1999-2000 Undergraduate Calendar Programs | 1999-2000 Undergraduate Calendar Programs |
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| 1999 - 2000 UNDERGRADUATE CALENDAR | ||
| Carleton University |
Chair, J. Kenneth Torrance
Supervisor of Graduate Studies, To be announced
Supervisor of B.A. Studies, To be announced
Supervisor of B.Sc. Studies, To be announced
Professors
John Clarke, B.A. (Queen's of Belfast), M.A. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Western Ontario) • Fiona D. Mackenzie, B.A. (London), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Ottawa) • Michael W. Smith, B.Sc. (Liverpool), M.A. (Georgia), Ph.D. (British Columbia) • D.R. Fraser Taylor, M.A. (Edinburgh), P.G.C.E. (London), Ph.D. (Edinburgh) • J. Kenneth Torrance, B.S.A. (Guelph), M.S., Ph.D. (Cornell) • Iain Wallace, B.A., Ph.D. (Oxford)
David Bennett, B.A., Ph.D. (Liverpool) • Michael Brklacich, B.Sc. (Trent), M.A. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Waterloo) • Chris Burn, B.Sc. (Durham), M.A., Ph.D. (Carleton) • S. Dalby, B.A. (Trinity College), M.A. (Victoria), Ph.D. (Simon Fraser) • Michael Fox, B.A. (Sheffield), M.A. (Carleton) • Douglas J. King, B.A.Sc., M.Sc.F., Ph.D. (Toronto) • Fran Klodawsky, B.A. (Toronto) M.A. (Ohio State), Ph.D. (Queens) • Shelagh J. Squire, B.A. (Winnipeg), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (London) • John E. Tunbridge, B.A., M.A. (Cambridge), Ph.D. (Bristol) •
Joyce Lundberg, B.Sc. (Trinity College), M.Sc. (Australian National), Ph.D. (McMaster) • Gennady Ozornoy, M.A. (Leningrad State University, Alberta), Ph.D. (Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics, Toronto)
Nancy Doubleday, B.Sc. (Brock), B.Ed. (Toronto), LL.B., M.E.S. (York) of the Bar of Ontario
Christine E. Earl, B.Sc. (Western) • Danny Patterson, B.A., M.A. (Carleton) • Steve Prashker, B.Sc., M.Sc. (McGill)
Steve Prashker
Christine E. Earl
Jack D. Ives
Peter J. Williams
F. Ahern • R. Bollman • V. Jefremovas • V. Konrad • E.W. Manning • J. Marshall • V.R. Parameswaran • A. Rencz • E.M. Siekierska • A. Spector • I.C. Taylor • T.L. White
P. Johnson, T. Wilkinson
The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies has programs of study leading to the following degrees in Geography: B.A. (Honours), B.Sc. (Honours), B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. There is also a B.A. (Honours) program in Geographic Information Processing (GIP) and a concentration in Geographic Information Processing (GIP) under the B.Sc.(Honours) program. The undergraduate programs in Geography provide a foundation for understanding the world from human and biophysical perspectives with a particular focus on Geography's unique role for evaluating change at local, regional, national and global scales. There is opportunity to develop expertise in one of the following geographic themes: Culture, Society and Space; The Physical Environment; Societal and Environmental Change; and Geographic Information Processing.
It is also possible to complete combined B.A. (Honours) programs between Geography and many disciplines in Arts and Social Sciences and Public Affairs and Management, including Law, Economics, History, Anthropology, Psychology, Political Science, Canadian Studies, Sociology, Journalism and Biology. There is also a Combined Honours Geography and Biology program. Even without the formality of a Combined program it is possible for those pursuing a single B.A. or Honours program in Geography to develop a subsidiary thematic or regional concentration by taking a variety of non-geography electives. Please contact the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies for information about these possibilities.
In order to graduate, B.Sc. students must fulfill all University graduation regulations (see p. 48), and all Faculty regulations (see p. 109). B.A. students must fulfill all University graduation regulations (see p. 48) and all Faculty regulations including those for First-Year Seminars and Breadth requirements (see p. 63). In addition, all departmental regulations as set out below must also be fulfilled.
B.A. (Honours) Program
The B.A. (Honours) program in Geography is offered for students who wish to prepare for graduate study, a career in planning, government, business, or other specialization in which the field of geography offers the appropriate training. Information on recommended patterns of courses related to various interests is available from the department. There is substantial freedom in the program for students to take courses of special interest in the University, as well as courses in geography and related disciplines.
Formal concentrations are offered both in Environmental and Resource Assesment and in Physical Geography. Students interested in the acquisition, management, display and use of geographic information are directed to the B.A. in Geographic Information Processing (p. 261).
Students reading for a B.A. (Honours) degree must satisfy the general Faculty regulations for Honours. Fourth-year Honours students may take 0.5 credit listed in the Graduate Studies and Research Calendar only if they have a GPA of 9.0 in Geography and permission of the Department.
