Faculty Affiliation
Arts and Science
Degree Programs
Geography
MA, MSc, and PhD
- Fields:
- Environmental Geography and Resource Management;
- Historical/Social/Cultural Geography;
- Physical Geography and Natural Systems;
- Spatial Information Systems;
- Urban/Economic Geography.
Planning
MScPl
- Concentrations:
- Economic Development Planning;
- Environmental Planning;
- Social Planning and Policy;
- Transportation Planning and Infrastructure;
- Urban Design and Spatial Planning.
PhD
- Fields:
- Cities in Global Context: Economic Development and Social Planning;
- Environmental and Sustainability Planning;
- Urban Development, Design and the Built Environment.
Collaborative Specializations
The following collaborative specializations are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:
- Community Development (admissions have been administratively suspended)
- Geography, MA
- Planning, MScPl
- Contemporary East and Southeast Asian Studies
- Geography, MA
- Planning, MScPl
- Development Policy and Power
- Geography, MA
- Diaspora and Transnational Studies
- Geography, MA, MSc, PhD
- Environmental Studies
- Geography, MA, MSc, PhD
- Planning, MScPl, PhD
- Environment and Health
- Geography, MA, MSc, PhD
- Planning, MScPl, PhD
- Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies
- Geography, MA, PhD
- Food Studies
- Geography, MA, MSc, PhD
- Global Health (U of T Global Scholar)
- Geography, MA, MSc, PhD
- Planning, MScPl, PhD
- Jewish Studies
- Geography, PhD
- Sexual Diversity Studies
- Geography, MA, PhD
- South Asian Studies
- Geography, MA, PhD
- Women and Gender Studies
- Geography, MA, MSc, PhD
- Planning, MScPl, PhD
Overview
The Department of Geography and Planning offers facilities for research leading to the degrees of Master of Arts (MA), Master of Science (MSc), Master of Science in Planning (MScPl), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in either Geography or Planning. The PhD program prepares students for academic careers in teaching and research. Some may also pursue an advanced career in the public or non-profit sectors, given the rising demand outside of academia for people with a PhD credential.
In Geography, faculty conduct research in the following areas: geomorphology, climatology, hydrology, biogeography, pedology, environmental assessment and sustainable natural resource management, international development, industrial innovation, urban and economic geography, cultural and historical geography, gender studies, social geography, regional analysis, the history and philosophy of geography, remote sensing, computer cartography, spatial statistics, topics in land/geographic information systems, and quantitative analysis. The territories of special concern are Canada, the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, Northwestern and Central Europe, East Asia, South Asia, and the former Soviet Union.
In Planning, faculty work involves social, economic, cultural, and other vital considerations. In spatial scale, it ranges from the design of individual communities to policy planning at the national level to international development. Planning specializations include land use, transportation, urban design, social policy, public health, economic development, international development, and the environment.
Contact and Address
Web: geography.utoronto.ca
Geography programs email: graduate.geography@utoronto.ca
MSc Planning program email: planning.geoplan@utoronto.ca
PhD Planning program email: graduate.planning@utoronto.ca
Geography and PhD programs telephone: (416) 978-3377
MSc Planning program telephone: (416) 946-0269
Fax: (416) 946-3886
Department of Geography and Planning
University of Toronto
Sidney Smith Hall
5th Floor, 100 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3
Canada