Geography (BA)
Course overview
Qualification | Bachelor's Degree |
Study mode | Full-time |
Duration | 4 years |
Intakes | January, September |
Tuition (Local students) | Data not available |
Tuition (Foreign students) | B$ 67,425 |
Admissions
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Fees
Tuition
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- Local students
- B$ 67,425
- Foreign students
Estimated cost as reported by the Institution.
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Entry Requirements
- Completed, appropriate secondary qualifications from other countries will be considered for High School admission, and study at recognized universities and colleges will be considered for Transfer admission.
English Language Requirements:
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 88 or higher in the internet-based test, with not less than 20 in each of the Reading, Listening, Writing or Speaking components. Score of at least 230 in the computer-based test or at least 570 in the paper-based test.
- IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score of at least 6.5 overall, with not less than 6.0 in any of the four modules.
- LPI (Language Proficiency Index) score of at least 5.
- A final grade of 2.00 (C) or better in the UNBC English Language Studies 50 Component 1 and 2.
- A final grade of 70% or better in English 12 from the British Columbia secondary system.
- A final grade of 75% (B) or better in a University Transferable English course.
- A final grade of 4 or better in Advanced Placement (AP) English Language and Composition or AP English Literature and Composition.
- A final grade of 5 or better in International Baccalaureate (IB) English A1 or A2 (higher or subsidiary level).
- CELPIP Academic Test score of 4H or higher in each of the Reading, Listening, Writing, and Speaking components.
- CAEL (Canadian Academic English Language) Assessment score of at least 70.
- University of Cambridge ESOL grade B on the Certificate of Advanced English (CAE).
- Comparable results in any other internationally-recognized English Language Assessment test considered as equivalent to TOEFL or IELTS.
Curriculum
Lower Division Requirement
100 Level
- Environments and People
- Human Geography
200 Level
- Geography of BC
- Geography of Canada
- Introduction to GIS for the Social Sciences
- Geomorphology
- Basic Statistics OR Statistics for Social and Management Sciences
Four of:
- Economic Geography of Resources and Sustainability
- Cartography and Geomatics
- Society and Space
- Migration and Settlement
- World Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
- World Regions: Russia
Upper Division Requirement
300 Level
- Social Research Methods OR Research Methods and Analysis
Five of:
- Geographic Information Systems
- Cultural Geography
- Political Geography
- Geography of International Development
- Changing Arctic: Human and Environmental Systems
- Introduction to Medical Geography
- Geography Field School
400 Level
- Environmental and Professional Ethics OR Business and Professional Ethics OR Politics and Ethics
Five of:
- Tenure, Conflict, and Resource Geography
- First Nations and Indigenous Geography
- Advanced GIS
- Geographies of Environmental Justice
- Social Geography of Northern Communities
- Geographies of Culture, Rights and Power
- Health Geography in Practice
- Remote Sensing
- Special Topics
- Independent Studies
Elective and Academic Breadth Requirement
Elective credit hours as necessary to ensure completion of a minimum of 120 credit hours, of which 24 credit hours in any subject must be at the 300 or 400 level, including any additional credit hours necessary to meet the Academic Breadth requirement of the University