The tables below summarize all official course offerings within the joint program and are organized by specialization. Class meetings, such as lectures and seminars, may take place on either Waterloo or Laurier campuses. University of Waterloo students use course codes beginning with GEOG, while Laurier students' course codes are prefixed with GG, irrespective of the physical location of the lectures and seminars.
As an alternative option, the Selected Topics in Geography (GG/GEOG 675) course provides students with the opportunity to study special or independent topics within the realm of geographic theory but outside the normal curriculum. Meeting times for this course will be set by the instructor of the course.
Specific program requirements, including course credit requirements and limitations on special topics and external courses, are detailed on the graduate programs page relevant to the student's program. Core seminars to the program and to individual specializations are accompanied by an asterisk (*).
Geography, all fields
| Course title | Course code | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterloo | Laurier | |
| Graduate student and faculty seminar in geography* | GEOG 691 | GG 691 |
| Multivariate statistics | GEOG 616 | GG 616 |
| Qualitative methods in geography | GEOG 625 | GG 625 |
| Selected topics in geography | GEOG 675 | GG 675 |
| Geographic thought and methodology | GEOG 690 | GG 690 |
| International study | GEOG 692 | GG 692 |
Environment and resource management
| Course title | Course code | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterloo | Laurier | |
| Perspectives in resource and environmental management* | GEOG 660 | GG 660 |
| Political ecology: Nature, society and sustainability | GEOG 664 | GG 664 |
| Environmenal planning theory and practice | GEOG 665 | GG 665 |
| Ecosystem approach to park planning | GEOG 666 | GG 666 |
| Environmental assessment | GEOG 668 | GG 668 |
| Energy sustainability | GEOG 669 | GG 669 |
| Contemporary perspectives on tourism | GEOG 671 | GG 671 |
| Human ecology of stressed environments | GEOG 672 | GG 672 |
| International perspectives on resource and environmental management | GEOG 673 | GG 673 |
| Climate change: Human dimensions | GEOG 676 | GG 676 |
Environmental science
| Course title | Course code | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterloo | Laurier | |
| Seminar in physical geography* | GEOG 640 | GG 640 |
| Climate change: Physical dimensions | GEOG 641 | GG 641 |
| Micrometeorology | GEOG 642 | GG 642 |
| Dynamic geomorphology | GEOG 643 | GG 643 |
| Applied geomorphology | GEOG 644 | GG 644 |
| Fluvial and glaciofluvial sediment transport | GEOG 645 | GG 645 |
| Hydrology | GEOG 646 | GG 646 |
| Recent advances in wetland studies | GEOG 647 | GG 647 |
| Paleoliminology | GEOG 648 | GG 648 |
| Hydrology of cold regions | GEOG 649 | GG 649 |
| Hydroecology for freshwater ecosystem management | GEOG 651 | GG 651 |
| Applied studies in hydrology and the environment 1 | GEOG 661A | GG 661A |
| Applied studies in hydrology and the environment 2 | GEOG 661B | GG 661B |
Geomatics
| Course title | Course code | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterloo | Laurier | |
| Seminar in spatial data handling* | GEOG 600 | GG 600 |
| Environmental change and remote sensing | GEOG 601 | GG 601 |
| Remote sensing of cold regions | GEOG 602 | GG 602 |
| Remote sensing and earth system science | GEOG 603 | GG 603 |
| Spatial statistics | GEOG 604 | GG 604 |
| Spatial information technology, globalization and international development | GEOG 605 | GG 605 |
| Applications of geographic information systems | GEOG 607 | GG 607 |
| Urban remote sensing | GEOG 608 | GG 608 |
| GIS and spatial decision support for planning and resource management | GEOG 609 | GG 609 |
Human geography
| Course title | Course code | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterloo | Laurier | |
| Industrial location theory and concepts | GEOG 611 | GG 611 |
| Regional development principles and practice | GEOG 613 | GG 613 |
| Community economic development | GEOG 615 | GG 615 |
| Regional planning, economic and investment analysis | GEOG 619 | GG 619 |
| Seminar in human geography* | GEOG 620 | GG 620 |
| Metropolitan form and structure in Canada | GEOG 621 | GG 621 |
| Human activity and travel behaviour | GEOG 624 | GG 624 |
| International development: Theories and practice | GEOG 635 | GG 635 |
| Cultural geography | GEOG 637 | GG 637 |
| Consequences of tourism | GEOG 638 | GG 638 |
| Food systems and sustainability | GEOG 639 | GG 639 |
| Theory of local economic development | GEOG 685 | GG 685 |