Combined Honours in Geography and Another Subject (B.A.)

Admission

Completion of any Level I program with a Grade Point Average of at least 5.0 including an average of at least 5.0 in six units from GEOG 1HA3 , GEOG 1HB3 , ENVIRSC 1A03 , ENVIRSC 1B03 , ENVIRSC 1C03 , ENVIRSC 1G03  and satisfaction of admission requirements for the Honours program in the other B.A. subject (See Note 1 and 4 below). For continuation in the program, see the section on Minimum Requirements for Entering and Continuing in a Program Beyond Level I  in the Faculty of Social Sciences Academic Regulations.

Notes

1. Subject to meeting admission requirements, students may combine two subjects and be graduated with a combined Honours B.A. degree. These combinations are available within the Faculty of Social Sciences, with programs in the Faculty of Humanities and with the Arts & Science Program.
2. Not every Geography course listed in this Calendar is offered every year. For course availability, students are advised to consult “Class Search” on Mosaic or contact the School of Geography and Earth Sciences after April 1st for the list of courses that will be offered in the following academic year.
3. Students are strongly encouraged to check prerequisites of upper-level Geography courses and to speak with an Undergraduate Advisor in the School of Geography and Earth Sciences regarding course selection.
4. GEOG 1HA3  and GEOG 1HB3  must be completed by the end of 60 units.
5. Students intending to enrol in GEOG 4MT6 A/B  must submit an application to the course coordinator by April 1 of the academic year prior to registration. Application forms are available from the School of Geography and Earth Sciences main office after March 1. Students will be informed of their permission to register in GEOG 4MT6 A/B  on April 15. Registration in this course is conditional upon achieving a GPA of at least 7.5.
6. Students interested in completing courses in the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Analysis subfield are strongly encouraged to complete MATH 1K03  if a Grade 12 Mathematics U was not completed.
7. No more than 9 units from GEOG 2RC3 , GEOG 2RM3 , GEOG 2RU3 , GEOG 2RW3 , GEOG 3RW3  may count towards a student’s program; additional units taken from this group of courses will count towards elective units.
8. With permission from an Undergraduate Advisor in the School of Geography and Earth Sciences, students enrolled in a combined Honours Geography program may substitute GEOG 3MA3  and/or GEOG 3MB3  with an equivalent research methods and/or statistics course from the other subject.

Requirements

120 units total (Levels I to IV), of which 48 units may be Level I