ARTS - 4 Year - “Honours Geography and Environmental Management” G.E.M.  Requirements

Check List                                                                                  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 or basic statistics course (see list of overlapping courses under Arts Grading Systems)

Electives (2.5 units)

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___ 5 units from the Arts Faculty “BA Breadth” requirements, please see the other side of this chart. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

English Course Requirement: 

____ Year 1- 1 of:  ENGL  109, 129R, 140R     or     ____ Year 2- 1 of:  ENGL   209, 210E, 210F

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

Year Two:

You must take courses from each of the 3 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

Electives (3 units)

Students may take more than one course in any theme.  By the end of second year you should have completed 20 courses or 10 units.

Year Three: - one of:

___ GEOG 393 Approaches to Research in Human Geography

 or ___ GEOG 394 Approaches to Research in Physical Geography

Electives (4.5 units)

Year Four:

___ GEOG 490A/B Senior Honours Thesis   or   ___ 4 Fourth Year (400 level) GEOG courses (2 units)

Electives (3 units)

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Minimum G.E.M. (Faculty of Arts) Requirements to Graduate:                Are your requirements met?

40 courses  (with a passing mark in each course) (20 units)                                                    _____

18 GEOG courses   (9 units)                                                                                                          _____

16 courses at or above the 200 – level (with a passing mark in each (8 units)                      _____

Miscellaneous transfer credits     (maximum 20 courses) (10 units)                                        _____

 Geography & Environmental Management (G.E.M.) Average: (75%)                                _____

 Overall Average: (60%)                                                                                                              _____

E.L.P.E. (English Language Proficiency Exam) Recorded under Milestones in Quest        _____

                Revised: 2010