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Located within driving distance of Orillia and Barrie, programs include Child and Family Studies, Culture and the Arts, Liberal Arts and teaching options.
Earn a BA (Honours) in Contemporary Studies from Laurier and a BEd from Nipissing as well as practice teach in the Public or Catholic schools near Brantford.
Students must complete 120 credits with a minimum of 108 credits in Geography and Science as follows. (Students may take 4th year courses in 3rd year with permission of the instructor.)
CHEM 1006
General Chemistry I
3 cr.
*
ENSC 1005
Introduction to Environmental Science
6 cr.
GEOG 1016
Introduction to Human Geography
GEOG 1017
Introduction to Physical Geography
GEOG 2026
Introduction to Quantitative Methods
ENSC 2006
Topics in Environmental Science I
ENSC 2007
Topics in Environmental Science II
GEOG 2106
Geomorphology
Principles of Biogeography (formerly GEOG 3115)
GEOG 3096
Environmental Hydrology
GEOG 3397
Introductory Soil Science
Six credits of first year mathematics from the following:
MATH 1037
Calculus II
MATH 1046
Introductory Linear Algebra
MATH 1056
Discrete Mathematics I
Twelve credits of first year science from the following:
12 cr.
BIOL 1006
Introduction to Molecular and Cell Biology
BIOL 1007
Introduction to Organismal and Evolutionary Biology
GEOL 1006
The Earth's Interior
PHYS 1006
General Physics I: Mechanics
Nine credits from the following:
9 cr.
BIOL 2337
The Biology of Seed Plants
BIOL 2446
Principles of Ecology
BIOL 2837
Vertebrate Zoology
ENSC 3007
Environmental Issues in Forestry
GEOG 3127
Water Resource Management
**
GEOG 4106
Applied Geomorphology
GEOG 4127
Lake and Wetland Environments
Nine systematic technique credits from the following:
GEOG 2017
Introduction to Geomatics
GEOG 3027
Spatial Statistics
GEOG 3036
Air Photo Interpretation
GEOG 3056
Spatial Analysis Using GIS
GEOG 3066
Remote Sensing of the Environment
GEOG upper level
Eighteen credits from the following approved fourth year Geography courses:
18 cr.
GEOG 4057
Topics in GIS Applications
GEOG 4066
Topics in Remote Sensing Applications
Terrain Analysis
GEOG 4107
Impact Assessment for Resource Management
GEOG 4116
Pleistocene and Glacial Geomorphology
GEOG 4126
Applied Hydrology for Snow and Ice Environments
GEOG 4136
Applied Climatology
GEOG 4137
Paleoclimatology and Climatic Change
GEOG 4397
Soil Biology and Soil Chemistry
GEOG 4806
Natural Resource Development in Regional Planning
GEOG 4807
Natural Resource Management
GEOG 4976
Field Camp
GEOG 4986
Directed Studies
GEOG 4995
Senior Seminar and Thesis
*Students must complete ENSC 1005 , GEOG 1016 and GEOG 1017 with a minimum grade of 60% in each.
**GEOG 4106 and GEOG 4127 may be used to fulfill the eighteen credit fourth year requirements if they are not used to satisfy the nine credit intermediate science requirement.
For those students considering entering the teaching profession, the department recommends the completion of GEOG 2406 A Geography of Canada.
Humanities
Social Science or Business (excluding physical geography)
For complete Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree requirements, please refer to that section of the Calendar.
These certificates are available to students in a four-year honours environmental science and physical geography major. Please see the Geography section of the Academic Calendar for details.
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