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Geography

Academic advising

Undergraduate advising

Contact our advisers for questions about the geography program (registration, course offerings, research opportunities, careers, etc.).

Contact Academic Advising for Humanities, Science and Social Sciences for questions about graduation, CAPP reports, satisfying majors and minors in other departments, etc. They can also help with university policies and procedures.

Department registration guidelines

Geography undergraduate advising

For help with:

  • choosing classes
  • registration
  • transfer credits
  • meeting pre-requisites
  • pre-requisite overrides
  • advice on directed studies and your major or minor
  • honours or co-op questions

Email geogadvising@uvic.ca with your questions. Please include:

  • your full name
  • your student number (V#)
  • a brief description of what you need help with

The advising team can answer your questions or book an appointment with our undergraduate adviser.

For the BSc Climate Science program, please email climateadvising@uvic.ca.

Program planning worksheets

We offer 4 study focus areas: physical geography, human geography, environmental geography and geomatics. Select some upper-level courses and work backwards from there to create your program plan.

If you want a pre-requisite waived, the first step is to get written permission from the instructor. After you have that, send the following to geogadvising@uvic.ca:

  • a copy of the course instructor's written permission
  • a pre-requisite waiver form with the student information and student declaration sections completed

For an override of the year standing requirement for a course, please email geogadvising@uvic.ca. Include your full name, student number and the course(s) you want an override for.

Overrides will only be considered if you are close to achieving the required year standing:

  • first year: <12 units of credit
  • second year: 12-26.5 units of credit
  • third year: 27-41.5 units of credit
  • fourth year: 42+ units of credit
BA program requirements BSc program requirements

Honours advising

Honours adviser: Cameron Owens

Get information about the honours program or if you’re a current honours student with questions.

Graduate advising

Graduate adviser – if your question is academically related
Randall Scharien

Graduate assistant – for administrative questions
Sally Johnson

Our graduate student handbook has everything you need to know about:

  • supervisory committee structure
  • general expectations of students and supervisors
  • degree and registration requirements
  • dissertations, examinations, proposals and theses