Academic Calendar - 2020 ARCHIVE

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2020ARCHIVE

Western Main Campus

Honours Specialization HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT - BA
Faculty of Social Science - Geography and Environment



Admission Requirements


Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% and no mark below 60% in 3.0 principal courses, including 1.0 course* from Geography 1100, Geography 1300A/B, Geography 1400F/G, Geography 1500F/G, Environmental Science 1021F/G, plus 2.0 additional courses numbered 1000-1999.

*If upper-year students have not completed 1.0 courses listed above, they may select one or two courses from: Geography 2131A/B, Geography 2132A/B, Geography 2133A/B, Geography 2142A/B, Geography 2152F/G, 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/Program Information


Module
9.0 courses:

0.5 course: Geography 2210A/B* (normally taken in Year 2).
1.5 courses: Geography 2220A/B, Geography 2240A/B, Geography 3250A/B.
1.0 course from: Geography 2410A/B, Geography 2411F/G, Geography 2420A/B, Geography 2430A/B, Geography 2460F/G.
1.0 course from: Geography 2310A/B, Geography 2320A/B, Geography 2330A/B.
1.0 courses: Geography 3210A/B, Geography 4000A/B.
0.5 course from: Geography courses numbered 2000 to 2099.
3.5 courses in Geography at the 2200 level or above, at least 2.0 of which must be at 3000 level or above, with Geography 3000Y or Geography 3001F/G strongly recommended. (Students wishing to pursue Graduate Studies are encouraged to take Geography 4900E or Geography 4901E.) * In cases where an antirequisite statistics course has been taken instead, then an additional 0.5 course numbered 2200 or above in Geography must be taken to make up the 9.0 courses required for the module.