At Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada, Human Geography: Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA) is offered as a bachelor's degree in Geography programme. The programme runs for 4 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 1,214 per credit (CAD 216 per credit for local students).
This degree examines the complex challenges facing communities and the planet, looking at how forces that are social, economic, political and environmental in nature shape everyday life. A global perspective is applied to work toward practical solutions. Graduates are prepared for careers in tourism, regional and urban planning, land and economic development, and conservation.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry from a BC secondary school requires at least five approved Grade 12 courses, including English Studies 12 (or English First Peoples 12) at a minimum of 70%, alongside SFU's general English-language and quantitative/analytical skills requirements. The university's Grade 11 prerequisites ask for one approved course each in English, mathematics (Foundations of Math 11 or Pre-Calculus 11), science and social studies; Grade 12 adds one further science-or-math course and one social-studies or humanities course from SFU's approved lists, with equivalent AP or IB courses accepted in their place. The program sets no additional Faculty of Environment prerequisite beyond these university-wide requirements. International secondary-school applicants are assessed on their final-year results against SFU's published country-by-country equivalencies rather than the BC course list; the program page states no specific English-proficiency test score, so applicants should confirm current IELTS/TOEFL/PTE minimums on SFU's general admission-requirements page.
Application Details
Start Date:Three intakes a year: Fall (September–December), Spring (January–April) and Summer (May–August). First day of classes is 5 January 2027 for Spring 2027, 10 May 2027 for Summer 2027 and 7 September 2027 for Fall 2027.
Application Deadline:Undergraduate applications are submitted on EducationPlannerBC and SFU publishes one set of dates per applicant type — high-school or college/university transfer — with no separate international deadline; document deadlines are stated as applying to all applicants. Fall 2027 entry: applications open 1 October 2026 and close 31 January 2027 for high-school applicants, while transfer applications open 1 March 2027 and close 15 April 2027. Spring 2027 entry: open 1 July 2026, closes 15 September 2026. Summer 2027 entry: open 1 December 2026, closes 15 January 2027. Admission documents are due 28 February 2027 (Fall, high-school applicants), 15 May 2027 (Fall, transfer applicants), 1 October 2026 (Spring) and 1 February 2027 (Summer); B.C. high-school applicants must also file the Student Transcript Service form by 31 January. Decisions are released on a rolling basis — early Fall offers from mid-November 2026 to January 2027, standard offers from January to late April, transfer decisions from mid-March to late June — and most Fall entrants must accept by 1 May. These are SFU's university-wide undergraduate dates, not a deadline set by this program; a few programs admit in one term only, so confirm on the program's own SFU page.
