Geography: University-level classes

Geography

• Full-time or part-time • Most

• Completion of Grade 11 with an out-

tact the university you plan to attend

standing academic record in the year

after CNC

courses start September or

of application.

January • Fees: $337-$453 per

course • Individual university

You might also be interested in . . .

classes • All courses available at

Tips for your successful application

• Arts, Associate Degree

Prince George campus; many also

• To ensure you select the most appro-

• Natural Resources and Environ-

at regional campuses

priate high school courses for your

mental Technology Diploma

chosen career path, we strongly

• Other university-level classes

recommend that you consult a high

Careers

school counsellor.

• Science, Associate Degree

Are you curious about climate change,

• You’ll need to comply with the

• University Transfer First-Year

earthquakes, tsunamis, cities, different

prerequisites of the specific CNC

Science (Quesnel)

cultures, or other aspects of the world

courses you select (see course listings

around you?

at the back of this calendar).

Important dates

If so, you may want to take one of the

• The GED certificate meets CNC’s

many geography courses offered at

(Prince George only; contact other

general admission requirements, but

CNC. With a degree in geography, you

campuses for their dates.)

does not meet specific program or

can work in a broad range of fields

course prerequisites.

Fall term

related to your interests and aptitudes

• Students applying for admission to

• Classes: September 6, 2011 -

— examples include education,

MATH 101, CSC 109, PHYS 101, or

December 16, 2011

forestry, real estate, natural resource

CHEM 111 who obtained a "C+"

management, planning, and parks and

• Exams: December 8 - 16, 2011

grade or less in Principles of Math 12

recreation.

(interim grade) or Math 050 will be

Spring term

Many people think geography is a

registered in MATH 100.

• Classes: January 3, 2012 - April 20,

boring "catalogue" of rivers, mountains,

Note 1: Students attending in 2013 who

2012

natural resources, and capital cities.

intend to enrol in MATH 101, CSC 109,

Nothing could be further from the

• Exams: April 12 - 20, 2012

PHYS 101 or CHEM 111 and who

truth. Modern geography studies all

• Study break: February 20 - 24, 2012

obtained a "C+" or less in Pre-calculus 12

aspects of the physical and human

(interim grade) or Math 050 will be

landscape and the interactions between

registered in MATH 100.

Revised: 11.08.02

them. Geography uses a holistic

approach to understand the complex

problems being faced on planet Earth

What will you study?

today.

For help creating the two-year

Students study geography for many

geography program that meets your

reasons: they may be pursuing an asso-

personal goals, contact CNC Coun-

ciate degree or bachelor’s degree, fulfill-

selling and Advising, or see Packages 2

ing course requirements for programs

and 6 in the University Classes section

such as forestry or education, or they

(starts page 147) for sample programs

may simply be curious about the world

of study.

in which they live.

• For information on an associate

degree in science, see page 134

Admission

• For information on an associate

You’ll need one of the following:

degree in arts, see page 11

• Successful completion of Grade 12

• For a list of all geography courses

(with English 12 or English 12:

available at CNC, see page 217

First Peoples)

• For information on transferability,

• ABE/CCP Advanced Certificate

visit www.bctransferguide.ca, talk to

a CNC counsellor or advisor, or con-

• GED Certificate

2011-12 CNC program guide and course calendar

- 68 -

www.cnc.bc.ca

See Applying to CNC

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The College of New Caledonia reserves the right to limit, cancel, or adjust programs without notice .
* Approximate tuition fees - subject to change. Does not include books, tools, and supplies. Other fees may also apply.  Fees for international students are higher.