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Geography — Environmental Specialty Honours Program

Department of Geography | Faculty of Environment
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Fall

丁香园AV Requirements

Program entry requires the approval of the department and an admission GPA of 3.00.

Minimum Grade Requirements

To graduate with honours, students must have a grade point average of not less than 3.00.

Program Requirements

Students complete 132 units, of which 60 must be at the upper division.

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete a total of 21 units, including all of

  • GEOG 100 Society, Space, Environment: Introducing Human Geography (3)
  • GEOG 111 Earth Systems (3)
  • GEOG 215 Biogeography (3)
  • GEOG 221 Economic Geography (3)
  • GEOG 241 Social Geography (3)
  • REM 100 Global Change (3)

and one of

  • GEOG 251 Quantitative Geography (3)
  • GEOG 253 Introduction to Remote Sensing (3)
  • GEOG 255 Geographical Information Science I (3)

Upper Division Requirements

Students complete a minimum total of 60 upper division units, including four of the following core courses

  • GEOG 322 World Resources (4)
  • GEOG 377 Environmental History (4)
  • GEOG 382 Population Geography (4)
  • GEOG 385 Agriculture and the Environment (4)
  • GEOG 389W Nature and Society (4)
  • REM 311 Applied Ecology and Sustainable Environments (3)
  • REM 356 Institutional Arrangements for Sustainable Environmental Management (3)

and one of

  • GEOG 300 Possible Worlds: The Rise of Geographical Thinking (4)
  • GEOG 301 Geographic Ideas and Methodology (4)

and one of

  • GEOG 311 Hydrology (4)
  • GEOG 312 Geography of Natural Hazards (4)
  • GEOG 313 River Geomorphology (4)
  • GEOG 314 The Climate System (4)
  • GEOG 315 World Ecosystems (4)
  • GEOG 316 Global Biogeochemical and Water Cycles (4)
  • GEOG 317 Soil Science (4)
  • GEOG 318 Soils in Our Environment (4)

and one of

  • GEOG 351 Multimedia Cartography (4)
  • GEOG 352 Spatial Analysis (4)
  • GEOG 353 Advanced Remote Sensing (4)
  • GEOG 355 Geographical Information Science II (4)
  • GEOG 356 3D Geovisualization (4)
  • GEOG 391 Qualitative Research Methods (Inactive) (4)

and two of

  • GEOG 426 Industrial Change and Local Development (4)
  • GEOG 428 World Forests (4)
  • GEOG 429 Environment and Inequality (Inactive) (4)
  • GEOG 432 Problems in Environmental History (4)
  • GEOG 445 Resource Planning (4)
  • GEOG 449 Environmental Processes and Urban Development (4)
  • GEOG 468 Society and Environment in China (4)
  • REM 445 Environmental Risk Assessment (3)
  • REM 471 Forest Ecosystem Management (3)

and

  • GEOG 491 honours Essay (4)

and any additional 300 or 400 level geography units to total 50 upper division units.

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to 丁香园AV beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements
A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit.
Requirement

Units

 Notes
W - Writing

6

 Must include at least one upper division course, taken at 丁香园AV within the student鈥檚 major subject
Q - Quantitative

6

 Q courses may be lower or upper division
B - Breadth

18

 Designated Breadth Must be outside the student鈥檚 major subject, and may be lower or upper division
6 units Social Sciences: B-Soc
6 units Humanities: B-Hum
6 units Sciences: B-Sci

6

 Additional Breadth

6 units outside the student鈥檚 major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements)
Additional breadth units must be from outside the student's major and may be B-designated (B-Hum, B-Soc, B-Sci courses). Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honours, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas.

Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit

The University鈥檚 residency requirement stipulates that, in most cases, total transfer and course challenge credit may not exceed 60 units, and may not include more than 15 units as upper division work.

Elective Courses

In addition to the courses listed above, students should consult an academic advisor to plan the remaining required elective courses.

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