JEG417Y5 Honours Thesis
Course Description
This course is designed to give students experience in the design and execution of an independent senior thesis under the supervision of a faculty member.
In order to register in the course, students must obtain approval from a supervisor, complete an application form and submit the form to the Academic Consoler. This course may fulfill field day components. Please consult with your supervisor.
Credits: Social Science, Science, Experiential Learning
Exclusion: none
Prerequisite: 14.0 credits
2021-22 Faculty Supervisors and Topic Areas
- Air Pollution
- Urban Pollution — Water, Air and Soil
- Exposure Science
- Geographic Information Science
- Spatial Statistics
- Web Cartography
- Environmental Law and Policy
- Sustainability Management
Professor Laura Brown (on leave)
- Lake Ice and Climate Interactions
- Climate Variability
- Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice
Professor Ron Buliung (on leave)
- Urban Environmental Policy
- Green Infrastructure and Residents
- Urban Forest Govenence
- Urban Riparian zone soil dynamics
- Urban stream-riparian zone hydrological interactions
- Forest and grassland mapping, endangered and invasive species detection, change detection
- Health Care Access
- Environment and Health
- Migration and Transnationalism
- Social/Cultural Geographies
- Feminist Geographies
- Geopolitical Analysis
- Peace and Conflict
- Social Justice/Human Rights
- Participatory/Community-based Research
- Mercury Pollution
- Water Quality
- Carbon Cycling
- Impacts of forest fires on mercury inputs to lakes
- Geography of Retail and Marketing
- Population Geography
- Geographic Literacy
- Geo-Political Analysis
- Geographic Education
- Endangered Species
- Prairie Grassland
- US Environmental Policy
- Canada Species at Risk Act
- Hydraulic Fracturing
- Tree-rings and climate in the northern boreal forest
Professor Harvey Shear (on leave)
- Urban Geography
- Immigration and Housing
- Gentrification
- Social Housing Redevelopment
- Housing Finance
- Gated Communities
- Geographic Information Science
- Spatial Analysis
- Environmental Exposure Studies
- Health Geography
- Geoprivacy and Spatial Confidentialit
- Immigration, Settlement and Integration
- Immigration and Health; Chronic Inflammatory Conditions among South Asian Populations in the GTA
- Indigenous Health
- Access to Health and Social Services
- Factors Affecting Undergraduate Students' decision-making when choosing a program major