Databases
- GEOG 483 Civic Technology and Digital Infrastructures
- GEOG 484 Machine Learning in Geospatial Science
- GEOG 487/PLAN 487 Management Issues in Geographic Information Systems
- Capstone courses (see additional condition for all specializations):
- 1.0 unit from:
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.