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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, the former 020E, and 3.0 courses from the Faculty of Science, not including Astronomy 1021; Biology 12251290B, the former 026; Calculus 1201A/B; the former Chemistry 021; Computer Science 1032A/B; and Physics 1021. Students must have an average of at least 70% in the following 2.0 courses plus 1.0 additional course, with no mark in these principal courses below 60%.

1.0 course from Geography 11001300A/B, 1400F/G, 1500F/G, the former 020E.
1.0 course from: Applied Mathematics 1413, Calculus 1000A/B, 1301A/B or 1501A/B; Computer Science 1025A/B, 1026A/B; Linear Algebra 1600A/B; the former Mathematics 030.

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.
2.0 courses normally taken in Year 3: Geography 3000Y, 3210A/B, 3211A/B, 3222A/B.
1.5 courses from: 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.
2.0 additional courses in Geography at the 3000 level or above. (Students wishing to pursue graduate studies are encouraged to take Geography 4900E).

*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, 3332A/B, 3333A/B, 3334A/B, 3341A/B, 3342A/B3350A/B, 3351A/B3352A/B, the former Geography 2340A/B, 307a/b.

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