It’s important for our students to have many types of learning experiences while in class at Brock, and outside the classroom walls.
Our Department offers many opportunities for our students to gain valuable hands-on experience through internships, labs, seminars, field courses, co-op, and more. Read more about some of these opportunities below.
Field Courses
Field courses are a great way for students to apply what they’ve learned in class and gain real world experience in geography and tourism studies. Our Department has been offering field courses for over five decades to domestic and international destinations.
Please note that not all field courses are offered every year. Please check below or contact the Department to see which courses are currently available.
This course is our longest running field course. Mandatory for all Geography and Tourism Studies majors, the Peterborough Field Course involves heading north for the October Reading Week to put your research into action. In this course, you will develop a research project and apply geographical principles and field techniques to problems in human geography, physical geography, and tourism studies.
The Department would like to extend a huge thank you to Don Wright, who has hosted our Physical Geography students on his family land (Lochlin Esker and Wetlands) since 2004. We’d also like to thank Beachwood Resort (located on beautiful Buckhorn Lake) for hosting us year after year.
Please note that this course is only open to Geography and Tourism Studies majors.
Want to learn more? Please contact the Department.
Now accepting applications!
Brock’s Herstmonceux / East Sussex / London Field Course (TOUR/GEOG 3F97) is a one-credit course offered by the Department of Geography and Tourism Studies that is scheduled to run in August 2027.
This 21-day international field course will focus on how natural and cultural heritage sites are presented and interpreted at some of the world’s premier heritage destinations in England. From our bases at Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex (15 days) and London (6 days), we will explore and analyze a diverse cross-section of cultural and natural heritage destinations in both regions, focusing both on the destinations themselves, and how they are managed, curated, presented and interpreted.
The course is open to third- and fourth-year students from any program with permission of the instructor and is OSAP eligible.
Applications are due March 1, 2027.
Want to earn Brock credit while travelling through beautiful Croatia? Study at the International Tourism and Hospitality Academy at Sea!
This two-week field course focuses on the growth and development of London as a global city, capital of Britain and major metropolitan area examining its major functions, institutions, peoples and internal spatial structures; major planning issues involved in achieving an enriched urban environment.
This 10-day field course focuses on Vancouver as a major metropolitan area. In addition to learning about the historical geography of Vancouver and its region, you’ll explore social and cultural processes as you discover the spaces of the third largest city in Canada.
Cultural and historical geographies of Chicago. Emphasis on the urban spectacle of the modern city and the contrasting geographies of race and class inequalities through the examination of public space, architecture, housing and suburbanization, and cultural production.
Labs and Seminars
Many of our courses have labs or seminars, where small groups (max 20) of students can discuss what they’ve learned or try out some of the methods they’ve learned about in lecture.
Honours Internship Course (4F99)
This course is mandatory for all of our 4th year Geography and Tourism honours students. Students complete an internship either under the direction of a faculty member or in a government or private agency. This course is only available to Geography and Tourism students.
Co-op
We have three co-op programs in our Department:
- BA Geography, Co-op (honours)
- BSc Geography, Co-op (honours)
- BA Tourism and Environment, Tourism Management Stream, Co-op (honours)
Study Abroad and International Exchanges
Immerse yourself in another country! As a Brock student, you have the opportunity to study, travel and make lifelong friends around the world. Learn more about yourself, become more independent and give your Brock degree an international edge. Share your Canadian culture abroad and in return experience the culture, lifestyle, and people of another country.
Brock International can assist all academically qualified Brock students to locate a university exchange partner abroad and set up a custom program of studies which will complement your degree program at Brock.
Most students go on exchange in their third year. Note that you must plan in advance – applications for exchange are usually submitted when you are in your second year of study at Brock.
