GEOG 441Disability and Accessibility in the City

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Environment
Subject: Geography and Environmental Management
Cross-listed: PLAN 441

When it runs

Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This advanced course enhances students' knowledge on the role of planners and planning in creating supportive and accessible environments for all individuals. Through engagement with critical disability scholarship and theories of person-environment interaction, students will explore planned spaces as disabling/enabling environments for people living with physical, cognitive, and sensory/neuro diversity.

Prerequisites

Complete all of the following
- Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
  - GEOG225 - Global Environment and Health (0.50)
  - PLAN133 - Planning for Equity, Justice, and the Public Interest (0.50)
  - PLAN233 - Social Planning and Community Development (0.50)
- Students must be in level 3A or higher

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
Section	Class	Enrolled	Meets
LEC 001	7840	12 / 15	W 08:30–11:20

Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

Undergraduate Calendar, 2026–27The official entry
Requirements for Fall 2026Waterloo’s requisite checker
Schedule of Classes, Fall 2026Instructors, rooms, live seats
Quest Class SearchWhere you enrol
Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them

Calendar versions

Undergraduate Calendar

2026–27 (shown here)
2019–20 and earlier on ucalendar