Academic Calendar - 2024

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2024

Western Main Campus

Major MAJOR IN GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT
Faculty of Social Science - Geography and Environment



Admission Requirements


Completion of first-year requirements, including 1.0 course from Geography 1100, Geography 1200A/B, Geography 1300A/B, Geography 1400F/G, Geography 1500F/G, Environmental Science 1021F/G,  with a mark of at least 60% in each of these courses.

If upper-year students have not completed 1.0 courses listed above, they may select one or two courses from: Geography 2131A/B, Geography 2132A/B, Geography 2133A/B, Geography 2152F/G, and/or Geography 2153A/B in making up the 1.0 admission requirement, as long as they were completed with a grade of at least 60%. Senior qualifying entry course(s) cannot be counted for subsequent program credit.

Module/Program Information


Module
6.0 courses:

0.5 course: Geography 2210A/B* (normally taken in Year 2).
1.0 course from: Geography 2220A/B, Geography 2230A/B, Geography 3250A/B.
1.5 courses from: Geography 2310A/B, Geography 2320A/B, Geography 2330A/B, Geography 2410A/B, Geography 2411F/G, Geography 2412F/G, Geography 2420A/B, Geography 2430A/B, Geography 2460F/G.
0.5 course from: Geography courses numbered 2000 or above.
2.5 additional courses in Geography numbered 3000 or above.

 * In cases where an antirequisite statistics course has been 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 4 year BSc.
2. To qualify for a 4 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 4-Year BSc: , Geography 2131A/B, Geography 2133A/B, Geography 2210A/B, Geography 2220A/B, Geography 2230A/B, Geography 2310A/B, Geography 2320A/B, Geography 2330A/B, Geography 3210A/B, Geography 3211A/B, Geography 3222A/B, Geography 3223A/B, Geography 3224A/B, Geography 3226A/B, Geography 3231A/B, Geography 3311A/B, Geography 3334A/B, Geography 3341A/B, Geography 3343A/B, Geography 3350A/B, Geography 3352A/B, Geography 3353A/B, Geography 4901E.