• BA in Geography (Major) at Kwantlen Polytechnic University is offered for 4 years.
  • This program is offered on a full-time basis.
  • This program is offered on campus.
  • The Bachelor of Arts, Major in Applied Geography is a unique, four-year Human Geography degree with an emphasis on the urban setting of human activity. 
  • Students are equipped to apply their knowledge to service and research projects incorporated into their third and fourth-year courses.
  • The program is distinguished by the scope and sequencing of its skills development coursework. Required skills courses include qualitative methods, quantitative methods, geographic thought, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and research design.
  • These skills-development courses are woven into a lively and relevant topical curriculum featuring introductory lab-science courses in physical geography; introductory and advanced human geography; economic, social, political, and urban geography; options for focused study of a variety of regions; and courses in natural hazards and environmental geography.
  • Having established a foundation of information-handling skills early in the program, students are equipped to apply their knowledge to service and research projects incorporated into their third and fourth-year courses.
  • Graduates who complete the Bachelor of Arts, Major in Applied Geography program are able to comprehensively understand a range of contemporary urban issues and problems and possess the practical skills to address them.
  • Students have engaged citizens, well-positioned for employment in occupations requiring knowledgeable people capable of working with diverse types of information, or for further, graduate study in Geography and related fields.