B.A. (Honours) in Geography
Students admitted to the B.A. (Honours) Geography program are required to complete 20.0 credits beyond the OSSD or Qualifying-University year in Arts or Social Sciences. At least 10.0 credits and not more than 12.0 credits must be in Geography, and must include:
1. 1.5 credits in Geography at the 100-level including:
(i) Geography 45.101 (recommended); or 45.102* and 45.103*; or a First-Year Seminar in Geography;
(ii) Geography 45.110* (may be taken in second year);
2. Geography 45.205*, 45.206*, and 1.0 credit selected from Geography 45.211*, 45.220*, and 45.230*;
3. Geography 45.300* (or other approved field course) and 45.390*
4. Either (i) Geography 45.494 or (ii) 45.499;
5. At least 4.5 additional Geography credits above the 100-level of which at least 2.0 must be at the 300-level and at least 2.0 must be at the 400- level.
Note: a course in English writing and language (for example English 18.105) is recommended.
Geography Combined B.A.(Honours) program
The maximum number of credits allowed in the two subjects specified in a Combined B.A. (Honours) program is 15.0. Students taking Combined Honours in Geography and another subject are required to complete the equivalent of at least 7.0 credits and not more than 8.0 credits in Geography, which must include:
1. 1.5 credits in Geography at the 100-level including:
(i) Geography 45.101 (recommended); or 45.102* and 45.103*; or a first-year seminar in Geography;
(ii) Geography 45.110* (may be taken in second year);
2. 0.5 credit selected from 45.211*, 45.220*, and 45.230*;
3. Geography 45.205*, 45.206*, and 45.390*;
4. At least 2.5 additional Geography credits above the 100-level, 1.5 at the 300-level and 1.0 at the 400-level;
5. Either (i) Geography 45.494 or Geography 45.499 or (ii) an Honours research essay or equivalent in the other Honours department and an additional Geography credit at the 400-level. (If the other department does not offer an Honours research essay or equivalent research experience students must take either Geography 45.494 or 45.499).
Note: a course in English writing and language (for example English 18.105) is recommended.
Combined B.A. (Honours) in Biology and Geography
For Geography requirements see above; for Biology requirements see p. 144. Students must contact both departments for advice.
B.A. (Honours) in Geography with a Concentration in Physical Geography
Requirements: At least 10.0 credits and not more than 12.0 credits must be in Geography and must include:
1. Geography 45.101 (recommended); or 45.102* and 45.103*;
2. 5.5 credits in physical geography as follows:
(i) Geography 45.110*, 45.212*, 45.302*, 45.446* or 45.448* (with a placement in physical geography);
(ii) 2.0 credits from Geography 45.311*, 45.312*, 45.313*, 45.315*, 45.318*, 45.319*;
(iii) 1.5 credits at the 400-level selected from Geography 45.404*, 45.405* (with a topic in physical geography), 45.411*, 45.413*, 45.414*, 45.417*, 45.418*;
3. Geography 45.205*, 45.206*, and 0.5 credit selected from: 45.211*, 45.220*, or 45.230*;
4. Geography 45.300* (or other approved field course) and 45.390*;
5. Geography 45.494 or 45.499 (with a topic in physical geography).
Note: a course in English writing and language (for example English 18.105) is recommended.
B.A. (Honours) in Geography with a Concentration in Resource and Environmental Assessment
The concentration in resource and environmental assessment provides an understanding of both the physical and human dimensions of resource issues and the environment. The concentration includes studies in related thematic areas of geography, as well as applied geography.
At least 10.0 credits and not more than 12.0 credits must be in Geography and must include:
1. Either Geography 45.101; or 45.102* and 45.103*;
2. Geography 45.110* (which may be taken in second year);
3. Geography 45.205*, 45.206*, and either 45.220* or 45.230*;
4. 5.0 credits in resource and environmental assessment as follows:
(i) Geography 45.207*, 45.211*, 45.311*, 45.336*, 45.404* and 45.446* (or 448*)(with a placement in resource and environmental assessment);
(ii) 1.0 credit from: Geography 45.302*, 45.312*, 45.313*, 45.315*, 45.318*, 45.319*, 45.326*, 45.329*, 45.330*;
(iii) 1.0 further credit at the 400-level selected from Geography 45.405* (with a topic in resource and environmental assessment), 45.411*, 45.414*, 45.418*, 45.430*, 45.440*, 45.445*, 45.447*.
5. Geography 45.300* (or other approved field course), and 45.390*;
6. Geography 45.494 or 45.499 (with a topic in resources and environmental assessment);
Note: a course in English writing and language (for example English 18.105) is recommended.
B.A. Program
This program is offered for students who wish a liberal arts educa
tion with emphasis in geography. Guidance on patterns of courses for particular
interests is available from the Department.
Students admitted to the B.A. program in Geography are required to complete the equivalent of at least 7.0 credits and not more than 8.0 credits in Geography, which must include:
1. 1.5 credits in Geography at the 100-level including:
(i) Geography 45.101 (recommended); or 45.102* and 45.103*; or a First-Year Seminar in Geography;
(ii) Geography 45.110* (may be taken in second year);
2. Geography 45.205* and 1.0 credit selected from Geography 45.211*, 45.220*, and 45.230*;
3. At least 4.0 additional Geography credits above the 100-level, of which at least 2.5 must be at the 300- or 400-level.
Note: a course in English writing and language (for example English 18.105) is recommended.
