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Course Information

Graduate courses range from small, individualized instruction to larger, interactive seminars.

  • Debates in Geographic Thought (GEOG 9998): Required for all students. Introduces diverse philosophical and theoretical approaches in Geography.
  • Graduate-Level Methods Course: Required for Master’s students; may be taken within Geography or a related discipline.

Course Registration

  • Students must register at the beginning of every term
  • Self-enrolment occurs only after consultation with your supervisor
  • Students are responsible for maintaining continuous registration and fee payment through the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. See the Graduate Calendar for full regulations.

Additional Information

  • Course registration happens at the start of each term, after discussing options with your supervisor
  • You may take only one course per instructor, except for the required courses and methods course
  • Students can take one Advanced Studies course (GEOG 9200–9600) with their supervisor
Note: You must stay continuously enrolled and pay fees each term until you finish your program. For full details, refer to the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

2026 Fall Term

Introduces students to the diversity of philosophical and theoretical approaches to Geography by engaging with current debates in the discipline. Students learn how different approaches inform research practice, and thus how to locate their own research within a wider intellectual and disciplinary context.

Instructor: Eyvindson & Golkar-Dakin
Date and Time: TBD
Location: TBD

 

The conceptual frameworks for environmental health research and policy analysis. Appraisal of methods of deriving and substantiating evidence in environment and health research. Approaches to environmental health policy formulation and the uses of evidence in the environmental health policy arena.

Instructor: Luginaah
Date and Time: TBD
Location: TBD

 

This seminar examines the key qualitative research methods used in human geography. Students will deepen their knowledge of research ethics, critically reflect on positionality and power relations, and have opportunities to practice data gathering and analysis techniques.

Instructor: Tchoukaleyska
Date and Time: TBD
Location: TBD

 

2027 Winter Term

Drawing on the relational and place-based dimensions of Indigenous geographies, the course traces the structural conditions and subjective dimensions of settler colonialism and dispossession while centering Indigenous resurgence, sovereignty, and self-determination as both analytical and political orientations.

Instructor: Ambtman Smith
Date and Time: TBD
Location: TBD

This course examines how relations of power and inequality shape environmental change and environmental governance. Political ecology provides tools for analyzing connections between ecological processes and social, economic, and political structures. The course introduces key theoretical debates including scale, nature society relations, structure and agency, class, state power, colonial histories, and intersectionality.

Instructor: Bowness & Weis
Date and Time: TBD
Location: TBD

This course is for all new graduate students. The course provides an opportunity for cohort building while addressing practical and skills-based needs of students. Through teaching, guest lectures, workshops, peer collaboration, and expert mentorship, students learn how to develop and write effective research proposal, plan for careers, communicate research to diverse audiences, write proposal, and build professional job application packages and networks. Overall, emphasis is on actionable strategies for lifelong learning, and career planning.

Instructor: Hunsberger
Date and Time: TBD
Location: TBD

Introduction to fundamental concepts, techniques and applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This is an entry-level course for students who wish to apply GIS to their own research. Students gain hands-on experience using the ArcGIS software and develop problem-solving skills.

Instructor: Long
Date and Time: TBD
Location: TBD

An interdisciplinary graduate seminar that provides training in Indigenous research methodologies and community-engaged scholarship across disciplines. Designed for graduate students in Geography, Indigenous Studies, Health Sciences, Social Work, Education, Anthropology, and related fields, the course combines theoretical foundations with practical skills development.

Instructor: Williams
Date and Time: TBD
Location: TBD

2027 Spring/Summer Term

This field-based course introduces advanced environmental field techniques in natural and built environments at scales relevant to students’ research.  Course content will include field work design and planning, data collection, storage and analysis methods, with the intent of preparing students for their own thesis-based field work.

Instructor: Hopkinson
Date and Time: TBD
Location: TBD