Geography studies the cultural, social, economic, and political connections between people and their environment.

Examine the factors that shape the complex relationship between human societies and the built and natural landscape.

This program emphasizes issues of community development, social justice, environmental equity, and population health in northern environments.

Examine the dynamics of place-making in a global context using the latest Geographical Information System (GIS) technology, social science methodology, and spatial analysis.

Apply sustainable, respectful, and culturally aware principles to your work in the lab, classroom, and field.

UNBC Geography is a vibrant community of human and physical geographers. In addition to teaching undergraduate courses, faculty members supervise graduate students in a range of graduate programs.

The faculty regularly offers students the opportunity to participate in field schools that are held in intriguing locations in Canada and around the world.

Students learn in a wide range of settings using different methods including lectures and seminars, dry labs, wet labs, and data capture in the field. 

Field schools enable students to apply field methods in both physical and human geography toward an integrated study of local and global environments.

• Official Transcripts
• English language proficiency test scores
• Passport

Overall average of 65% minimum in the following:

• English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12
• Three Approved Academic Grade 12 Course
• Additional Grade 12 Course (Elective or Academic)

China:

• 会考 HUIKAO - Senior Secondary School Certificate or 高考GAOKAO - National College Entrance Examination: Minimum overall average grade 70% (B)
• or a pass in English plus three academic subjects and an elective.

India:

• Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)/Standard 12/Indian School Certificate/All India School Certificate Examination. Minimum average grade 50% or higher in English 12, three academic subjects and an elective for general entry.
• Three-year diploma issued by a state board of technical education: Minimum average grade of 50% or higher for general entry.
• GCE Edexcel or Cambridge International Examinations: Minimum of two Advanced (A) level subjects and three Ordinary (O) level subjects must be completed with an overall grade point average of C or higher in order to be considered for admission.

All A-level subjects presented for admission must have a grade of at least C. Students may substitute two Advanced-Subsidiary (AS) level subjects for one A-level. This is for general entry. 

Iran:

• From 2019: High School Diploma (Theoretical Stream): Minimum average grade of 12 in 5 academic courses for general entry.
• Prior to 2019: High School Diploma and pre-University Certificate. A minimum average grade of 12 or higher in pre-university courses for general entry.