3000 level courses
Third Year Courses are all Program courses, generally taken at third year and above. They use the same numbering convention as in Second Year Courses. The Program Courses are further numbered by sub-discipline, but the distinctions are not critical to program planning.
- 30xx : Field Courses
- 32xx : Technical courses (e.g. Statistics, Geographic Information Systems, Research Methods)
- 33xx : Physical/Environmental courses
- 34xx : Human/Urban Geography
- 39xx : Selected Topics Courses that are used for one-off offerings, or to allow immediate offering of a course going through review.
3000Y Field Methods and Practices
Departmental field trips to develop student skills in field-based observation, data collection and recording, and analysis and interpretation of human and physical landscapes.
Antirequisite(s): Geography 3001F/G.
Prerequisite(s): 3rd year status in any module in the Department of Geography except the minor; limited enrolment. Priority given to Specialization and Honors Specialization students.
Extra Information: Sessions and dates by arrangements. Students should be prepared to meet the necessary travel and living expenses. 0.5 course.
Specifics about this course
3001F Community-based Methods and Practices
This is an advanced community-based experiential course that combines in-class discussions with community based research. Students will train in methodologies and ethics of working with First Nations communities. Areas of research may include but not limited to ecological restoration, land claims, self-government, education, health and wellness and urban issues.
Antirequisite(s): Geography 3000Y, Indigenous Studies 4023F/G.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
3210A Geocomputation
An introduction to multivariate statistics and data analysis using computational methods; reproducibility in data analysis, data presentation, exploratory data analysis, and data mining for Geography.
Antirequisite(s): All other senior level statistics courses numbered 2000 or above.
Prerequisite(s): Geography 2210A/B or Biology 2244A/B or Statistical Sciences 2244A/B and enrolment in a geography program or permission from the instructor.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 2 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
3211A Spatial Statistics
Topics include exploratory spatial data analysis, global and local spatial statistics, spatial autocorrelation and interpolation, spatial regression models, and geographically weighted regression. The emphasis will be on developing analytical skills with practical applications using statistical software and Geographic Information Systems.
Prerequisite(s): Third or fourth year status at the University including Geography 2210A/B or equivalent and Geography 2220A/B or permission of the instructor.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 2 lab hours, 0.5 course (main campus) Limited enrollment
3222A Geographic Information Science II
Methods and techniques in Geographic Information Science. Spatial data encoding from maps and geographic database implementation. Spatial interpolation and other modeling techniques. Integration of remote sensing, GIS and Visualization. Hands-on experience using ESRI, ArcGIS software.
Prerequisite(s): Geography 2210A/B or Biology 2244A/B or Statistical Sciences 2244A/B and Geography 2220A/B.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 2 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
3225B Transportation Geography and GIS
Provides a comprehensive introduction to concepts, theories, and models in the field of transportation geography. GIS and spatial analysis methods for solving transport issues and problems will be presented. Topics covered include accessibility, planning, public transit, active transport, smart mobility, impacts on land use, health, energy, environment, and social equity.
Prerequisite(s): Third or fourth year-status and Geography 2220A/B, or permission of the instructor.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 2 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
3226A Urban Data Science
Introduces a computational social science approach to process, analyze, and visualize urban data in a reproducible way. Modern data science toolkits to support better decision making in urban development and planning contexts will be presented. Topics covered include exploratory/statistical/agent-based urban models, network analysis, applied machine learning, and advanced data visualizations.
Prerequisite(s): Third or fourth year-status and Geography 2220A/B, or permission of the instructor.
Extra Information: 1 lecture hour, 3 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
3250B Social Science Research Methods in Geography
A survey of a range of social scientific methods for studying humans (e.g., interviews, questionnaires); with an emphasis on research designs involving human interaction. Topics include identifying research problems, questions and designs, sources of error, ethics and values in research, methods of data collection, data analysis and presentation of findings.
Antirequisite(s): Political Science 2325F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Two full courses in Geography and third or fourth year status at the University.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 2 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
3311A Micrometeorology
Principles of weather and climate at micro-, local, and meso-scales; processes associated with transfer of heat, mass, and momentum and resulting climates near the surface; local winds, fog, urban climates and air pollution.
Prerequisite(s): One of Geography 2310A/B, Geography 2320A/B or Geography 2330A/B, or at least 3rd year standing in an Environmental Science or Earth Sciences program. (A 1000-1099 level course in Applied Mathematics, Mathematics, or Physics is also recommended).
