BSc in Geographical Biogeosciences

Biogeoscience is fundamentally concerned with the interactions between the Earth's biosphere and its atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere. Biogeosciences is a discipline that inhabits the intellectual territory between the more traditional disciplines of the natural sciences. It best describes the research conducted by the scientists in the Geography Department and the underlying interdisciplinary philosophy of the undergraduate Bachelor of science degree offered in the Geography Department.

The Geographical Biogeosciences Program degree is a broad based undergraduate degree that draws upon courses from a range of departments and disciplines. The program emphasizes the environmental consequences of global change and field-based research, including field trips in nearly all of our upper level courses. Two capstone courses specifically examine the interdisciplinary linkages between traditional disciplines; one conducted in the field at the Biogeoscience Institute in Kananaskis, Alberta (Geographical Biogeosciences Field Course – GEOB 309) and one taken in the final year of the degree (Global Biogeochemistry – GEOB 400)

Students in our program will build upon this broad training in the natural sciences by completing at least two of five upper-year concentrations in biogeography, climatology, GIScience, geomorphology or hydrology. Each area-of-concentration comprises 3 upper level courses in the subject area. Currently, the courses included within each concentration are:

	Geomorphology: Quaternary and Applied Geomorphology (GEOB 308) Natural Hazards Analysis (GEOB 404) Fluvial Geomorphology (GEOB 405) Watershed Geomorphology (GEOB 406) Environmental, Geotechnical, and Exploration Geophysics (EOSC 350)
	Biogeography: Biogeography and Global Change (GEOB 307) Vegetation Dynamics: Disturbance, Climate and Human Impacts (GEOB 407) Fundamentals of Ecology (BIOL 304) Introduction to Seed Plant Taxonomy (BIOL 324)
	Climatology: Microscale Weather and Climate (GEOB 300) Synoptic Meteorology and Climatology (GEOB 304) Urban Meteorology (GEOB 401) Air Pollution Meteorology (GEOB 402) Atmospheric Radiation and Remote Sensing (ATSC 301) Methods in Atmospheric Science (ATSC 303)
	Hydrology: Catchment Hydrology (GEOB 403) Snow and Ice Processes (GEOB 408) Groundwater Hydrology (EOSC 329) Groundwater Contamination (EOSC 429)
	GIScience: Advanced Geographic Information Science (GEOB 370) Introductory Remote Sensing (GEOB 373) Cartography (GEOB 372) Research in Cartography (GEOB 472) Research in Geographic Information Science (GEOB 479)

Advising

The Science Undergraduate Information & Advising Office will assist you with undergraduate academic issues.

Your Departmental Advisor for the Biogeosciences Program & Professional Registration in Hydrology and Geomorphology:

Professional Qualifications in Climatology:

Departmental Advisor for the GIScience Concentration