Geography

Program Overview

Brock University's Geography program combines social and natural sciences to explore the interactions between humans, non-humans, and environments. It offers three fields: Human Geography, Physical Geography, and Geomatics. The program prepares students to analyze these interactions, develop research and critical thinking skills, and contribute to solving environmental and social issues through coursework, labs, field studies, and internships. Graduates pursue careers in fields such as climatology, GIS, sustainability, teaching, and urban planning.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

• Overview:
The Geography program at Brock University is an interdisciplinary field that bridges the social and natural sciences to understand the Earth, humans and non-humans, and environments. The program encompasses three fields: Human Geography, Physical Geography, and Geomatics.
• Objectives:
The program aims to prepare students to analyze and understand the complex interactions between humans and the environment, develop skills in research and critical thinking, and contribute to the resolution of environmental and social problems.
• Structure:
The program consists of a combination of coursework, labs, seminars, field studies, and internships. It provides students with a strong foundation in the principles and theories of geography, as well as practical experience in applying these principles to real-world problems.

Outline:

• Human Geography
investigates the worlds of humans and non-humans, and their interactions with environments and built and symbolic landscapes, to foster more socially and environmentally just societies in an ever-changing world.
• Physical Geography
explores the interactions of weather and climate patterns, and landform development, with the biosphere.

Careers:

• Climatologist
• GIS specialist
• Sustainability coordinator
• Teacher
• City or transportation planner