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Human Geography explores the connections between societies and the spaces they occupy. Geography students gain insights into how communities, traditions, and economic systems function and interact with their natural surroundings.
Honours: 4 years (120 credit hours)
Advanced: 4 years (120 credit hours)
General: 3 years (90 credit hours)
Minor: 18 credit hours
A Geography Bachelor of Arts degree allows students to specialize in
one of three academic concentrations:
Resources, Environment and Society (RS)
This concentration examines how both natural and human-driven environmental changes influence societal relationships at all levels.
Global Politics, Justice, and Sustainability (GPS)
This track investigates worldwide geography by analyzing how economic, cultural, ecological, and political systems collectively shape our planet.
Culture, Identity and Space (CIS)
This specialization focuses on the interplay between cultural identity, societal values, and physical spaces, particularly studying how collaboration and tensions create local environments.
Once admitted to the BSc (Earth Science) general program, students must speak to an advisor to transfer to the major or honours program in geology.
Direct entry applicants are those who have not attended a post-secondary institution or have completed fewer than 24 credit hours at a recognized university or college.
Advanced entry applicants are those who have completed one year (24 credit hours) or more of studies in another faculty at the University of Manitoba or another recognized post-secondary institution.
English language proficiency
IAEP (Intensive Academic English Program): Minimum score required: Pass Level 5/AEPUCE (Academic English Program for University and College Entrance)
IELTS (Academic - computer or paper) or IELTS Indicator: Minimum score required: 6.5 overall; Minimum score of 6.0 in each of the four modules (listening, reading, speaking, writing); and IELTS One Skill Retake results are accepted by the Undergraduate Admissions Office, University of Manitoba
CAEL (Canadian Academic English Assessment) - Online or Test Centre: Minimum score required: 60
TOEFL iBT or TOEFL iBT Paper Edition or TOEFL iBT Home Edition (Test of English as a Foreign Language): Minimum score required: Minimum overall score of 86, and Minimum component scores: 20 in Reading, 20 in Writing, 20 in Listening, and 20 in Speaking
Cambridge Assessment English: C1 Advanced: Minimum score required: 180
Cambridge Assessment English: C2 Proficiency: Minimum score required: 180
Pearson Test of English: Minimum score required: 58
Duolingo English Test: Minimum overall score of 120, and Minimum component scores: 105 (Literacy, Comprehension, Production, Conversation)