Academic Calendar - 2020 ARCHIVE

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2020ARCHIVE

Western Main Campus

Honours Specialization HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE - 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
10.0 courses:

0.5 course: Geography 2210A/B* (normally taken in Year 2).
1.5 courses: 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 2460F/G, Geography 3250A/B.
1.5 courses normally taken in Year 3: Geography 3210A/B, Geography 3211A/B, Geography 3222A/B.
1.5 courses from: Computer Science 2034A/B, Computer Science 2120A/B, Geography 3223A/B, Geography 3224A/B, Geography 3231A/B, Geography 3414A/B, Geography 3421A/B, Geography 4220A/B
0.5 course: Geography 4000A/B.
3.5 additional courses in Geography at the 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, the module will be 9.5 courses.

This module may NOT be combined with other modules offered by the Geography Department.