Introduction
Global Geography (BA)
Global Geography addresses globalization and place-making among people in their social and physical worlds. You will learn to analyze the links between cities and the world economy, understand processes of uneven development and inequality, and learn how migration and mobility shape our politics and society. Global Geography engages climate change and environmental processes through a distinctive mix of physical science, geographical information systems (GIS), and social science. Geographers work across boundaries: thinking through problems using diverse approaches at multiple scales, from the local landscape around us to the global human impact on the earth today.
Our Global Geography program embraces the place-based aspects of the discipline and draws on global perspectives. You will study how history, economics, politics, culture and society produce inequality within human and physical geographies.
Students will explore these critical global issues:
Human migration and identity
Economic production and consumption
Geopolitical power
Global urbanization
The flow of knowledge, culture and data
Networks of global cities
Environmental change
As a Global Geography student, you will earn distinctive interdisciplinary knowledge and skills through hands-on classroom activities, field- and lab-based exercises, and community engagement. You’ll gain technical know-how and experience in geographic analysis, methodological approaches and spatial thinking while enhancing your communication, reasoning and leadership skills to address environmental and societal issues.
Ultimately, you will acquire the key geographical skills of spatial analysis and critical thinking that will equip you for a career in Canada and abroad in areas such as government, journalism and media, development agencies, private-sector corporations and the non-profit sector.
Sample Courses
Introduction to World Geography
Urban Geography
Nations and Nationalism
Disaster! Earth’s Extreme Events
Advanced Field Studies in Physical Geography
Career Paths
GIS analyst
Economic development officer
Government policy analyst
Geography teacher
Media/Current Affairs reporter
How to Apply
Deadlines can be found on the York University Future Students website.
Complete an Online Application Form.
Ontario high school applicants must apply online, completing the OUAC 101 application.
All other applicants must apply online using either the OUAC 105 application or the York University application.
No documents will be reviewed prior to the submission of an online application.
Pay the application fee.
Submit supporting documents through the York University online portal, MyFile.
Within four business days of application, you will receive a confirmation email with your nine-digit student reference number, which will allow you to access your MyFile account and upload your documents.
It is important to check your MyFile regularly for any documents you are required to submit and updates to the status of your application.
More information about supporting documents, document processing times and decision processing times is available on the I’ve Applied page.
