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MAJOR IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE

Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements, including 1.0 course from Geography 1100, Geography 1300A/B, Geography 1400F/G, Geography 1500F/G, Environmental Science 1021F/G with a mark of at least 60% in each of these courses.

Senior students may also use Geography 2131A/B and/or Geography 2153A/B in making up the 1.0 admission requirement, as long as they were completed with a grade of at least 60%. Senior qualifying entry course(s) cannot be counted for subsequent program credit.

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, Geography 2230A/B, Geography 2240A/B.
1.0 course from: Geography 2310A/B, Geography 2320A/B, Geography 2330A/B, Geography 2410A/B, Geography 2411F/G, Geography 2420A/B, Geography 2430A/B, Geography 2450F/G, Geography 2460F/G.
1.0 course from: Geography 3211A/B, Geography 3222A/B (normally taken in Year 3).
2.0 courses from: Computer Science 2034A/B, Computer Science 2120A/B, Geography 3210A/B, Geography 3223A/B, Geography 3231A/B, Geography 3260A/B, Geography 3421A/B, Geography 4220A/B, the former Geography 3241A/B, the former Geography 3321A/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  2131A/B, Geography  2210A/B, Geography  2220A/B, Geography  2230A/B, Geography  2240A/B, Geography  2310A/B, Geography  2320A/B, Geography  2330A/B, Geography  3210A/B, Geography  3211A/B, Geography  3221A/B, Geography  3222A/B, Geography  3223A/B, Geography  3231A/B, Geography  3260A/B, Geography  3311A/B, Geography  3312A/B, Geography  3333A/B, Geography  3334A/B, Geography  3341A/B, Geography  3342A/B, Geography  3343A/B, Geography  3350A/B, Geography  3352A/B, Geography  4901E, the former Geography  2122A/B, the former Geography  2340A/B, the former Geography  3241A/B, the former Geography  3321A/B, the former Geography  3331A/B, the former Geography  3332A/B, the former Geography  3351A/B.

This module may NOT be combined with any Geography module.

Academic Calendar 2017 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE GEOGRAPHY MAJOR IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE
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