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Certificate in Geomatics

Notes:​
  • All courses required for the certificate also count towards the respective Honours Geography major.​
  • The certificate is restricted to Honours Geography majors and will be awarded at the time of graduation.​
"Geomatics is the science and technology of gathering, analyzing, interpreting, distributing and using geographic information. Geomatics encompasses a broad range of disciplines that can be brought together to create a detailed but understandable picture of the physical world and our place in it. These disciplines include: surveying & mapping, remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), and global positioning system (GPS)". (Canadian Institute of Geomatics, 1999)
 
The Certificate in Geomatics provides students with a strong background in geographic information systems, remote sensing, computer cartography and spatial quantitative analysis.  The certificate will be offered to four-year Honours geography majors only, where geography includes:  environmental geography, environmental science & physical geography and geography of regional planning and international development majors.
 
The certificate consists of 18 credits as outlined below:

Students must complete the following nine credits:

GEOG 2026

Introduction to Quantitative Methods

3 cr.


GEOG 3056

Spatial Analysis Using GIS

3 cr.


GEOG 3066

Remote Sensing of the Environment

3 cr.

And nine additional credits from the following:

 

GEOG 3016

Field Techniques in Geography

3 cr.

GEOG 3027

Spatial Statistics

3 cr.

GEOG 4027

Spatial Computing

 
3 cr.

GEOG 4057

Topics in GIS Applications

3 cr.
 

GEOG 4066

Topics in Remote Sensing Applications

 
3 cr.




All courses required for the certificate also count towards the respective Honours geography major.

 

 (Last updated: Feb. 14, 2012)

 

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Certificate in Environmental Management

This certificate provides students with a strong background in the basic premises, theories and practices associated with environmental management. It also provides students with an insight into the ways in which management can be employed to mitigate a wide range of environmental problems.

 
Notes:​
  • All courses required for the certificate also count towards the respective Honours Geography major.​
  • The certificate is restricted to Honours Geography majors and will be awarded at the time of graduation.
 
Students must complete nine credits of:
9 cr.
  GEOG 4107 Impact Assessment for Resource Management  
 

GEOG 4317

Issues in Global Economic Geographies

 
  GEOG 4437 Hazards Geography  
  GEOG 4806 Natural Resource Development in Regional Planning         
  GEOG 4807 Natural Resource Management    
       

And nine credits of:

9 cr.
  ENSC 2007 Topics in Environmental Science II  

GEOG 2226 Environment and Society  
  GEOG 3127 Water Resource Management  
  GEOG 3436 Earth Resources  
  HIST 3276 Topics in Environmental History  
  NATI 2005 Native Kinships with Environment  
       

This certificate is restricted to 4-year honours Geography majors, currently pursing their degrees and will be awarded at the time of graduation with the honours geography degrees. 

       
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Geography Courses


  GEOG 1016 Introduction to Human Geography
  GEOG 1017 Introduction to Physical Geography
  GEOG 2011 Fundamentals of GIS and Computer Mapping
  GEOG 2017 Introduction to Geomatics
  GEOG 2026 Introduction to Quantitative Methods
  GEOG 2106 Geomorphology
  GEOG 2107 Climatology
  GEOG 2126 Physical Hydrology
  GEOG 2136 Cultural Geography
  GEOG 2137 Social Geography
  GEOG 2226 Environment and Society
GEOG 3016 Field Techniques in Geography
GEOG 3026 Geography of Developing Countries
GEOG 3027 Spatial Statistics
GEOG 3056 Spatial Analysis Using GIS
GEOG 3057 Environmental Geomorphology
GEOG 3066 Remote Sensing of the Environment
GEOG 3076 Regional Geography of Africa
GEOG 3086 Principles of Biogeography
GEOG 3096 Environmental Hydrology
GEOG 3107 Weather Analysis and Forecasting
GEOG 3126 Geographies of Agriculture
GEOG 3136 Global Economic Geographies
GEOG 3206 Urban Growth and Development
GEOG 3207 The Internal Structure of the City
GEOG 3217 Political Geography and Development
GEOG 3236 Geography of Environment and Health
GEOG 3306 Population Geography
GEOG-3356 Introduction to International Development (formerly GEOG 2356)
GEOG 3397 Introductory Soil Science
GEOG-3406 A Geography of Canada (formerly GEOG 2406)
GEOG-3407 Selected Regions of North America (formerly GEOG 2407)
GEOG 3436 Earth Resources
GEOG-3706 A Geography of Russia and the Eurasian Republics (formerly GEOG 2706)
GEOG-3707 A Geography of Eastern Europe (formerly GEOG 2707)
GEOG 3806 Transportation and Communication Systems
GEOG-3807 Local and Regional Development (formerly GEOG 2807)
  GEOG 3826 A Geography of Latin America
  GEOG 3906 Selected Topics
GEOG 4026 Political Ecology
GEOG 4027 Spatial Computing
  GEOG 4057 Topics in GIS Applications
  GEOG 4066 Topics in Remote Sensing Applications
  GEOG 4087 Advanced Biogeography
  GEOG 4106 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 4127 Lake and Wetland Environments
  GEOG 4136 Applied Climatology
  GEOG 4137 Paleoclimatology and Climatic Change
  GEOG 4216 World Population Growth
  GEOG 4227 Themes in Social and Cultural Geography
  GEOG 4237 Urban Health
  GEOG 4247 Watershed Modeling
  GEOG 4317 Issues in Global Economic Geographies
  GEOG 4397 Soil Biology and Soil Chemistry
  GEOG 4437 Hazards Geography
  GEOG 4806 Natural Resource Development in Regional Planning
  GEOG 4807 Natural Resource Management
  GEOG 4817 Urban Land Use Planning in Canada
  GEOG 4906 Selected Topics in Physical Geography
  GEOG 4907 Selected Topics in Human Geography
  GEOG 4976 Geography Field Camp
  GEOG 4977 Human Geography Field Camp
  GEOG 4986 Directed Studies
  GEOG 4995 Senior Seminar and Thesis
 

Cross-Listed Courses

The following courses may be credited towards Geography:
  HIST 3276 Topics in Environmental History  
  NATI 2005 Native Kinships with Environment  
 
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