Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences

The Geography major provides students with an interdisciplinary approach across the physical and social sciences to engage with issues across scales, from community sustainability to global environmental change. Within the program of studies it is possible for students, through course selection, to follow a particular line of interest. For example: climate change, watershed management, food security, environmental conservation, community sustainability, or energy planning. The Co-op program in Geography provides students with the opportunity to further explore their line of interest over their paid work terms in their field.

Program Requirements

The Geography Co-op program is a five year program, including three required work terms. Students must complete a Fall, Winter, and Summer work term and must follow the academic work schedule as outlined below (also found on the Cooperative Education website https://www.recruitguelph.ca/cecs/). Prefer refer to the Co-operative Education program policy with respect to adjusting this schedule.

Geography Academic and Co-op Work Term Schedule

Co-op Information

Year	Fall	Winter	Summer
1	Academic Semester 1	Academic Semester 2	Off
2	Academic Semester 3, COOP*1100	Academic Semester 4	COOP*1000 Work Term I
3	Academic Term 5	COOP*2000 Work Term II	Academic Semester 6
4	COOP*3000 Work Term III	COOP*4000 Work Term IV	Off
5	Academic Semester 7	Academic Semester 8	N/A

Please refer to the Co-operative Education program policy with respect to work term performance grading, work term report grading and program completion requirements.

For additional program information students should consult with their Co-op Co-ordinator and Co-op Faculty Advisor, listed on the Co-operative Education web site.

Credit Summary

(21.50 Total Credits)¹

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Required Core Courses		9.00
Electives		11.00
Co-op Work Terms		1.50
Total Credits		21.5

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A fourth Co-op work term is optional and if completed, the total number of credits will equal 22.00. 

Note: The 9.00 require core courses include 6.00 required GEOG credits and 3.00 GEOG in electives, which must be from 3000 level or higher, and at least 1.50 credits of those from 4000 level.  A minimum of three Co-op work terms including a Summer, Fall, and Winter are necessary to complete the Co-op requirement.

The recommended program sequence is outlined below.

Major (Honours Program)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Semester 1 - Fall
GEOG*1200	Society and Space	0.50
GEOG*1300	Introduction to the Biophysical Environment	0.50
1.50 electives		1.50
Semester 2 - Winter
GEOG*1220	Human Impact on the Environment	0.50
2.00 electives		2.00
Summer Semester
No academic semester or work term
Semester 3 - Fall
GEOG*2000	Geomorphology	0.50
GEOG*2030	Environment, Justice and Society	0.50
GEOG*2420	The Earth From Space	0.50
GEOG*2460	Analysis in Geography	0.50
COOP*1100	Introduction to Co-operative Education	0.00
0.50 electives		0.50
Semester 4 - Winter
GEOG*2110	Climate and the Biophysical Environment	0.50
GEOG*2480	Mapping and GIS	0.50
1.50 electives		1.50
Summer Semester
COOP*1000	Co-op Work Term I	0.50
Semester 5 - Fall
GEOG*3480	GIS and Spatial Analysis	0.50
GEOG*3020	Global Environmental Change	0.50
0.50 credits in GEOG at the 3000 or 4000 level		0.50
1.00 electives		1.00
Winter Semester
COOP*2000	Co-op Work Term II	0.50
Semester 6 - Summer
1.00 credits in GEOG at the 3000 or 4000 level		1.00
1.50 electives		1.50
Fall Semester
COOP*3000	Co-op Work Term III	0.50
Winter Semester
COOP*4000	Co-op Work Term IV	0.50
Summer Semester
No academic semester or work term
Semester 7 - Fall
1.00 credits in GEOG at the 3000 or 4000 level		1.00
1.50 electives		1.50
Semester 8 Winter
GEOG*4880	Contemporary Geographic Thought	0.50
0.50 credits in GEOG at the 3000 or 4000 level		0.50
1.50 electives		1.50