{"id":25040,"date":"2019-05-14T10:48:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T14:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/?page_id=25040"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:26:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:26:48","slug":"programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Geography Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Geography Programs\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/admissions.carleton.ca\/apply\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/pam_apply-125x46.gif\" alt=\"Apply Now Button\" class=\"wp-image-2742\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bachelors programs provide sound foundations in various aspects of both human and physical geography. <strong>Human geographers<\/strong> study the interaction between people and their environment from the geographic perspectives of space, place, scale, and process. <strong>Physical geographers<\/strong> study the nature of the Earth\u2019s surface and atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples of what we study in <strong>Human Geography<\/strong> include urban inequality; demographic change; sustainable transportation; natural resource uses and limitations; food systems; cultural landscapes; international development; globalization and geopolitics; and adaptation to climate change. A unique discipline with an integrative understanding of economic, political and cultural change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples of what we study in&nbsp;<strong>Physical Geography<\/strong> include the ecosystems of Canada and the world; weather, climate, and climate change; water and ice distribution and processes; plants and soils and their roles in the global ecosystem; landforms and how they develop; permafrost and development in the north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/geography\/#Geography__BA_Honours\">Geography B.A. Honours<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/geography\/#Geography_with_Concentration_in_Physical_Geography__BA_Honours\">Geography with Concentration in Physical Geography B.A. Honours<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/geography\/#Geography_with_Concentration_in_Urban_Geography__BA_Honours\">Geography with Concentration in Urban Geography B.A. Honours<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/geography\/#Geography__BA_Combined_Honours\">Geography B.A. Combined Honours<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/geography\/#Geography__BA_General\">Geography B.A.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/geography\/#Earth_Sciences_and_Physical_Geography__BSc_Combined_Honours\">Earth Sciences and Physical Geography B.Sc. Combined Honours<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/geography\/#Physical_Geography__BSc_Honours\">Physical Geography B.Sc. Honours<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/geography\/#Minor_in_Geography\">Minor in Geography<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/geography\/#Minor_in_Physical_Geography\">Minor in Physical Geography<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/geography\/#Minor_in_Urban_Studies\">Minor in Urban Studies<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/\">Bachelor of Globalization and International Studies<\/a>&nbsp;(BGInS) is jointly offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Public Affairs. It is intended for students who want to learn more about, and engage constructively with, the world in which we live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/geography\/#Specialization_in_Globalization_and_the_Environment__BGInS_Honours\">Specialization in Globalization and the Environment B.G.In.S. Honours<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/geography\/#Stream_in_Globalization_and_the_Environment__BG_InS_General\">Stream in Globalization and the Environment B.G.In.S.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Field Methods in Water Quality Analysis\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6oCc4dkcnSo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--grey ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl bg-cu-black-50 max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto rounded-xl px-6 py-5 md:px-14 md:py-12 md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                            \n\n\n<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h2 id=\"who-to-contact\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        Who to Contact\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <p class=\"max-w-5xl font-light prose-lg md:prose-2xl\">\n            Questions? 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