B.A. (Honours) Program in Geographic Information Processing (GIP)
This limited-enrolment program is for students who wish to focus on the acquisition, management, analysis, and display of geographic information. Various applications in planning, environmental and resources management, hazard mapping, demographics, market analysis, and education will be explored. Practical experience will be gained in geographic information systems (GIS), digital cartography, remote sensing, and quantitative analysis.
Admission Requirements
The minimum admission requirement is the OSSD or equivalent with an average of 75 percent or better, including at least six OACs.
Applications for admission to second or subsequent years should be made to the Registrarial Services office and they will be assessed on merit and subject to available space. Application deadlines are June 1 for September admission and November 1 for January admission. Students from other institutions should consult the admissions section of this Calendar for deadlines and procedures. (See p. 31.)
Admissibility to the program is dependent upon:
1. satisfying all Faculty regulations pertaining to B.A. (Honours) programs
2. the simple average of the GPA achieved in the Geographic Information Processing core course(s) completed at the time of application and the GPA achieved on all completed Geography courses.
Admission will be determined according to descending order of simple average attained in (2) above, until the full complement of places available, on an annual basis, has been filled.
The graduation average in Geographic Information Processing shall be calculated over all successfully completed, graded courses used to meet the minimum requirements of the degree program and counting towards the degree.
At least 10.0 credits and not more than 12.0 must be in Geography, and must include:
1. 1.0 credit in Geography at the 100-level. The First-year Seminar in Geography, 01.109, is recommended;
2. 45.205*, 45.206*, 45.207*, 45.302*, 45.303*, 45.305*, 45.306*, 45.307*, 45.403*, 45.406*, 45.408*, 45.446* or 45.448* (with placement in a GIP-related setting);
3. Geography 45.300*;
4. 1.5 additional credits in Geography at the 200-level or higher;
5. Geography 45.494 or 45.499, with an emphasis on the nature and/or use of Geographic Information Processing.
Note: a course in English writing and language (for example English 18.105) is recommended.
B.Sc. (Honours) Program
The Bachelor of Science (Honours) is offered in two concentrations, Physical
Geography and Geographic Information Processing. The program consists of 20.0
credits beyond the OSSD or Qualifying-University Year Science, selected in a
pattern approved by the Supervisor of the
B.Sc. Honours Studies in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,
and consistent with the following requirements:
B.Sc. (Honours) Program Requirements
1. 8.0 credits in Geography selected from the list below, of which at least 2.0 credits must be at the 400-level.
(a) For the Honours Physical Geography concentration, these must include Geography 45.105, 45.212*, 45.311*, 45.312*, 45.313*, 45.315* and 45.318*.
(b) For the Geographic Information Processing (GIP) concentration these must include 45.105, 45.205*, 45.206*, 45.207*, 45.302*, 45.303*, 45.305*, 45.306*, 45.307*, 45.403*, 45.406*, 45.408*.
In special cases students may take an appropriate graduate course in their fourth year, with permission of the Supervisor of Graduate Studies.
2. 45.496 Honours Project. For students in the GIP concentration, the project must have an emphasis on the nature and or use of geographic information processing.
3. (a) The remaining 11.0 credits for the Honours Physical Geography concentration must include:
(i) 1.0 approved credit in Biology, Chemistry or Physics.
(ii) 69.107* and a 0.5 credit in Mathematics and/or Computer Scienc.e.
(iii) 2.0 approved credits in Science, not in Geography, beyond the 100-level.
(iv) 2.0 approved credits in Science, Computer Science or Engineering.
(v) 2.0 arts or social science credits, 1.0 of which must be an approved credit not in geography.
(vi) 3.0 free electives.
(b) The remaining 11.0 credits for the Geographic Information Processing concentration must include:
(i) 1.0 approved credit in Biology, Chemistry or Physics.
(ii) 2.0 approved credits Computer Science.
(iii) 2.0 approved credits in Science, not in Geography, beyond the 100-level.
(iv) 1.0 approved credit in Science, Computer Science or Engineering.
(v) 2.0 arts or social science credits, 1.0 of which must be an approved credit not in Geography.
(vi) 3.0 free electives.
Physical Geography and Geographic Information Processing Courses
45.105, 45.205*, 45.206*, 45.207*, 45.212*, 45.300*, 45.302*, 45.303*, 45.305*, 45.306*, 45.307*, 45.311*, 45.312*, 45.313*, 45.315*, 45.318*, 45.319*, 45.400*, 45.403*, 45.404*, 45.405*, 45.406*, 45.408*, 45.411*, 45.413*, 45.414*, 45.417*, 45.418*, 45.446*, 45.448*
Note: The Concentration in Geographic Information Processing has a limited enrolment. Procedures for application to the concentration and criteria for entry into, continuation in, and graduation from the concentration are the same as those for the B.A. Program - see above.
Combined Honours B.Sc. in Biology and Physical Geography
Program advisers are Lenore Fahrig and To be announced.
Students desiring a comprehensive basic education in both Biology and Physical Geography may apply to a Combined Honours B.Sc. program.
Applicants must satisfy entry requirements of the Honours B.Sc. program.
Course requirements of the Combined Honours B.Sc. program are as follows:
1. Biology 61.103* and 61.104*, Geography 45.105, Mathematics 69.107* and 69.117* or 69.257*, Chemistry 65.100.
2. 2.0 optional arts or social science credits. 1.0 credit in Geography, other than the Physical Geography courses on this page is recommended.
