Honours Climate and Environmental Change Sequencing for entry Fall 2025 and later

Honours Climate and Environmental Change

Regular Stream Undergraduate Program Sequencing

Year 1

Fall Term (1A)  

  • GDS 181: Designing Effective Maps 
  • EARTH 121: Introductory Earth Science 
  • ENVS 178: Environmental Applications of Data Management and Statistics 
  • ENVS 195: Introduction to Environmental Studies 
  • Elective

Winter Term (1B)

  • GEOG 102: Changing Physical Environments 
  • ENVS 131: Communications for Environmental Professionals 
  • One of:
    • PHYS 111: Physics 1
    • CHEM 120: General Chemistry 1 
  • Elective or one of:
    • MATH 104: Introductory Calculus for Arts and Social Science 
    • MATH 127: Calculus 1 for the Sciences 
  • Elective

Year 2

Fall Term (2A)

  • ENVS 278: Applied Statistics for Environmental Research 
  • GEOG 205: Landscape Dynamics
  • One of:
    • GEOG 271: Earth from Space using Remote Sensing
    • GEOG 281: Introduction to GIS
  • GEOG 202: Economy & Development
    • Or elective if taking GEOG 225 in Spring term (2B)
  • BIOL 240: Fundamentals of Microbiology 
    • Or elective if taking BIOL 220 (Intro to Plant Structure & Function) in 2B term

Winter Term (2B)

  • GEOG 207: Climate Change Fundamentals
  • GEOG 209: Hydroclimatology
  • ENVS 200: Field Ecology 
  • Elective or BIOL 240 or GEOG 225: Global Env & Health
  • Elective

Year 3

Fall Term (3A)

  • GEOG 390: Research Methods and Design
  • GEOG 359: Low Carbon Transitions or Elective
  • One or two of:
    • GEOG 303: Physical Hydrology
    • GEOG 304: Carbon & the Biosphere
    • GEOG 320: The Cryosphere
  • Elective(s)

Winter Term (3B)

  • One or two of:
    • GEOG 307: Societal Adaptation to Climate Change 
    • GEOG 314: Climate Services
  • One, two or three of:
    • GEOG 305: Fluvial Geomorphology
    • AVIA 370: Aviation Meteorology 
  • Elective(s)

Year 4

Fall Term (4A)

  • GEOG 427: Climate Change Solutions
  • One, two, three or four of:
    • ENVS 459: Energy and Sustainability
    • GEOG 402: Applied Wetland Science
    • GEOG 403: Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystems
    • GEOG 404: Soil Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Elective(s)

Winter Term (4B)

  • GEOG 417: Climate Change Communication
  • One, two, three, or four of:
    • GEOG 407: Environmental Hydrology of Terrestrial Ecosystems 
    • GEOG 408: Earth’s Future Climates 
    • GEOG 420: Ice Sheets and Glaciers 
    • GEOG 457: Wildfire and Landscape Change
    • GEOG 490B: Honours thesis (1.0 unit)
      • Students must take GEOG 490A in the Fall 4A term if they intend to take GEOG 490B
  • Elective(s)