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HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN GEOGRAPHY - BSc
Admission Requirements
Completion of first year requirements, including 1.0 course from Geography 11001300A/B, 1400F/G, 1500F/G, 2131A/B, 2153A/B (taken after September 2012), the former 020E, (with Geography 1300A/B recommended) and 3.0 courses from the Faculty of Science, not including Applied Mathematics 1201A/B or the former Calculus 1201A/B; Astronomy 1021; Biology 1225, 1229F/G, 1290B; Chemistry 1027A/B; Computer Science 1032A/B; and 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%.
Note: If Geography 2131A/B or 2153A/B is used as the basis for admission, these courses cannot be used as part of the module.
 
Module
10.0 courses:
0.5 course: Geography 2210A/B* (normally taken in Year 2).
1.5 courses from: Geography 2220A/B, 2230A/B, 2240A/B, 3250A/B or the former 2250A/B.
1.0 course from: Geography 2410A/B2411F/G, 2420A/B, 2430A/B, 2450F/G, 2460F/G.
1.0 course from: Geography 2310A/B, 2320A/B, 2330A/B, the former 2340A/B.
1.5 courses: Geography 3000Y, 3210A/B4000A/B.
0.5 course from: Geography courses numbered 2000 to 2099.
4.0 courses in Geography at the 2200 level or above, at least 3.0 of which must be at 3000 level or above, and where 2.0 courses must be taken from the following list of Science–equivalent courses. (Students wishing to pursue Graduate Studies are encouraged to take Geography 4901E.)
* If an antirequisite statistics course has been taken instead, then 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. When taken within this module, the following Geography courses count towards meeting the requirement of 11.0 Science courses in a 4-Year BSc: 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, 3350A/B, 3351A/B, 3352A/B, 4901E, the former 2340A/B, 3332A/B, 307a/b.
Academic Calendar 2012 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE GEOGRAPHY HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN GEOGRAPHY - BSc
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