3. 1.0 additional Science credit from the list on p. 118 (Physics 75.101* and 75.102*, or 75.107* and 75.108* is required unless OAC Physics is presented as an entrance credit).
4. 1.0 free option credit (unless Biology 61.102 is taken in lieu of the OAC in Biology. See Biology program for entry with and without OAC in Biology).
5. 10.0 credits in Biology (or Biochemistry) and Physical Geography (see preceding list of courses) beyond First-year level, including at least 0.5 credit involving a field course. Not more than 6.0 credits in this group should be taken in one department and not more than 6.0 may be at the 200-level.
6. 1.0 additional credit in Science or Computer Science above the 100-level, not in Biology or Geography and chosen in consultation with the students program adviser.
7. Biology 61.498 (requires 61.491* as a prerequisite, or may be taken concurrently), or Geography 45.496.
Combined Honours B.Sc. in Geology and Physical Geography
Program advisers are F. Michel and To be announced.
A grade of C+ or better in Geography 45.105/Geology 67.105† and overall Honours standing are required for admittance to the program. Program requirements are as follows:
1. Geography 45.105 or Geology 67.105†, Chemistry 65.100, Mathematics 69.107* and 69.117* and Physics 75.101* and 75.102*, or 75.107* and 75.108*;
2. 5.0 credits in Geology beyond First-year level, including Geology 67.223*, 67.225*, 67.228*, 67.285*††, 2.0 credits in Geology at the 300-level or above, and 1.0 credit in Geology at the 400-level.
3. 5.0 credits in Physical Geography beyond First-year level from list on p. 241, to include: Geography 45.212*, 1.5 credits in Physical Geography at the 200-level or above, Geography 45.302*, 45.312*, 45.315*, 45.318* and 1.0 credit in Physical Geography at the 400-level;
4. Geography 45.496 or Geology 67.498;
5. 1.0 credit in Mathematics beyond First-year level and/or Computer Science. (Mathematics 69.257* and Computer Science 95.104* are recommended.)
6. 2.0 arts or social science elective credits†††;
7. 2.0 credits chosen from arts, social science, Science or Engineering.
† Students who have taken Geology 67.100 may substitute, with permission of the program advisers, Geology 67.100 for 67.105/45.105.
†† Geology 67.285*
††† A Human Geography course is recommended in the program.
Combined Honours in Geology and Geography: Concentration in Terrain Science
(Please see entry under Earth Sciences, p. 214).
Minor in Geography
Students registered in degree programs other than Geography may complete a Minor in Geography. Application for admission to the Minor must be made to the Registrarial Services Office. For the designation "Minor in Geography" to be added to the student's transcript and diploma the requirements below must be met.
At least 4.0 credits in Geography (with a GPA of 4.0 or better) including:
1. Either Geography 45.101; or 45. 102* and 45.103*;
2. Geography 45.205*; 45.110*; 45.220* or 45.230*;
3. 1.5 credits further credits in Geography, including at least 1.0 credit at the 300-level.
Minor in Geography: Physical Geography
Students registered in degree programs other than Geography may obtain a Minor in Geography: Physical Geography. Application for admission to the Minor must be made to the Registrarial Services Office. For the designation "Minor in Geography: Physical Geography" to be added to the student's transcript and diploma the requirements below must be met.
4.0 credits in Physical Geography (with a G.P.A. of 6.5 or better) including:
1. Geography 45.110*, 45.212*;
2. 3.0 credits selected from: Geography 45.302*, 45.311*, 45.312*, 45.313*, 45.315*, 45.318*, 45.319*, 45.411*, 45.414*, 45.418*.
Minor in Geography: Resource and Environmental Assessment
Students registered in degree programs other than Geography may obtain a Minor in Geography: Resource and Environmental Assessment. Application for admission to the Minor must be made to the Registrarial Services office. For the designation "Minor in Geography: Resource and Environmental Assessment" to be added to the student's transcript and diploma the requirements below must be met.
4.0 credits in Resource and Environmental Assessment (with a G.P.A. of 6.5 or better) including:
1. Geography 45.102*, 45.211*, 45.311*, 45.319*, 45.336*, 45.404*;
2. 1.0 credit selected from: Geography 45.302*, 45.312*, 45.313*, 45.315*, 45.318*; 45.326*, 45.329*, 45.330*, 45.411*, 45.414*, 45.418*, 45.430*, 45.440*, 45.445*, 45.447*.
Minor in Geographic Information Processing
Application for admission to this Minor must be made through the Registrarial Services office after having completed at least 1.0 credit from the Geographic Information Processing courses listed below with a GPA of 6.5 or better. The deadline for application is June 1 for September admission and November 1 for January admission. For the designation "Minor in Geographic Information Processing" to be added to the student's transcript and diploma the requirements below must be met.
4.0 credits in Geographic Information Processing (with a GPA of 6.5 or better) including:
1. 45.205* and 45.206* (students in Science may substitute Mathematics 69.257* for 45.206*);
2. Geography 45.207*, 45.305*;
3. 2.0 credits chosen from Geography 45.302*, 45.303*, 45.306*, 45.307*, 45.403*, 45.406* or 45.408*.
