University of Quebec Trois Rivieres: The University of Quebec Trois Rivieres (UQTR), located in Trois-Rivieres, Canada, is a multidisciplinary institution known for its quality education and research. UQTR offers a wide range of programs in arts, sciences, business, health, and engineering. The university emphasizes practical training, research collaborations, and community engagement to enhance the learning experience and contribute to regional development.

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Environmental geography program website: www.uqtr.ca/geo Geographers are specialists in the territory . They have unique expertise that enables them to analyze and manage both the natural environments on the surface of the globe and the human societies that interact with these ecosystems. They can, for example, be an environmental consultant, cartographer or urban planner in a city, responsible for the management of waterways in a municipality, director of an organization dedicated to the protection of the environment or even a professional in geomatics and in remote sensing. Geographers use specialized applicationsallowing to analyze the earth's surface using satellite images, to manage large amounts of data and to map the territory in order to better understand it and manage it well. Geographers are also called upon to work in the field , whether to carry out environmental surveys, carry out a diagnosis, verify compliance with regulations or carry out a survey of a given population. Geomatics laboratories are at the heart of geographers' learning by allowing them to acquire unique expertise related to data management, cartography, geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing. The paid internship, produced at the end of the second year of study, allows geographers to put their training into practice and gives an overview of the realities of the job market. The optional and complementary courses make it possible to perfect the training of geographers according to their interests. They can, for example, complete their training in environmental sciences, ecology or another discipline. Finally, the program includes three courses carried out in the field , including an elective course in the Canadian Rockies. Program Objectives The environmental geography program aims to train professional geographers who will have the necessary skills to work in the fields of environmental sciences, geomatics, natural resource management and land use planning. The program thus gives direct access to the labor market. Students who wish to do so can also pursue graduate studies, either with a master's degree in environmental sciences at UQTR, or in another master's program in geography or a related discipline at another Canadian university or at the foreign. Show less

The student must take the following courses (sixty credits):

GEO1063 Environmental fieldwork
GEO1085 Introduction to cartography
GEO1086 Introduction to aerial photos and remote sensing
GEO1087 Geomorphology
GEO1088 Climatology
GEO1091 rural space
GEO1092 urban space
GEO1095 Geopedology
GEO1096 Glaciology
GEO1100 Geography and land use planning
GEO1117 remote sensing
GEO1121 Graduation activity
GEO1125 Natural resource management
GEO1126 Landscape analysis
GEO1130 Geographic Information Systems Laboratory I (1 credit)
GEO1131 Geographic Information Systems Laboratory II (1 credit)
GEO1132 Spatial Analysis Laboratory (1 credit)
GEO1133 Aerial Photo and Remote Sensing Laboratory (1 credit)
GEO1134 Mapping laboratory (1 credit)
GEO1135 Remote sensing image analysis laboratory (1 credit)
HYL1005 Hydrology
PIF1002 Introduction to geographic information systems
PIF1003 Geographic Information Systems II
STT1043 Quantitative Spatial Analysis Techniques

Optional courses (21 to 27 credits)

The student chooses seven to nine courses from the following:

GEO1089 Population Geography
GEO1090 economic space
GEO1093 Quebec: territory and regions
GEO1094 Geography of plants and soils
GEO1097 Geography and environmental assessment
GEO1101 Region and development
GEO1107 Canada
GEO1113 Special Topics in Geography
GEO1119 Geopolitics of international relations
GEO1122 Climate changes
GEO1124 Natural disasters and anthropogenic risks
GEO1127 Integrated water management by catchment area
GEO1137 Online mapping
GEO1138 Nordic environments
GEO1139 Land in natural environments
GLG1004 Elements of geology
MSA1003 Meteorology

Complementary courses (3 to 9 credits)

Depending on the number of optional courses taken, the student chooses from three to nine credits among the complementary courses suggested. Some courses are offered online.

List of Suggested Complementary Courses

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You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

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