Global Environmental Systems (Honours) at Simon Fraser University

Programme overview

The Global Environmental Systems honours is a 120-unit Bachelor of Environment with at least 60 upper division units, culminating in an honours essay (GEOG 491).

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

What you will study

Core courses are GEOG 100, GEOG 111 Earth Systems, GEOG 214 Weather and Climate, GEOG 215 The Biosphere, GEOG 255 Geographical Information Science I, GEOG 266W Geography in Practice and REM 221 Systems Thinking and the Environment, plus EVSC 100 or GEOG 104.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Entry is competitive: applicants must apply one term before enrolling in GEOG 491 - Honours Essay, have completed a minimum of 60 upper division units with a minimum upper division GPA of 3.67, and have consulted a potential honours essay supervisor; graduation with honours requires a GPA of at least 3.50.

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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