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  • 2026 Geography and Tourism Studies Spring/Summer Courses

    Whether you want to jump on the fast track to graduation, reduce next year’s course load, satisfy a program requirement or pick up an elective, Brock’s Department of Geography and Tourism Studies is offering a wide array of Spring/Summer courses to help you advance your area of study and explore topics of interest.

    Course Spotlight: TOUR/GEOG 2P36: Human Rights, Geography and Development

    ASY – ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE

    In today’s tumultuous times, how does the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights protect human rights in Canada and around the world — and is it enough? How do natural disasters, artificial intelligence, and the rise of exclusionism affect human rights?

    • Explore rights and equity issues in development, mobility, displacement and the environment.
    • Examine how current events affect civil and political rights in different geographic environments.
    • Develop critical thinking skills, which are invaluable for your future career, such as analyzing the links between human rights, news, and social media.

    Restrictions: minimum of 4.0 overall credits or permission of the instructor.

    This course may also be of interest to students in Political Science, Sociology, Business, Education, Psychology and History.

    Other Spring/Summer Geography and Tourism Studies Courses

    Spring:

    • GEOG 1P03: Vulnerability, Human Communities and Environment
    • TOUR/GEOG 3F55: Vancouver Field Course
    • TOUR 1P91: Introduction to Tourism
    • TOUR 2P32: Nature-Based Tourism

    Summer:

    • GEOG 1P12: Our Changing Environment: Human Impacts

    Learn more about our Spring GEOG and TOUR courses and our Summer GEOG courses.

    Registration opens March 3!

    For more information or to register for Brock’s Spring/Summer courses, visit brocku.ca/springsummer

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  • 2025 Geography and Tourism Studies Spring/Summer Courses

    Whether you want to jump on the fast track to graduation, reduce next year’s course load, satisfy a program requirement or pick up an elective, Brock’s Department of Geography and Tourism Studies is offering a wide array of Spring/Summer courses to help you advance your area of study and explore topics of interest.

    Course Spotlight: GEOG/TOUR 2P14: Geographies of Alcohol Production in Niagara

    ASY – ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE

    Interested in exploring how alcohol production in Niagara has influenced cultural and economic processes such as place-branding, regional development, and tourism? In this survey course, you’ll use geographical concepts to understand the history of alcohol production and wine tourism in Niagara.

    • Explore social and cultural trends such as the rise of craft alcohol production and alcohol-related tourism.
    • Examine the role of government policy on alcohol production, distribution and consumption.
    • Study how health concerns, climate change and physical geography have impacted alcohol production.

    Please note that you do not require any prior knowledge of geography or alcohol production and consumption to take this course.

    Prerequisite(s): none

    This course may also be of interest to students in Oenology and Viticulture, Economics, Sociology, Biology and History.

    Other Spring/Summer Geography and Tourism Studies Courses

    Spring:

    • GEOG 1P03: Vulnerability, Human Communities and Environment
    • GEOG 1P12: Our Changing Environment: Human Impacts
    • GEOG/TOUR 2P07: Introduction to Geospatial Technologies
    • GEOG 3Q99: Field School-Quaternary Geology
    • TOUR 1P91: Introduction to Tourism
    • TOUR 2P98: Anime Tourism

    Cross-listed (Spring):

    • ESRC/GEOG 3Q99: Field School-Quaternary Geology

    Learn more about our Spring GEOG and TOUR courses and our Summer GEOG and TOUR courses.

    Registration opens March 5!

    For more information or to register for Brock’s Spring/Summer courses, visit brocku.ca/springsummer

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