Faculty of Arts
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- Introduction - Handbook
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- Pros, Amateurs and others
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- Libraries and Research
- Taking Notes
- Formulating a Topic
- Compiling a Bibliography
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- Need for Recent Sources
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Section Menu
-
- Communication and Visual Arts
- Major in Public Relations
- Major in Media Studies
- Major in Digital Journalism
- Minors in Communication
- Visual Arts
- Student Success
- Experiential Learning Opportunities
- Media Information Centre
- Our Faculty
- Contact Us
- Environment, Culture and Society
- Literatures, Languages, and Performing Arts
- Philosophy, History and Politics
- Chair's Message
- History
- Degree Options
- Courses
- Student Success
- Awards and Scholarships
- Handbook for History Students
- Introduction - Handbook
- Why Study History?
- Varieties of History
- Historian's Work
- Pros, Amateurs and others
- Careers
- Libraries and Research
- Taking Notes
- Formulating a Topic
- Compiling a Bibliography
- Primary Sources
- Secondary Sources
- Need for Recent Sources
- Where to Start
- Note-taking
- Shape of the Essay
- Style of the Essay
- Checking the Essay
- Documentation
- Bibliographies and Footnotes
- Plagiarism
- Writing Essay Examinations
- Title Pages and Formatting
- Citation Generators
- Examples
- Citation Formatting
- History Links
- Philosophy
- Politics
- Our Faculty
- Contact Us
- Psychology
- Communication and Visual Arts
Geography
Skills we learn
- Analyze and use standard statistical methods
- Conduct environmental assessments
- Conduct field studies and observe system interactions
- Conduct spatial analysis of socioeconomic patterns, problems, and forces
- Develop project designs and examine data
- Gather and analyze statistical population and/or land use data
- Interpret the changing relationships between populations and the environment
- Manipulate geographic data and do work with maps, graphs, diagrams, using related computer equipment and software
- Provide geographical analysis of social, physical, and cultural issues
- Read, construct, and design maps and graphs
- Understand societal developments and the interrelationship or social, economic, political, and cultural factors
- Understand the earth’s physical environments and interrelationships that exist between them
- Use computer modeling and GIS technologies
- Use land data
- Write carefully reasoned reports and academic essays
Potential occupations
- Air photo interpreter
- Agricultural extension agent
- Cartographer
- Climatologist
- Conservationist
- Ecotourism manager
- Economic Planner
- Environmental impact analyst
- Facilities planner
- Forestry technician
- Geophysics assistant geographer
- Heritage planner
- Hydrologist
- Industry development planner
- Land developer/surveyor
- Land economist
- Map curator or editor
- Parks Planner, warden, or officer
- Photogrammetric technician
- Resource economist
- Transportation planner
- Urban/regional planner
- Water use analyst
- Wildlife manager
- Zoning investigator