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HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE - BSc

Admission Requirements
Completion of first year requirements, including 1.0 course from Geography 11001300A/B, 1400F/G, 1500F/G*, and 3.0 courses from the Faculty of Science, not including Astronomy 1011A/B, 1021, Biology 1225, 1229A/B, 1290B, Chemistry 1027A/B, Computer Science 1011A/B, 1032A/B, 1033A/B, Earth Sciences 1086F/G, 1088F/G, 1089F/G, Mathematics 0110A/B, Physics 1021. Students must have an average of at least 70% in Geography and 2.0 courses from the Faculty of Science, with no mark in these principal courses below 60%.

*Senior students may also use Geography 2131A/B and/or Geography 2153A/B in making up the 1.0 Geography 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
10.0 courses:

0.5 course: Geography 2210A/B* (normally taken in Year 2).
2.0 courses: Geography 2122A/B2220A/B, 2230A/B (or the former 307A/B), Geography 2240A/B.
1.0 course from: Geography 2310A/B, 2320A/B, 2330A/B, 2410A/B, 2411F/G, 2420A/B, 2430A/B, 2450F/G, 2460F/G, 3250A/B, the former 2250A/B, 2340A/B.
1.5 courses normally taken in Year 3: Geography 3210A/B, 3211A/B, 3222A/B.
1.5 courses from: Computer Science 2034A/B, 2120A/B, Earth Sciences 3323A/B, 3350Y, Geography 3221A/B, 3223A/B, 3231A/B, 3260A/B, 3321A/B, 3421A/B, 4220A/B.
1.0 course: Geography 3241A/B, 4000A/B.
2.5 additional courses in Geography at the 3000 level or above, with Geography 3000Y or 3001F/G strongly recommended. (Students wishing to pursue graduate studies are encouraged to take Geography 4901E).

*In cases where an antirequisite statistics course has been taken instead, the module will be 9.5 courses.

Notes:
1. To qualify for the BSc degree 11.0 Science and/or Science-equivalent courses are required.
2. The following Geography courses have “Science-equivalent” status and count towards the 11.0 Faculty of Science course requirement for this module: Geography 2122A/B, 2131A/B, 2210A/B, 2220A/B, 2230A/B, 2240A/B, 2310A/B, 2320A/B, 2330A/B3210A/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, 3343A/B, 3350A/B, 3351A/B, 3352A/B, 4901E, the former Geography 2340A/B, 3332A/B.

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