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Program Requirements

This program is designed to cover the main elements of human geography.

Required Courses (7 credits)

• GEOG 201 Introductory Geo-Information Science (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : An introduction to Geographic Information Systems. The systematic management of spatial data. The use and construction of maps. The use of microcomputers and software for mapping and statistical work. Air photo and topographic map analyses.

  Terms: Fall 2022

  Instructors: Elrick, Tim (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours and lab

• GEOG 210 Global Places and Peoples (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Introduction to key themes in human geography. Maps and the making, interpretation and contestation of landscapes, 'place', and territory. Investigation of globalization and the spatial organization of human geo-politics, and urban and rural environments.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.

  • Winter

  • 3 hours

• GEOG 290 Local Geographical Excursion (1 credit)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Introduction to landscape interpretation and geographical site analysis in physical and human geography. A three-day fall excursion with preparatory and concluding seminars.

  Terms: Fall 2022

  Instructors: Coomes, Oliver T; Robinson, Brian; von Sperber, Christian; Bendixen, Mette (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 1 credit

  • Restrictions: Open to first-year Geography Major and Honours students only.

  • A fee of $412.99 is charged to all students registered in GEOG 290. This course is held at Mont Sutton, in the Eastern Townships during a week-end in mid-September. The fee is used to support the cost of transportation, accommodations, local fees and all meals

Complementary Courses (30 credits)

30 credits selected as follows:

Physical Geography

3 credits from:

• GEOG 203 Environmental Systems (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : An introduction to system-level interactions among climate, hydrology, soils and vegetation at the scale of drainage basins, including the study of the global geographical variability in these land-surface systems. The knowledge acquired is used to study the impact on the environment of various human activities such as deforestation and urbanisation.

  Terms: Fall 2022

  Instructors: Chmura, Gail L; Roulet, Nigel Thomas; von Sperber, Christian (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours

  • Restriction: Because of quantitative science content of course, not recommended for B.A. and B.Ed. students in their U0 year.

• GEOG 272 Earth's Changing Surface (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Introduction to the study of landforms as products of geomorphic and geologic systems acting at and near the Earth's surface. The process geomorphology approach will be used to demonstrate how landforms of different geomorphic settings represent a dynamic balance between forces acting in the environment and the physical properties of materials present.

  Terms: Winter 2023

  Instructors: Bendixen, Mette (Winter)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours

Statistics

3 credits from:

Note: Credit given for statistics courses is subject to certain restrictions. Students should consult the "Course Overlap" information in the "Course Requirements" section for the Faculty of Arts.

• BIOL 373 Biometry (3 credits)

  Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Biology (Sci) : Elementary statistical methods in biology. Introduction to the analysis of biological data with emphasis on the assumptions behind statistical tests and models. Use of statistical techniques typically available on computer packages.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.

  • Fall

  • 2 hours lecture and 2 hours laboratory

  • Prerequisite: MATH 112 or equivalent

  • You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.

• GEOG 202 Statistics and Spatial Analysis (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Exploratory data analysis, univariate descriptive and inferential statistics, non-parametric statistics, correlation and simple regression. Problems associated with analysing spatial data such as the 'modifiable areal unit problem' and spatial autocorrelation. Statistics measuring spatial pattern in point, line and polygon data.

  Terms: Fall 2022

  Instructors: Zhang, Hongyu (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 2.5 hours and lab

  • You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.

• MATH 203 Principles of Statistics 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : Examples of statistical data and the use of graphical means to summarize the data. Basic distributions arising in the natural and behavioural sciences. The logical meaning of a test of significance and a confidence interval. Tests of significance and confidence intervals in the one and two sample setting (means, variances and proportions).

  Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Summer 2023

  Instructors: Sajjad, Alia; Kreitewolf, Jens (Fall) Nadarajah, Tharshanna (Winter) Sajjad, Alia (Summer)

  • No calculus prerequisites

  • Restriction: This course is intended for students in all disciplines. For extensive course restrictions covering statistics courses see Section 3.6.1 of the Arts and of the Science sections of the calendar regarding course overlaps.

  • You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar. Students should consult for information regarding transfer credits for this course.

• PSYC 204 Introduction to Psychological Statistics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Psychology : The statistical analysis of research data; frequency distributions; graphic representation; measures of central tendency and variability; elementary sampling theory and tests of significance.

  Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Summer 2023

  Instructors: Flake, Jessica (Fall) Kreitewolf, Jens (Winter) Kreitewolf, Jens (Summer)

  • Fall and Winter

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have passed a CEGEP statistics course(s) with a minimum grade of 75%: Mathematics 201-307 or 201-337 or equivalent or the combination of Quantitative Methods 300 with Mathematics 300

  • This course is a prerequisite for PSYC 305, PSYC 406, PSYC 310, PSYC 336

  • You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.

• SOCI 350 Statistics in Social Research (3 credits)

  Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Sociology (Arts) : This is an introductory course in descriptive and inferential statistics. The course is designed to help students develop a critical attitude toward statistical argument. It serves as a background for further statistics courses, helping to provide the intuition which can sometimes be lost amid the formulas.

  Terms: Fall 2022

  Instructors: Marshall, Zachary (Fall)

  • Prerequisite: SOCI 211

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PSYC 204, PSYC 305 or ECON 227

  • You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.

Field Courses

3 credits from:

Note: Field course offerings are determined each year in February.

• GEOG 494 Urban Field Studies (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Geographical research in urban public and semi-public spaces. Demonstration of techniques of mapping, sampling, measurement, photography, interviewing. Attention to research design.

