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The B.A. Honours Urban Systems program is more concentrated and focused than the Major concentration. In addition to the Faculty of Arts requirement that Honours students maintain a minimum CGPA of 3.00, students in a Geography Honours program must maintain a program GPA of at least 3.30 and complete a 6-credit Honours thesis. Honours students are encouraged to participate in 500-level seminars with graduate students.
Students should observe the levels indicated by course numbers: 200-level are first year (U1); 300-level, second year (U2); 400- or 500-level, third year (U3).
For students in the Honours Urban Systems, the total number of credits permitted outside Arts and Science is 30. Faculty of Arts regulations about "Courses Outside the Faculties of Arts and of Science" may be found with the Arts guidelines for "Course Requirements".聽
Required Courses (21 credits)
| GEOG 201 | (3) | Introductory Geo-Information Science |
| GEOG 217 | (3) | Cities in the Modern World |
| GEOG 351 | (3) | Quantitative Methods |
| GEOG 381 | (3) | Geographic Thought and Practice |
| GEOG 491D1 | (3) | Honours Research |
| GEOG 491D2 | (3) | Honours Research |
| GEOG 494 | (3) | Urban Field Studies |
Statistics
3 credits from:
Note: Credit given for statistics courses is subject to certain restrictions. Students should consult the "Course Overlap" information in the "Course Requirements" section for the Faculty of Arts.
| BIOL 373 | (3) | Biometry |
| GEOG 202 | (3) | Statistics and Spatial Analysis |
| MATH 203 | (3) | Principles of Statistics 1 |
| PSYC 204 | (3) | Introduction to Psychological Statistics |
| SOCI 350 | (3) | Statistics in Social Research |
Geography
12 credits from the following Geography (GEOG) courses:
* Students can choose one only from GEOG 210, GEOG 216, and GEOG 221.
| GEOG 203 | (3) | Environmental Systems |
| GEOG 210* | (3) | Global Places and Peoples |
| GEOG 216* | (3) | Geography of the World Economy |
| GEOG 221* | (3) | Environment and Health |
| GEOG 303 | (3) | Health Geography |
| GEOG 307 | (3) | Socioeconomic Applications of GIS |
| GEOG 311 | (3) | Economic Geography |
| GEOG 315 | (3) | Urban Transportation Geography |
| GEOG 316 | (3) | Political Geography |
| GEOG 325 | (3) | New Master-Planned Cities |
| GEOG 331 | (3) | Urban Social Geography |
| GEOG 525 | (3) | Asian Cities in the 21st Century |
Architecture
Although Architecture courses have prerequisites, they are waived for Urban Systems students, but the course may not be taken before the year indicated:
U2 - ARCH 378
U3 - ARCH 515, ARCH 517, ARCH 527, ARCH 528, ARCH 529, ARCH 562, ARCH 564, ARCH 566
| ARCH 378 | (3) | Site Usage |
| ARCH 515 | (3) | Sustainable Design |
| ARCH 517 | (3) | Sustainable Residential Development |
| ARCH 527 | (3) | Civic Design |
| ARCH 528 | (3) | History of Housing |
| ARCH 529 | (3) | Housing Theory |
| ARCH 562 | (3) | Innovative Homes and Communities |
| ARCH 564 | (3) | Design for Development |
| ARCH 566 | (3) | Cultural Landscapes Seminar |
Urban Planning
| URBP 201 | (3) | Planning the 21st Century City |
| URBP 501 | (2) | Principles and Practice 1 |
| URBP 504 | (3) | Planning for Active Transportation |
| URBP 505 | (3) | Geographic Information Systems |
| URBP 506 | (3) | Environmental Policy and Planning |
| URBP 530 | (3) | Urban Infrastructure and Services in International Context |
| URBP 536 | (2) | Current Issues in Transportation 1 |
| URBP 537 | (2) | Current Issues in Transportation 2 |
| URBP 551 | (3) | Urban Design and Planning |
| URBP 556 | (3) | Urban Economy: A Spatial Perspective |
