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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Major Concentration Geography (Urban Systems) (36 credits)

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This interdisciplinary concentration exposes students to the various approaches to urban studies in many disciplines.

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 majoring in Urban Systems, the total number of credits permitted outside Arts and Science is 30 credits. Faculty of Arts regulations about "Courses Outside the Faculties of Arts and of Science" may be found with the Arts guidelines for "Course Requirements".Ìý

Required Courses (12 credits)

GEOG 201 (3) Introductory Geo-Information Science
GEOG 217 (3) Cities in the Modern World
GEOG 351 (3) Quantitative Methods
GEOG 494 (3) Urban Field Studies

Complementary Courses (24 credits)

24 credits selected as follows:

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

21 credits from the course lists below:

Geography

* Students can choose one only from GEOG 210, GEOG 216 or GEOG 221.

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 306 (3) Raster Geo-Information Science
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 417 (3) Urban Geography
GEOG 504 (3) Advanced Economic Geography
GEOG 507 (3) Advanced Social Geography
GEOG 511 (3) Advanced Political 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 520, 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 520 (3) Montreal: Urban Morphology
ARCH 527 (3) Civic Design
ARCH 528 (3) History of Housing
ARCH 529 (3) Housing Theory
ARCH 561 () Ìý
ARCH 562 (3) Innovative Homes and Communities
ARCH 564 (3) Design for Development
ARCH 566 (3) Cultural Landscapes Seminar

Art History & Communication Studies

COMS 425 (3) Urban Culture & Everyday Life

Civil Engineering

CIVE 540 (3) Urban Transportation Planning

History

HIST 353 (3) History of Montreal
HIST 397 (3) Canada: Ethnicity, Migration

Management

FINE 445 (3) Real Estate Finance

Political Science

POLI 318 (3) Comparative Local Government
POLI 321 (3) Issues: Canadian Public Policy
POLI 337 (3) Canadian Public Administration

Sociology

SOCI 230 (3) Sociology of Ethnic Relations
SOCI 333 (3) Social Stratification
SOCI 388 (3) Crime

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
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2019-2020 (last updated May. 12, 2019) (disclaimer)
Faculty of Arts—2019-2020 (last updated May. 12, 2019) (disclaimer)
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