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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fall 2025 Course Outline
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.
This course offers an introduction to the interrelated dynamics of climate crisis and colonialism. The influence of geographies of epistemology, culture, place and power on climate change impacts, strategies, and outcomes is explored. Adopting an anti-colonialist framework and emphasizing inclusive Indigenous Kinship approaches the course moves from theory to action.
Antirequisite(s): Indigenous Studies 3600F/G, Geography 3901A/B taught in Fall 2022.
Prerequisite(s): Two full courses or equivalent in Geography. Third or fourth year status at the University.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 0.5 course.
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, 0.5 course.
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.
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.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 0.5 course.
This course investigates the political ecology of energy. Issues of politics and power, social equity, and environmental impact are examined through Canadian and international case studies. The concept of 'energy justice' is used both to critically assess current patterns of energy production and use and to explore more sustainable possibilities.
Prerequisite(s): Third or fourth year status at the University.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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 and their interrelation.
Prerequisite(s): Third or fourth year status at the University..
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
This course is an invitation to critically examine the relationship between culture and climate change. We explore the possibilities and limitations of modifying personal lifestyles as climate action, followed by a consideration of the constraints imposed by the broader material, spatial, temporal, and relational dimensions of Canadian culture.
Prerequisite(s): Third or fourth year status at the University.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 2 tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
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.
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.
This course explores the geography of housing in North American cities from an historical perspective, with a detailed investigation of the effects of land development, construction, financing, planning, public policy, demographics and lifestyle changes on the production and consumption of residential landscapes.
Prerequisite(s): Third or fourth year status at the University.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 0.5 course.