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Geographic Information Science (Honours) at Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University, Canada

Programme overview

The Geographic Information Science honours is a joint honours Bachelor of Science offered by the School of Computing Science and the Department of Geography.

Faculty: Faculty of Environment  |  Department: School of Computing Science  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

What you will study

Computing core includes CMPT 225 Data Structures and Programming, CMPT 276 Introduction to Software Engineering, CMPT 295 Introduction to Computer Systems, MACM 101 Discrete Mathematics I, with geography courses GEOG 100, GEOG 111, GEOG 253 Introduction to Remote Sensing and GEOG 255.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission to this program has been suspended effective Summer 2024.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Fall (September), Spring (January) and Summer (May) terms; most students start in the fall term.

Fall 2027: high school applications open 1 October 2026 and close 31 January 2027; other post-secondary transfer applications open 1 March 2027 and close 15 April 2027. Summer 2027: all applications open 1 December 2026 and close 15 January 2027. Spring 2027: all applications opened 1 July 2026 and close 15 September 2026.

The non-refundable application fee is 86 CAD for domestic students and 130 CAD for international students, payable online by credit card. Applications are submitted through EducationPlannerBC.

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