The objectives of the Department are to promote and advance the knowledge of geography through teaching and research. The Department also aims to train professors, researchers or other specialists working in the public or private sectors. The Department of Geography offers the Master of Arts (Thesis), Master of Science (Thesis) and Doctorate in Geography.
The MA in Geography and the M.Sc. in Geography are two programs participating in the multidisciplinary program in environmental sustainability as well as the multidisciplinary program in science, society and public policy (at the master’s level only). The Department participates in the multidisciplinary program in Canadian studies at the doctoral level.
The objective of the multidisciplinary program in environmental sustainability is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify and examine the economic, legal, political and scientific dimensions of environmental issues, and to apply a based on evidence for the development of relevant rational policies.
NOTE: The University of Ottawa offers a partial tuition fee waiver scholarship to French-speaking international students. This significant contribution to financing their study project allows for a considerable reduction in tuition fees.
To benefit from the partial exemption scholarship, international students must:
- accept an offer of admission to a program of study offered only in French;
OR
- have completed secondary or post-secondary studies in French for at least two years and have obtained their diploma; And
- register for compulsory courses in French if these courses are given in both official languages (French and English).
