Academic Calendar - 2018 ARCHIVE

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2018ARCHIVE

Western Main Campus

Major MAJOR IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
Faculty of Social Science - Geography



Admission Requirements


Completion of first-year requirements, including 1.0 course from the following with a minimum mark of 60% in the courses taken: Geography 1100, Geography 1300A/B, Geography 1400F/G or Geography 1500F/G, Earth Sciences 1022A/B, Earth Sciences 1023A/B, Earth Sciences 1070A/B, Earth Sciences 1081A/B, Environmental Science 1021F/G, Biology 1001A, Biology 1002B, Biology 1201A, Biology 1202B. Senior students may also use Geography 2131A/B and/or Geography 2153A/B in making up the 1.0 Geography 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/Program Information


Module
6.0 courses:

0.5 course: Geography 2210A/B*.
0.5 course from: Geography 2220A/B, Geography 2230A/B, Geography 2240A/B.
1.0 course from: Geography courses numbered 2300-2399.
1.5 courses from: Geography courses numbered 3300-3399.
0.5 course in Geography at the 2000 level or above.
0.5 course in Geography at the 2200 level or above.
0.5 course in Geography at the 3000 level or above.
1.0 course in Geography at the 3000 level or above, or in Environmental Science, Earth Science or Biology at the 2200 level or above.

* Geography 2210A/B is mandatory for students in their first year of registration in this module. In cases where an antirequisite statistics course is taken instead, then an additional 0.5 course numbered 2000 or above in Geography must be taken to make up the 6.0 courses required for the module.

Notes:

  1. Combination with a Major module in Science or Basic Medical Sciences may allow graduation with a Four-Year BSc.
  2. To qualify for a Four-Year BSc degree, 11.0 Science and/or Science equivalent courses are required.
  3. When taken within this module, the following Geography courses count towards meeting the requirement of 11.0 Science courses in a Four-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 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 3312A/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 other Geography module.