4 Year - “Honours Geography & Environmental Management”  Plan  - Regular & Co-op

Faculty of Environment

Check List  for Graduation –(2009-10)   Name: _____________________________
  I.D. _______________________________
  Date:______________________________

                                                        

    

Year One:

____  GEOG   100  On Becoming a Geographer

____  GEOG   101  Geography and Human Habitat                      

____  GEOG   102  Geography and Our Planetary Environment            

____  GEOG   165  Computer Cartography: Principles and Design

____  ENVS   178  Introduction to Environmental Research Methods

 

English Requirement: 

____  Year 1- 1 of:  ENGL. 109, 129R, 140R            OR           ____  Year 2- 1 of:  ENGL.  209, 210

Note: a student who receives greater than 80% in ENG4U English is exempt from the English requirement.

Year Two:

Students must take courses from the three following themes:   

____ Earth Systems Science-                                                1 of: GEOG  201, 209     

____ Geomatics -                                                                    1 of: GEOG 271, 281                    

____ Development and Environment -                                1 of:  GEOG  202, 203, and _____1 of: GEOG 206, 208

Students may take more than one course in any theme. If desired, two of the required courses above may be taken in Year Three.

 

Year Three:

____ GEOG 391 Field Research (not required for the Co-op Plan)

____ GEOG 393 Approaches to Research in Human Geography

or ____ GEOG 394 Approaches to Research in Physical Geography

Electives – refer to academic plan on the G.E.M. web site: http://www.environment.uwaterloo.ca/geography/current/

 

Year Four:

____ GEOG 490A/B  Senior Honours Thesis plus one other 4th Yr GEOG course (2.0 units) ;

Or ____2.0 units in GEOG at level four.

 

Electives to fulfill degree requirements. (Co-op students, see note 7 on the web site below:
http://www.environment.uwaterloo.ca/geography/current/

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Requirements to Graduate:   Have you met your Plan Requirements?
   
40 courses  (20 units)
_____
   
20 Geography (GEOG) courses    (10 units) (4 of the 20 can be ENVS courses) 
  _____
   
8 courses Outside the Faculty of Environment (4 units)  
_____
   
27 courses at or above the 200 - level (13.5 units)
_____
   
Do you have Miscellaneous transfer courses? 
Transfer students enrolled will be required to complete a minimum of 50% of their course work and half their geography (GEOG) units at the University of Waterloo.
_____
   
Geography  average: (70%)
_____
   
Overall average: (65%)
_____
   
English Language Proficiency Exam (E.L.P.E.) (this milestone is required
before level 2A) (recorded under Milestones in your official transcript)
_____
   

                                                               

                                                                 

Please refer to the web site below for further information in the Academic Calendar                                                                

http://www.environment.uwaterloo.ca/geography/current/                                                   (Revised for:  Sept. 2009)