Note: Familiarity with computers is assumed but not required. Students with little computer experience may wish to take one of the following courses as part of their program of study: Business 42.142*, Computer Science 95.101* or 95.104*.
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45.105 Geoscience |
First year Seminars: |
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PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT |
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PROCESSING |
CULTURE, SOCIETY, SOCIETAL CHANGE |
REGIONAL AND INTEGRATIVE COURSES |
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45.211* Environmental Geography |
45.205* Research |
45.220* Global Change |
45.255* Canada |
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45.311* Biophysical |
45.302* Air Photos |
45.320* Canadian City |
45.300* Honours Field Course & Tutorial |
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45.404* Environmental Assessment |
45.403* Remote Sensing |
45.404* Environmental Assessment |
45.400* Field Studies |
* denotes half-credit, usually given in one term
The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies offers graduate programs in human geography, physical geography and geotechnical science. For further details consult the Graduate Studies and Research Calendar.
| Category for Breadth | Courses in this unit |
| The temporal dimension of human societies, analyzing times before the present era or societies other than our own | (45.)103*, 230*, 330*, 335, 351*, 360*, 362*, 363* |
| The artifacts of the imagination in literature and/or other forms, or that addresses the life of the imagination and culture. | |
| The understanding of social, technological and/or natural processes and the ways in which that understanding is obtained in science and social science. |
All Geography courses not listed in any other category |
| Matters of human values, ethics and social responsibilities |
Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for 1999-2000, please consult the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet published in the summer.
An examination of our spatial perspective of the world; the evolution of cartography and mapping. Field mapping techniques, data acquisition and map production principles; the interface with geographic information processing fields. Limited enrolment.
Prerequisite: Normally restricted to students entering the First year of a B.A. program.
Seminars three hours a week.
The causes and consequences of environmental change; emphasis on the interactions of nature and human behaviour. Ways in which the environment can be protected and restored. Environmental issues that affect our own communities. Limited enrolment.
Prerequisite: Normally restricted to students entering the First year of a B.A. program.
Seminars three hours a week.
Where we live affects who we are; the role of geographic location and environment on human perception, behaviour, and well-being, viewed at scales ranging from local to global; methods of collecting and interpreting information about location. Limited enrolment.
Prerequisite: Normally restricted to students entering the First year of a B.A. program.
Seminars three hours a week.
Human activity and the physical environment and links between them. Social, economic, cultural, and political forces shaping human activity at scales ranging from local to global. Methods of collecting and interpreting geographic information.
Lectures two hours a week and workshops/discussions one hour a week.
Global and regional issues through study of: geographic and environmental traditions; world views; ecosystem structure and function; biodiversity; atmosphere, climate and greenhouse effect; population and demography; food and nutrition; water; soil; agriculture; renewable and non-renewable resources; waste; environmental degradation; sustainability; environmental management and development.
Lectures two hours a week, discussions one hour a week.
Contemporary global and regional issues in which elements of political and cultural geography are central; reference to the local region, Canada, and topical overseas examples; focus on nation-state integration and fragmentation.
Lectures three hours a week.Earth's physical environment; processes operating within the Earth and at its surface: the hydrologic cycle, oceans, earth structure, tectonics, rocks, minerals, history of life on the earth, climatic change, soils, landforms and resources. (Also listed as Geology 67.105.)
Precludes additional credit for Geology 67.100 and Geography 45.110*.
Lecture three hours a week, laboratory three hours a week, a field excursion.
A survey of the form and processes operating in the Earth-atmosphere system. Earth structure and tectonics; weather, climate, and climate change; soils and landform development; the hydrologic cycle.
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.105 (67.105) and 45.210*.
Lectures two hours a week, laboratory two hours a week, and a field excursion.
Nature of primary and secondary sources of geographic data; research questions, processes and ethics; maps and mapping; quantitative and qualitative approaches such as surveys, interviews, participant observation, case studies; information summary and presentation in textual, statistical, graphic, and cartographic form.
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.204.
Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in Geography at the 100-level and Second-year standing, or permission of the Department.
Lectures two hours a week, laboratory two hours a week.
Probability; sampling design; estimation; inferential statistics; spatial and temporal statistics.
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.204, Mathematics 69.257*, 69.266*, Economics 43.220, Psychology 49.200, Political Science 47.270.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.205* or permission of the Department.
Lectures two hours a week, laboratory two hours a week.
Data in a spatial context; spatial data structures, georeferencing, data query; mapping; creating spatial databases; selected topics in GIS application to environmental, land-use planning and market analysis issues.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.204, or 45.206* (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the Department. Familiarity with personal computers is assumed.
Workshop three hours a week.
Biophysical elements of the environment; human-environment interactions; natural hazards; human response to environmental change and variation; land-use planning and risk management.
Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in Geography at the 100-level, or Second-year standing.
Lectures two hours a week, laboratory two hours a week.
The physiography, climates, biogeography, soils, and landforms of Canada.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.110* or Geography 45.105/Geology 67.105.
Lectures two hours a week, laboratory two hours a week.
Economic and cultural globalisation, global environmental change, and the linkages between them. Global-local interactions. Economic and environmental sustainability. Natural resources and industrial systems in the global economy. Culture, politics, and the global environment.
Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in Geography at the 100-level, or Second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Ways in which individuals and societies create, modify, and interact with environments; social dimensions of landscapes; the culture and politics of space; geographies of identity.
Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in Geography at the 100-level (Geography 45.101 is recommended), or Second-year standing.
Lectures two hours a week, discussion one hour a week.
Analysis and interpretation of Canada, its regions and localities, using a range of geographical concepts; interactions among society, the economy and the environment, and related policy issues.
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.305* (taken before 1998-99) and 45.355*.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or permission of the Department.
Lectures two hours a week, discussion one hour a week.
Geographical techniques of field observation, measurement, recording, and
analysis involving work in groups, normally in the Ottawa region. Development
of research, writing, and thinking
skills in a tutorial setting. A supplementary charge may apply.
Prerequisite: Third-year Honours standing in Geography, or permission of the
Department.
A four-day field camp, tutorial one hour a week.
Methods of acquiring, analyzing and presenting primary information relating to contemporary issues in social geography; technical and ethical aspects of such topics as: mental mapping, sampling and questionnaire design, participant observation and interviewing, discourse analysis, and qualitative research methods.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.204 or 45.205* .
Lectures two hours a week, discussion group one hour a week.
Aerial photography and remote sensing; visual image interpretation of landforms, surface materials, and cultural features; elements of photogrammetry and flight planning; digital multispectral image analysis.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing, or permission of the Department.
Lectures two hours a week, laboratory two hours a week.
Multivariate quantitative methods, such as multiple correlation and
regression, factor analysis, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, and analysis of variance as applied to classification, regionalization,
explanation and hypothesis testing in geographical research.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.204 or 45.206*, or permission of the Department.
Lectures two hours a week, laboratory two hours a week.
Acquisition, manipulation, and display of spatially referenced information using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Spatial modeling, site selection, and routing analysis in raster and vector GIS.
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.304.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.207*
Workshop three hours a week.
Project design and customization, digital atlas compilation and geomatics education.
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.304.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.305*
Workshop three hours a week.
Principles of cartography, cartographic communication and map design; practical work designed to provide experience in solving problems of cartographic representation.
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.324* and 45.325.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.204 or 45.205*, and Third-year standing, or permission of the Department.
Lectures and laboratory three and a half hours a week.
The acquisition and interpretation of biophysical information, with regard to defining limitations on the use of the environment; field and laboratory techniques with an emphasis on the biophysical resources of a local area. A supplementary charge may apply
Prerequisite: One of Geography 45.105/Geology 67.105, 45.210*, 45.211* or permission of the Department.
Lectures, laboratory and fieldwork five hours a week.
Geomorphological agents of landscape change at the Earth's surface, emphasizing the role of water, ice and wind in erosion and deposition; use of geomorphic indicators in studies of environmental change.
Prerequisites: Geography 45.105/Geology 67.105, or Geography 45.210* and Third-year standing, or permission of the Department.
Lectures two hours a week, laboratory two hours a week, one field excursion.
Principles of hydrology at local and watershed scales, with an emphasis on: soil moisture regimes; field data collection and analysis of surface water or snow and ice conditions; hydrologic processes in cold environments; and regional runoff regimes in Canada. A supplementary charge may apply.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.210* or 45.211*.
Note: First-year mathematics and physics are recommended.
Lectures two hours a week, laboratory three hours a week, two field excursions, including a two-day excursion. Students are responsible for long-distance transportation, food and lodging costs associated with the field excursions.
The global climate system, with emphasis on global change variability over the historical and modern periods; the changing composition of the atmosphere and its impact on climate; analysis and interpretation of climatic and atmospheric data; modelling of climate systems.
Prerequisites: Geography 45.206* or 45.204, and 45.210*; or permission of the Department.
Lecture two hours a week, laboratory two hours a week.
The physical and chemical properties of soils; soil-water relationships, weathering processes, soil mineralogy, cation exchange, soil pH. A plant-oriented perspective predominates.
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.308.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.105, or 45.210*, or permission of the Department.
Lectures and laboratory five hours a week.
The formation and development of soils, soil classification, soil fertility, soils and environmental concerns, land degradation.
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.308.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.318* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Internal structure of the Western city with specific application to
Canadian cities; current urban problems with particular focus on inner city revitalization, peripheral expansion, metropolitan organization and transportation systems and their interaction with land use.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.220* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Factors influencing human health in an ecological framework involving population
structure, habitat, and behaviour. Changes in
the distribution of communicable and degenerative diseases are portrayed as
being related to historical and contemporary development and globalisation
processes. Sources, types and characteristics of geographically referenced
health information.
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.426*.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing
Lectures three hours a week.
A political ecology approach to the concept of sustainability in the South; case studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America to analyze the relationship between people and the environment at scales ranging from the intra-household and local to the international.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing and Geography 45.220* or 45.230* or 45.231*; or permission of the Department.
Lectures two hours a week, discussion groups one hour a week.
Historical analysis of contemporary problems faced by selected states in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on environmental sustainability in the context of political, social and economic change, at scales from the intra-household and local to national.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Canada from pre-history to the present; issues of culture and economy in
a geographical context; methodology in historical
geography.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.230* or History 24.233 or 24.234; or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Human dimensions of resource assessment, use and management; topics relating to resource allocation theory and methods, carrying capacity, environmental and social impact assessment, public participation and resources policies; emphasis on Canadian case studies.
