Honours Climate and Environmental Change Sequencing

Honours Climate and Environmental Change

Regular Stream Undergraduate Program Sequencing

Year 1

Fall Term (1A)  

  • GEOG 102: Global Environmental Systems: Processes and Change (FW)
  • GEOG 181: Designing Effective Maps (FWS)
  • EARTH 121: Introductory Earth Science (F)
  • ENVS 178: Environmental Applications of Data Management and Statistics (FW)
  • One of:
    • MATH 104: Introductory Calculus for Arts and Social Science (FW)  
    • MATH 127: Calculus 1 for the Sciences (FWS)

Winter Term (1B)

  • GEOG 101: Human Geographies: People, Space and Change (FW)
  • GEOG 207: Climate Change Fundamentals (FWS)
  • One of:
    • ENGL 109: Introduction to Academic Writing (FWS)
    • EMLS 129R:  Written Academic English (FWS)
  • ENVS 278: Applied Statistics for Environmental Research (FW)
  • One of:
    • PHYS 111: Physics 1 (FW)
    • CHEM 120: General Chemistry 1 (FWS)

Year 2

Fall Term (2A)

  • GEOG 203: Environment and Development in a Global Perspective (F)
  • GEOG 205: Principles of Geomorphology (F)
  • GEOG 271: Earth from Space using Remote Sensing (F)  
  • GEOG 294: Approaches to Research in Physical Geography (F)
  • One of:
    • BIOL 150: Organismal and Evolutionary Biology (F)
    • BIOL 251: Foundations in Ecology

Winter Term (2B)

  • GEOG 209: Hydroclimatology (WS)
  • GEOG 281: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (FWS) *
  • GEOG 307: Societal Adaptation to Climate Change (W)
  • ENVS 200: Field Ecology (FWS)
  • Elective

*GEOG 281 will be offered in Spring 2025 as an online offering only. GEOG 281 will not be offered in Spring 2024. 

Year 3

Fall Term (3A)

  • GEOG 303: Physical Hydrology (F)
  • GEOG 305: Fluvial Geomorphology (F)
  • GEOG 310: Geodesy and Surveying (F)
  • Elective
  • Elective (Level 300 or 400)
    • Recommended elective: GEOG 359 Low Carbon Transition (F)

Winter Term (3B)

  • GEOG 309: Physical Climatology (W)
  • GEOG 320: The Cryosphere (W)
  • GEOG 391: Field Research (FW) or Elective
  • GEOG 417: Climate Change Communication (W)  
  • One of:
    • GEOG 405: Wetlands (1.0 unit) (W)
    • GEOG 459: Energy and Sustainability (1.0 unit) (note: this is usually scheduled to offer Spring only, so most students will need to take GEOG 405)

Year 4

Fall Term (4A)

  • GEOG 391: Field Research (FW)
  • One of:
    • GEOG 403: Eutrophication: From Process to Water-Quality Management (F)
    • GEOG 404: Soil Ecosystem Dynamics (F)
  • Elective (Level 300 or 400)
  • Elective (Level 300 or 400)
  • Elective (Level 300 or 400)

Winter Term (4B)

  • Any of the following to make 2.5 units:
    • GEOG 407: Environmental Hydrology of Terrestrial Ecosystems (W)
    • GEOG 408: Earth’s Future Climates (1.0 unit) (W)  
    • GEOG 409: Energy Balance Climatology (1.0 unit) (W)  
    • GEOG 420: Ice Sheets and Glaciers (W)
    • GEOG 452: Climate Change and Environment Project (1.0 unit) (W)  
    • GEOG 490B: Honours thesis (1.0 unit)
      • Students must take GEOG 490A if intending to take GEOG 490B