Course & registration information

See information about our courses in the UVic Calendar or check the current course timetable.

You can talk with the Undergraduate Advisor to plan a program that works for you or plan your Geography Degree.

Departmental registration guidelines

The Department of Geography has departmental registration guidelines that govern the undergraduate registration process. These guidelines include rules about waitlists, registration in courses with labs and lab registration issues, prerequisite waiver requests, missing prerequisites, increasing the enrollment cap of a course, and auditing. 

Directed Studies

In special cases, with the consent of the department and the individual instructor concerned, a student may be permitted to pursue a course of directed studies. This is an opportunity for students to perform an in-depth exploration of a specific area of research with their instructor. To register for a Directed Studies course, please bring the completed form to the Geography Office.

Special Topics in Geography Courses

Information about current and upcoming special topic courses is made available once provided by the instructor. If information about a particular special topics course you are interested in taking is not yet shown on this page, contact the instructor directly.

Fall 2019:

GEOG 100 - Geography for Today: Our Digital Earth. Instructor: Chris Bone. This course introduces students to how the world of geospatial data and technologies influences our daily lives and shapes society and the world around us. Students learn how to collect and utilize location-based data, how to develop web maps and mobile mapping apps, how to create technologies to respond to environmental disasters and humanitarian crises, and how to think spatially in order to improve our understanding of our planet.

GEOG 391 A01 - Topics in Geography: Applied Statistics for Geographers. Instructor: Mark Flaherty. This course builds on the basic knowledge of descriptive and inferential statistics and probability theory acquired in Geography 226. It aims to make students more knowledgeable practitioners, consumers, and evaluators of physical and social science data and research.

GEOG 391 A02 - Topics in Geography: Landscapes of the Heart. Instructor: Maleea Acker. Grounded in human geography and qualitative methods, this course investigates the meaningful non-tangible relationships between humankind and environment. These relationships include emotional attachment (to place), aesthetics (of landscape), ethics (of environment), and relationships (to place and to other species).

GEOG 477 - Field Studies in Physical Geography. Instructor: Dan Smith. A UVic Geography Field School program.

GEOG 491 A01 - Advanced Topics in Geography: Urban Mobility. Instructor: Ray Straatsma. This course comprises a unique applied learning experience exploring and creatively engaging with a range of urban transportation issues in Canada and in the Victoria area. Topics including public transit, active transportation, road safety, urban design, bicycle planning and urban mobility innovations will be addressed, in part, by guest presentations by local city planners, professionals and community leaders.