FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE


BSc IN HONORS GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY

Admission Requirements

First year program with Geography 020E; Earth Sciences 020 or equivalent (see note); Chemistry 020 or 023; Mathematics 030, or any two of the following: Calculus 050a/b, 051a/b, 081a/b, Mathematics 028a/b, Linear Algebra 040a/b, Statistical Sciences 024a/b or the former Applied Mathematics 020, or 023a/b and 024a/b, or the former Mathematics 027; plus one full or equivalent Science option. An overall average in principal courses (Geography 020E, Earth Sciences 020 or equivalent, and one other Science course) of 70% and no principal-course mark below 60% is required.

This is a 20.5 course program. Careful consideration of course prerequisite structures is advised.

Note: Courses equivalent to Earth Sciences 020 are any two of Earth Sciences 081a/b, 082a/b, 083F, 084b, 085a/b, 281b; the recommended combination most likely approximating the content of Earth Sciences 020 is Earth Sciences 082a/b and 085a/b.

Second Year

Principal Courses

Geography 201a/b, 214a/b, 216a/b
One of: Geography 242a/b, 280a/b
Earth Sciences 200a, 205a and 206b or the former 210, 250y, 260a/b

Subsidiary Courses

One senior Science or Geography full-course equivalent option (Earth Sciences 230b recommended; it is a prerequisite for Earth Sciences 310a/b, 341a/b, 431a/b and 432a/b)

Third Year

Principal Courses

Geography 343y and one and one-half 300-level Geography courses
Earth Sciences 300b
Earth Sciences 312a and Earth Sciences 314b or the former Earth Sciences 311
One half-course from: Earth Sciences 201a, 310a/b, 330b, 340a/b, 341a/b, 370a

Subsidiary Course

One senior Science or Geography full-course equivalent option

Fourth Year

Principal Courses

Two 300- or 400-level full-course equivalents in Geography (490E strongly recommended)*
Two 300- or 400-level full-course equivalents in Earth Sciences (450y, 431a/b, 432a/b, 471a/b, 460a/b, 462a/b, 490). 490 is strongly recommended.

* Geography 490E = 1.5 courses

Subsidiary Courses

One senior Science or Geography full-course equivalent option

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