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MAJOR IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements, including 1.0 course from the following with a minimum mark of 60% in the courses taken: Geography 1100, 1300A/B, 1400F/G or 1500F/G, Earth Sciences 1022A/B, 1023A/B, Environmental Science 1021F/G, Biology 1001A, 1002B, 1201A, 1202B.

Senior students may substitute Geography 2131A/B and 2153A/B as entry requirements, if these were taken after September 2012 and completed with at least 60%. If either Geography 2131A/B or 2153A/B is used as the basis for admission, these courses cannot be used as part of the module.

Module
6.0 courses:

0.5 course: Geography 2210A/B*.
0.5 course from: Geography 2220A/B, 2230A/B, 2240A/B.
1.0 course from: Geography courses numbered 2300-2399.
1.5 courses from: Geography courses numbered 3300-3399.
0.5 course in Geography at the 2000 level or above.
0.5 course in Geography at the 2200 level or above.
0.5 course in Geography at the 3000 level or above.
1.0 course in Geography at the 3000 level or above, or in Environmental Science, Earth Science or Biology at the 2200 level or above.

* Geography 2210A/B is mandatory for students in their first year of registration in this module. In cases where an antirequisite statistics course is taken instead, then an additional 0.5 course numbered 2000 or above in Geography must be taken to make up the 6.0 courses required for the module.

Notes:

  1. Combination with a Major module in Science or Basic Medical Sciences may allow graduation with a Four-Year BSc.
  2. To qualify for a Four-Year BSc degree, 11.0 Science and/or Science equivalent courses are required.
  3. When taken within this module, the following Geography courses count towards meeting the requirement of 11.0 Science courses in a Four-Year BSc: Geography 2122A/B, 2131A/B, 2210A/B, 2220A/B, 2230A/B, 2240A/B, 2310A/B, 2320A/B, 2330A/B, 3210A/B, 3211A/B, 3221A/B, 3222A/B, 3223A/B, 3231A/B, 3241A/B, 3260A/B, 3311A/B, 3312A/B, 3321A/B, 3331A/B, 3333A/B, 3334A/B, 3341A/B, 3342A/B, 3350A/B, 3351A/B, 3352A/B, 4901E, the former Geography 2340A/B, 3332A/B, 307a/b.

This module may NOT be combined with any other Geography module.

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