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MAJOR IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE

Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements, including 1.0 course from Geography 1100, 1300A/B, 1400F/G, 1500F/G with a mark of at least 60% in each Geography course.

Senior students may substitute Geography 2131A/B and 2153A/B as entry requirements, if these were taken after September 2012 and completed with at least 60%. If either Geography 2131A/B or 2153A/B is used as the basis for admission, these courses cannot be used as part of the module.

Module
6.0 courses:

0.5 or 1.0* course from: Geography 2210A/B or any university-level statistics course at the 2000 level or above* (normally taken in Year 2).
1.5 courses from: Geography 2220A/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, the former 2340A/B.
1.0 course from: Geography 3211A/B, 3222A/B (normally taken in Year 3).
2.0 courses from: Geography 2122A/B, 3210A/B, 3221A/B, 3223A/B, 3231A/B, 3241A/B, 3260A/B, 3321A/B, 3421A/B, 4220A/B.

*If a 1.0 course is taken, the module will consist of 6.5 courses.

Notes:
1. Honors degrees require two Major modules.
2. Combination with a Major module in Science or Basic Medical Sciences may allow graduation with a four-year BSc degree.
3. 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.

This module may NOT be combined with any Geography module.

Academic Calendar 2014 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE GEOGRAPHY MAJOR IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE
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