  Terms: Fall 2022

  Instructors: Manaugh, Kevin (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: One of the following: GEOG 201, GEOG 203, GEOG 210, GEOG 216, GEOG 217, GEOG 272, or permission of instructor

• GEOG 495 Field Studies - Physical Geography (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Field research projects in physical geography. Held locally in Monteregian or Eastern Township regions. The course is organised around field projects designed to formulate and test scientific hypotheses in a physical geography discipline. May Summer session.

  Terms: Summer 2023

  Instructors: von Sperber, Christian (Summer)

  • 2-week field school

  • Prerequisites: 6 credits from the following list of Systematic Physical Geography courses: GEOG 305, GEOG 321, GEOG 322, GEOG 350, GEOG 372

  • Additional Dept. fee $563.10 will be charged to student fee account to cover the cost of transportation, accommodations, local fees and all meals for approximately 12 nights, as the course is held at the Gault Estate at Mont St.-Hilaire during May.

• GEOG 496 Geographical Excursion (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Lecture course on the geography of a region and excursion through the selected country or region including landscape interpretation and field study projects.

  Terms: Winter 2023

  Instructors: Meredith, Thomas C (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisites: GEOG 290 and permission of instructor

  • Instructor's approval required.

  • A fee of $2650.25 in Winter is charged to all students registered in GEOG 496 Geographical Excursion. The course is held in Barbados, West Indies and is given during the last week of February (Study Break). The fee is used to support the cost of transportation, accommodations, local fees and some meals for ten days. Note that the trip to Barbados is compulsory if you enroll for GEOG 496

• GEOG 499 Subarctic Field Studies (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : An introduction to the geography of the subarctic with emphasis on the application of field methods in physical and/or human geography.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.

  • Fall

  • Prerequisite: GEOG 203 or GEOG 301

  • Instructor's approval required.

  • A fee of $2,056.65 is charged to all students registered in GEOG 499 Subarctic Field Studies. This course is held at Schefferville, Quebec in late August through early September. The fee is used to support the cost of transportation, accommodations, local fees and all meals. The department subsidizes a portion of the cost of this compulsory activity for each student registered in a Geography Major or Honours program.

Analysis and Methodology

3 credits from:

• GEOG 308 Remote Sensing for Earth Observation (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : A conceptual view of remote sensing and the underlying physical principles. Covers ground-based, aerial, satellite systems, and the electromagnetic spectrum, from visible to microwave. Emphasis on application of remotely sensed data in geography including land cover change and ecological processes.

  Terms: Fall 2022

  Instructors: Osei Darko, Patrick (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours and laboratory periods

  • Corequisite: GEOG 201 or permission of instructor

• GEOG 314 Geospatial Analysis (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Overview of both the theoretical and applied aspects of geographic information science and systems. Topics will include spatial analysis techniques, geographic models as abstractions of the real world, spatial data manipulation and management, and conceptual issues related to geographic data and technology. Introduction to a number of leading commercial software including ESRI’s ArcGIS Pro.

  Terms: Winter 2023

  Instructors: McKenzie, Grant (Winter)

  • Prerequisite: GEOG 201

  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GEOG 306 or GEOG 307.

• GEOG 351 Quantitative Methods (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Multiple regression and correlation, logit models, discrete choice models, gravity models, facility location algorithms, survey design, population projection.

  Terms: Winter 2023

  Instructors: Sharma, Bidhya (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 hours

  • Prerequisite: GEOG 202 or equivalent or permission of instructor

  • You may not be able to get credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.

• GEOG 414 Advanced Geospatial Analysis (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Advanced techniques in geospatial analysis. Geospatial methods and using geospatial information systems. Topics: geodatabases, interpolation techniques, spatial classification methods, data mining and machine learning, including working with a number of leading commercial software including ESRI’s ArcGIS Desktop/Pro.

  Terms: Fall 2022

  Instructors: Sengupta, Raja (Fall)

  • Prerequisites: GEOG 314; and GEOG 333 or COMP 202; or permission of the instructor.

  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GEOG 306 or GEOG 307.

• GEOG 506 Advanced Geographic Information Science (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Critically analyse major themes in geographic information science and draw out the practical ramifications for spatial technologies and research. Topics such as spatial interoperability, data quality, scale, visualization, location based services and ontologies are covered.

  Terms: Winter 2023

  Instructors: Sengupta, Raja (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 2 hours and laboratory

  • Prerequisite: (Undergraduate): GEOG 384 or GEOG 414; and permission of the instructor

• GEOG 512 Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Field Research (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : How does one collect data to quantitatively assess research questions in human geography or other social sciences, and what methods are available to analyze those data? This course introduces students to advanced statistical techniques commonly confronted in field-based social science studies. The course is divided into four major topics: research design, evaluating impacts of policies or programs, time-series data, and spatial interactions. For the techniques investigated, the course will highlight major technical assumptions, field considerations for data collection, and how each does or does not account for geographic factors that may influence outcomes of interest.

  Terms: Fall 2022

  Instructors: Robinson, Brian (Fall)

  • Prerequisite(s): GEOG 351 or SOCI 504 or SOCI 505 or ECON 337, or equivalent experience in applied multivariate regression with permission of instructor.

Geography

The remaining 18 credits are to be selected from Geography (GEOG) courses excluding GEOG 200 and GEOG 205. Of these 18 credits, at least 3 credits must be at the 400 level or above.