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.333* and 45.334*.
Prerequisite: At least Third-year standing in Geography or Environmental Studies or Environmental Science, or permission of the Department.
Lectures and laboratory three hours a week.
Geographical understandings of power and conflict at the global scale; geographical discourses of peace and violence in the contemporary world system, critical perspectives on the world political map, geographical patterns of inequity and global order.
Prerequisites: Third-year standing
Lecture three hours a week.
Geography of production, marketing, and consumption. Locational decision making in the private and public sectors with particular reference to manufacturing and service industries.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.220* or permission of the Department
Lectures three hours a week.
The physical characteristics, historical geography, economic resources, settlement patterns and problems and the future development of Arctic and Subarctic lands, focusing primarily on Canada.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
A general review of the physical, social and economic geography of the Soviet Union and successor states, with detailed analyses of selected topics related to social and population conditions, resources development and environmental problems, including comparisons with North America.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing.
Offered in alternate years to Geography 45.361*.
Lectures three hours a week.
Broad geographical coverage of the subcontinent from Zambia southwards with particular reference to the environmental, historical, economic, cultural and political dimensions necessary to understand the contemporary context of and around South Africa.
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.395* (if taken in 1990-1994).
Prerequisite: Third-year standing or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Systematic geographic survey of Europe with particular reference to historical, cultural, economic, political, resource, and environmental dimensions.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
The distributional aspects of population attributes; areal patterns of population characteristics and their spatial variations associated with differences in the nature of places; migratory movements within the framework of spatial models of interactions between locations.
Prerequisite: Either Geography 45.220* or 45.230* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Debate about the nature of geography and what geographers do; frameworks for understanding the discipline; debates within physical, environmental, and human geography and the connections among them.
Prerequisite: Third-year Honours Geography standing.
Lectures two hours a week, discussion one hour a week.
Geographical analysis of topical problem areas in the world community. The region of study in 1998-99 will be Europe.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
• 400-level courses are normally restricted to students with Fourth-year Honours standing. However, a student with Third-year standing may take 400-level courses provided the student has the necessary prerequisites, a Geography GPA of 6.5 or better, and permission of the Department.
Field observation and methodology in a selected region; individual or group basis.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
Hours to be arranged.
Primary optical and radar remote sensing systems; image processing for feature enhancement and thematic mapping using high level image analysis software; applications in forestry, agriculture, geology, urban map updating, and integration of remote sensing with other spatial data.
Prerequisites: Geography 45.302* and Honours standing; or permission of the Department.
Lectures two hours a week, laboratory two hours a week.
Principles, scope and purpose of environmental impact assessment, from conceptual and methodological points of view; range of environmental issues with an emphasis on primarily Canadian case studies.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing in Geography or Environmental Studies or Environmental Science, or permission of the Department.
Note: Geography 45.311* or 45.336* is recommended.
Lectures and seminars three hours a week.
Students pursue their interest in a selected theme in geography on a tutorial basis with a member of the Department.
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.401* and 45.402*.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year Honours standing in Geography and permission of the Department.
Theoretical and practical approaches to analytical and computer cartography, with an emphasis on digital mapping algorithms using microcomputers.
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.326*.
Prerequisites: Geography 45.307* (or equivalent), and Fourth-year Honours standing; or permission of the Department. Basic mathematical skills (linear algebra, geometry, and trigonometry) and knowledge of data processing are assumed.
Lectures and laboratory three hours a week.
Advanced methods and techniques in GIS applications including: positional and attribute error analysis, multiple criteria decision making, interpolation, elevation modelling and ortho-imaging, and spatial pattern measurement.
Prerequisites: Geography 45.304 and Honours standing in Geography.
Lectures two hours a week, laboratory two hours a week.
Changes in the physical environment of the earth during the last two million years; methods of studying recent earth history; the last ice age in Canada. (Also listed as Geology 67.415*.)
Prerequisites: Geography 45.315* or permission of the Department.
Note: Geography 45.312* and Geology 67.332* are recommended.
Lectures three hours a week.
A quantitative analysis of natural water systems and the development of these systems, as a resource, by society. Distribution of water resources in Canada, descriptive and quantitative hydrology, groundwater, probability concepts in water resources, optimization of water resource utilization, water distribution and pipe networks. (Also listed as Engineering 81.303*.)
Prerequisites: Engineering 86.230* and 82.328*, or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis one hour a week.
The formation of microclimates near the Earth's surface; energy and water flows; the interaction of atmospheric processes with the physical properties of surfaces.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.315* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Soil composition and soil classification. Soil properties, compaction,
seepage and permeability. Concepts of pore water pressure, capillary pressure and hydraulic head. Principle of effective stress, stress-deformation and strength characteristics of soils, consolidation, stress distribution with soils, and settlement. Laboratory testing. (Also listed as Engineering 82.328*, Geology 67.417*.)
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.424*.
Prerequisites: Geology 67.244* or equivalent and Third-year registration, or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory three hours alternate weeks.
Distribution, development, and degradation of permafrost in Canada; thermal and hydrologic regime of permafrost terrain; development of landforms in permafrost regions; geotechnical consideration in northern construction.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.318* or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
Recent revitalization of inner cities from an internationally comparative perspective; residential, commercial and institutional dimensions of revitalization, with particular reference to waterfronts and to heritage conservation issues.
