CGU4M

Course description: The world's population is growing, it is moving and intermixing, and it is increasingly found in cities. This course explores these changes and the challenges that come with them. It investigates the forces that are shaping the world’s communities, the patterns of interaction between them, the quality of life within them, and their impact on the world around them. Students will apply the concepts of geographic thinking, the geographic inquiry process, and spatial skills and technologies as they investigate issues related to population change and urban life and propose ways of enhancing the sustainability of communities around the world. (category: Canadian and World Studies)

Pre-requisite courses: Any university, university/college, or college preparation course in Canadian and world studies, English, or social sciences and humanities.