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Department of Geography | Faculty of Environment
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The Department of Geography offers a program leading to a master of science (MSc) with emphasis on earth surface processes and environmental geoscience, specifically in aspects of geomorphology, biogeography, soils, climatology and hydrology; spatial information science, remote sensing, GIS and spatial analysis.

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Requirements

Normally, candidates should have a bachelor of science (BSc) degree with a 3.25 cumulative grade point average (CGPA) in geography or a related discipline to enter the program.

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV is in the fall term. Applications should be completed by January 15.

Supervisory Committee

The candidate, once admitted, works under a faculty advisor’s guidance, pending the choice of a supervisory committee. The supervisory committee, normally consisting of two faculty members, one of whom may be from outside the department, will be chosen by the start of the second term.

Program Requirements

All candidates will complete 30 units within six terms. Within these 30 units, students complete a thesis (18 units). The remaining 12 units will be comprised of required and elective courses, and two non-credit courses as shown below. Students with deficiencies may be asked to complete more course work.

Students complete the following non-credit courses that are graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Attendance is compulsory to obtain a satisfactory grade.both of

• GEOG 600-0 Introduction to Graduate Studies: Fall Semester
• GEOG 601-0 Introduction to Graduate Studies: Spring Semester

Students complete 13 including

• GEOG 606-5 Research Design and Analytical Techniques in Physical Geography*

*or another course with advisor's consent

and two of†

• GEOG 611-4 Hydrology
• GEOG 612-4 Glacial Geomophology
• GEOG 613-4 Fluvial Geomorphology
• GEOG 614-4 Climatology
• GEOG 615-4 Quaternaty Environments
• GEOG 617-4 Soil Science
• GEOG 651-4 Advanced Spatil Analysis and Modeling
• GEOG 653-4 Theoretical and Applied Remote Sensing
• GEOG 655-4 Advanced Principles of Geographic Information Science
• GEOG 656-4 Aerial Reconnaissance for Remote Sensing
• GEOG 691-4 Directed Readings

†or with the graduate chair’s approval, from related graduate courses in other departments such as biological sciences, chemistry, physics, mathematics, earth sciences, resource and environmental management and computing science.

Thesis

The program requires the submission and successful defence of a thesis. The thesis involves the conceptualization of a problem and the collection, analysis and interpretation of empirical data.

Students prepare their thesis by completing

• GEOG 697-6 MSc Thesis

Normally, students present proposed research at a one-day conference (research day) held in the spring term. A written proposal is submitted to the supervisory committee, defended in colloquium and approved by the end of the second term and before substantive research.

The recommended maximum length of a thesis is 120 pages (including bibliography, but excluding appendices). The completed thesis is judged by the candidate’s examining committee at an oral defence.

Academic Requirements within the Graduate General Regulations

All graduate students must satisfy the academic requirements that are specified in the Graduate General Regulations (residence, course work, academic progress, supervision, research competence requirement, completion time, and degree completion), as well as the specific requirements for the program in which they are enrolled, as shown above.

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