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 2 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
3350B Climate Change: Past and Future
Learn about the lessons Earth’s past climate holds for future climate change. Students are introduced to methods of paleoclimatology, past environmental changes and their impacts on early societies, and future climate change including models, international agreements, climate and graphical literacy in the media, and strategies for reaching climate goals.
Prerequisite(s): One of Geography 2310A/B, 2320A/B or 2330A/B, or 3rd year standing in an Environmental Science or Earth Sciences program.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 2 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
3352A Paleolimnology and Global Environmental Change
This course provides students with an introduction to paleolimnology, which uses the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of lake sediments to determine past environments.
Prerequisite(s): One of Geography 2310A/B, 2320A/B or 2330A/B, or at least 3rd year standing in an Environmental Science or Earth Sciences program, or Biology 2483A/B, Biology 2485A/B, the former Biology 2484A/B.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 2 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
3414A Digital Technology, Society, and Environment
This course engages with digital technologies as social and spatial phenomena. Through an exploration of themes including the cloud, internet infrastructures, smart cities, digital platforms, and the gig/sharing economy, the course identifies the environmental and social implications of pervasive digitality while critically navigating through utopian versus dystopian discourses of technology.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in year 3 or 4 in any module.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 0.5 course.
3416F Urban Culture of Public Spaces
A geographic investigation of urban culture focusing on the design, use and identities of urban public spaces as evidenced through systematic observations of social life in urban public settings. Relevant concepts, theories, and field methods are applied to guide and critique the investigation.
Prerequisite(s): Two full courses in Geography and third or fourth year status at the University.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 2 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
3431B Geography of Health and Health Care
A critical examination of the major themes in the geography of health and health care. The focus will be on the importance of understanding place, space and environment as they relate to health. Geographical aspects of health inequalities, access and utilization will be explored.
Prerequisite(s): Geography 2430A/B or a related 2000-level course in Health Sciences, Sociology or Psychology, or permission of the instructor.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
3432B Environmental Hazards and Human Health
This is a survey course regarding the links between human health and environmental hazard exposure. Issues will include the health impacts of water pollution, air pollution, solid and hazardous waste, toxic substances, pesticides and radiation. The limitations of models and methods are discussed.
Prerequisite(s):
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 0.5 course.
3441G Conservation and Development
Examines struggles over conservation and development in a global context. A central aim is to consider the transformation of ecosystems, loss of biodiversity, and struggles for alternatives in relation to the vast and growing inequalities in wealth, power, and resource consumption that exist within and between countries.
Prerequisite(s): Third or fourth year status at the University.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
3445F Global Agriculture and Food Systems
Food is a basic human need and agriculture is one of the most fundamental ways that societies interact with their habitats. This course examines the diversity of world agriculture and the rise of a dominant industrial system, focusing on both the social and environmental dimensions of agrarian change.
Prerequisite(s): Third or fourth year status at the University.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
3446F Climate Change, Culture Change
Challenges students to examine, understand, and question the carbon footprint of their everyday geographies, and consider how modifying personal lifestyles—their own ways of doing and thinking—can mitigate environmental impacts. Everyday geographies are examined through exercises that focus on subjects including diet, clothing, transportation, and waste, and lower-carbon alternatives.
Prerequisite(s): Third or fourth year status at the University.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 2 tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
3461F Land Use and Development Issues
Critical examination of current land use and development projects; students are required actively to participate in the discussions.
Prerequisite(s): Third or fourth year status at the University.
Extra Information: 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course.
3462G Land Use Planning
Basic techniques for preparing, implementing, and applying land use plans and zoning controls.
Prerequisite(s): Third or fourth year status at the University.
Extra Information: 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course.
3464F Financial Feasibility of Urban Developments
The object of the course is to expose students to the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of urban form and structure. A major focus is on static development feasibility models and their application to understanding urban change. The course provides a hands-on experience for students to build financial feasibility models of urban developments.
Antirequisite(s): he former Geography 377F/G, 378F/G, and 3460E.
Prerequisite(s): Geography 2460F/G. Business Administration 2257 is strongly recommended.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
3465F Urban Economic Development and Policy
This course examines policies used in economic development to ensure growth and competitiveness of urban economies. Topics include theories of urban economic development, analytical techniques for evaluating urban economies, business recruitment and retention policies, creative economy and quality of life policies, technology policies, and place-based economic development policies.
Prerequisite(s): Third or fourth year status; At least one of Geography 1400F/G, 2210A/B, 2220A/B, 2420A/B or 2460F/G.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 0.5 course.