Prerequisites: Geography 45.320* and Fourth-year Honours Geography standing, or permission of the Department.
Seminar three hours a week; optional residential field week.
The relationship between changes in urban development and geographic theory, emphasizing contemporary critical perspectives on selected urban issues.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours Geography standing or permission of the Department.
Seminar three hours a week.
Integration of theory and application through (1) extensive, quantitative methods of analysing geographical data on disease and (2) intensive, qualitative methods of producing primary information on health, space, and place.
Prerequisites: Geography 45.301* (or Sociology 53.203/Anthropology 54.203), 45.303*, and 45.326*, and Fourth-Year Honours standing in Geography or Environmental Studies, or permission of the Department.
Lecture two hours a week, laboratory two hours a week.
The emergence of contemporary, locally-based, environmental movements in Canada, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Case studies to analyze local environmental action in relation to the broader political economy and long term sustainability of land use.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year Honours standing and 45.329* or 45.330* or permission of the Geography Department.
Seminar three hours a week.
Cross-cultural thematic examination of territorial organization, territoriality, mental maps, geographies of the mind, and landscape impact of authority and ideology. Regional emphasis on Canada.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.230* or permission of the Department. Geography 45.231* recommended.
Seminar three hours a week.
A systematic approach to urban planning; urban sprawl; data collection; forecasting; standards; space requirements; land use; zoning; transportation; land development; site selection; land capability; layout; evaluation; housing; urban renewal and new towns. (Also listed as Engineering 82.433*.)
Prerequisite: Third-year registration, or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis three hours alternate weeks.
Transportation and the socio-economic environment; modal and intermodal systems and components; vehicle motion; human factors, system and facility design; traffic flow; capacity analysis; planning methodology; environmental impacts; evaluation methods. (Also listed as Engineering 82.334*.)
Prerequisite: Third-year registration, or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis three hours alternate weeks.
The relation of geography and history, the use of field techniques, primary documents, model building and statistical methods in historical geography. Emphasis on Ontario and local studies. Also offered at the graduate level, with additional or different requirements, as Geography 45.545, for which additional credit is precluded.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.335 or permission of the Department.
Seminar three hours a week.
Environment and conflict in geopolitical perspective, ecological change and security policies of the industrial world, the geography of environmental threats, the political consequences and world order implications of environmental degradation and environmental refugees.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year Honours standing and two of Geography 45.211*, 45.220*, 45.337*, or permission of the Department.
Seminar three hours a week.
Theories of globalization in geographic perspective; local consequences of global processes, interconnections and patterns of social, economic, environmental, political and cultural change.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year Honours standing.
Seminar three hours a week.
Selected topics drawn from a variety of areas of concern, such as marketing, trade, investment, manufacturing, the high technology sector, and services.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.344* or permission of the Department.
Lectures and seminars three hours a week.
Rural land use issues from physical and socio-economic perspectives, contemporary methods for rural land use evaluation; rural land use policies.
Prerequisite: Geography 45.336* and Fourth-year Honours standing, or permission of the Department.
Lectures and seminars three hours a week.
Experience in an employment environment through field placement. Observation and involvement in issues and research methods used by professional geographers.
May be taken for credit in addition to Geography 45.448*.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year Honours standing in Geography and permission of the Department.
Field placement one day a week.
Trends in farm organization and production; issues arising from farmings relationships to the physical resource base, land market pressures, government policies and regulations, and agribusiness and marketing organizations.
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.443* (if taken in 1994-95).
Prerequisites: Geography 45.255* or 45.336* and Fourth-year Honours standing, or permission of the Department.
Lectures and seminars three hours a week.
Experience in an employment environment through field placement. Observation and involvement in issues and research methods used by professional geographers. May be taken for credit in addition to Geography 45.446*.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year Honours standing in Geography and permission of the Department.
Field placement of one day a week.
Geographical dimensions of political and economic transition in the post-communist societies of Eastern Europe and the former U.S.S.R. Topics may include environmental degradation, resource management, population, quality of life, industrial restructuring and regional development, urban and rural changes, energy, transportation, and foreign trade.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year Honours standing, Geography 45.360* or 45.361* or permission of the Department.
Lectures and seminars three hours a week.
Advanced training in research design, data collection and analysis, report writing and oral presentations in workshop and tutorial settings; undertaking of an individual research project and preparation of a major report on a selected topic normally on the National Capital Region.
Precludes additional credit for Geography 45.491* ,45.492*, 45.498, and 45.499.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing in Geography.
Workshop/seminar/tutorial three hours per week.
Candidates for B.Sc. with Honours in Geography undertake a research project based on a laboratory or field problem. The project is supervised by a member of the department and a written report must be submitted. The candidate may be examined orally on the report.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing in Geography.
Hours to be arranged.
A student in the Fourth year of B.A. (Honours) or Combined B.A. (Honours) in Geography may write an Honours essay or equivalent. The essay counts as the equivalent of 1.0 credit. Students work under an individual faculty adviser. The subject for research is decided upon in consultation with the supervisor.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year Honours standing in Geography, a Geography GPA of 8.0 or better, an approved research topic, and permission of the Honours supervisor.
Hours to be arranged with faculty adviser.