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2000 Level Courses
An overview of the regional geography of Canada. Topics considered may include demographics, culture, the economy, resources and environmental issues.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
A detailed examination of the province as part of the Great Lakes region, with special reference to its historical development, natural resources and patterns of human and economic activity.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
Survey of human activity in outer space, including history of spaceflight, scientific exploration, economic and military uses of space, natural resources and hazards, legal and ethical implications, and plausible future developments.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
Weaving together Eurowestern and Indigenous science and knowledge we explore the processes underlying human-induced climate change and the threats posed to both physical and social systems. Discuss and reflect on how you will be affected by climate change and practise ways to take action and influence our shared future.
Anti-requisites: Indigenous Studies 2133A/B.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, cross-listed with Indigenous Studies 2133A/B, 0.5 course.
Geographical theories of local and international trade; relationships between the location of production and flows of goods, services and factors of production among countries and regions; the geographical patterns of world commerce.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
Examination of tourism as a global, national and local phenomenon, with economic, social, and environmental impacts; emphasis on tourism in developing countries; hosts, guests, and tourism operators; tourism trends; mass versus alternative tourism; relationship between ‘ecotourism’ and nature protection.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 0.5 course.
A survey of the methods and models used to understand human responses to hazards. The course reviews the rich tradition of hazards research in geography, particularly through the lens of social science. The course will include discussions of both so-called "natural hazards" (e.g., floods, fires, earthquakes) and "technological hazards" (e.g., nuclear technology, genetically modified organisms, terrorism, war) as examples.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
Investigates the fast-changing geographies of animals in relation to global environmental change. The initial focus is on extinctions, endangerment, and broad population declines occurring among many wild animal species. The subsequent focus is on the soaring populations and conditions of life for a few species of domesticated animals.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
A survey course exploring the connections between urban environments, health, and wellbeing, including key historical developments, theories, problems, and solutions. Hands-on activities throughout will teach skills and knowledge suitable for careers in planning, urban development, public health, medicine, business, civil engineering, and municipal government.
Extra Information: 2 instructional hours, 1 lab hour, 0.5 course.
This course introduces students to the key principles of community planning. It considers the social, environmental, and economic facets of urban sustainability, and uses case studies from Canada and internationally to demonstrate how planning processes can transform cities.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
An introduction to the nature of geographical analysis of data and the application of statistical techniques and computing systems in Geography: data collection, research design, sampling; models of spatial data, probability, distributions, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression.
Antirequisite(s): Biology 2244A/B, Economics 2122A/B, Economics 2222A/B, Health Sciences 3801A/B, MOS 2242A/B, the former Psychology 2810, the former Psychology 2820E, Psychology 2811A/B, Psychology 2830A/B, Psychology 2850A/B, Psychology 2851A/B, Social Work 2207A/B, Sociology 2205A/B, Statistical Sciences 2035, Statistical Sciences 2141A/B, Statistical Sciences 2143A/B, Statistical Sciences 2244A/B, Statistical Sciences 2858A/B, Statistical Sciences 2037A/B if taken prior to Fall 2010.
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course from Geography and Environment 1100, Geography and Environment 1200A/B, Geography and Environment 1300A/B, Geography and Environment 1400F/G, Geography and Environment 1500F/G, Geography and Environment 2131A/B, Geography and Environment 2132A/B, Geography and Environment 2133A/B, Geography and Environment 2152F/G, Geography and Environment 2153A/B, Geography and Environment 2160A/B, Environmental Science 1021F/G; or enrolment in the Major in Physical Geography and Environment, in the Certificate in Geographic Information Science, or in an Honours Earth Science Program for Professional Registration.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 2 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
An introduction to fundamentals and principles of Geographic Information Science, emphasizing both applied and theoretical aspects of digital mapping, spatial data handling, and spatial analysis using both vector and raster data. Practical skills are developed through the use of Geographic Information Systems.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 2 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
Introduction to the principles, techniques, and geographic applications of remote sensing systems. Computer processing of remote sensing digital data. Interface of remote sensing data with geographic information systems.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 course from Geography and Environment 1100, Geography and Environment 1200A/B, Geography and Environment 1300A/B, Geography and Environment 1400F/G, Geography and Environment 1500F/G, Geography and Environment 2131A/B, Geography and Environment 2132A/B, Geography and Environment 2133A/B, Geography and Environment 2152F/G, Geography and Environment 2153A/B, Geography and Environment 2160A/B, Environmental Science 1021F/G; or registration in a module in Science or in Engineering, in the Major in Physical Geography and Environment, in the Certificate in Geographic Information Science, or in the Commercial Aviation Management program in MOS.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 2 laboratory hour, 0.5 course. Limited enrollment.
Fundamentals of the physical processes underlying weather and climate; radiant energy, energy balances, clouds, atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics; principles of the "Greenhouse Effect", mid-latitude cyclones and aspects of weather forecasting, severe weather phenomenon and atmospheric optics.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 2 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
Spatial distributions of plants and animals; evolutionary and environmental controls on distributions; impacts of human settlement.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 laboratory hour, 0.5 course.
The consequences of physical environmental change for Indigenous communities around the globe will be examined in relation to the processes of colonialism and environmental dispossession. Topics include: identity, culture, local economies, social functioning, food security and health.
Antirequisite(s): Indigenous Studies 2601F/G, cross-listed with Indigenous Sudies 2601F/G.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
The forces reshaping global economic geography; fundamentals of spatial economics; principles of locational decisions; spatial interaction; and growth of spatial economic systems are examined. Examples of these concepts are taken from a variety of countries.
Antirequisite(s): Indigenous Studies 2412F/G, Indigenous Studies 2251F/G if taken in Winter 2024.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours,0.5 course. Cross-listed with Indigenous Studies 2412F/G.
The forces reshaping global economic geography; fundamentals of spatial economics; principles of locational decisions; spatial interaction; and growth of spatial economic systems are examined. Examples of these concepts are taken from a variety of countries.
Prerequisites: 30.5 course from Geography and Environment 1100, Geography and Environment 1200A/B, Geography and Environment 1300A/B, Geography and Environment 1400F/G, Geography and Environment 1500F/G, Geography and Environment 2131A/B, Geography and Environment 2132A/B, Geography and Environment 2133A/B, Geography and Environment 2152F/G, Geography and Environment 2153A/B, Geography and Environment 2160A/B, Environmental Science 1021F/G; Economics 1021A/B, Economics 1022A/B; MOS 1021A/B, MOS 1023A/B, or enrolment in any of the Globalization Studies modules.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours,0.5 course.
This course introduces students to current issues in public health and the environment. Theory, method and case study discussions focus on the important role of geography in understanding and explaining patterns of diseases, health and health care in communities, regions and nations.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 0.5 course.
Growth, structure and morphology in industrial and post-industrial cities; theories of, and empirical research on, urban form and structure; land development decision making; development feasibility modelling; urban land-use policy.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.