B.S. in Geography - Environmental Geography Concentration

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Academic Foundations
First Year Experience requirement4
English Composition requirement6-7
Mathematics requirement3-4
Interdisciplinary requirement 13
Diverse Communities requirement 13
Ethics requirement 23
Distributed Disciplinary Foundations
Science requirement 36-8
Behavioral & Social Science requirement 46
Humanities requirement6
Arts requirement3
ADDITIONAL BACCALAUREATE REQUIREMENTS
University Requirements
Writing Emphasis requirement 59
Senior Seminar In Geography
Speaking Emphasis requirement 69
Senior Seminar In Geography
Degree Requirements
Capstone requirement1-15
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Core Courses
GEO 102Physical Geography3
GEO 103Human Geography3
GEO 225Introduction to Maps and Remote Sensing3
GEO 230Environmental Conservation and Sustainability3
GEO 324Intro to Geographic Information Systems3
GEO 326Quantitative Analysis in Geography and Planning3
GEO 385Field Methods in Geography3
GEO 400Senior Seminar In Geography3
Environmental Geography Concentration Required Courses
GEO 332Environmental Crises3
GEO 338Environmental Application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)3
GEO 341Landscape Ecology3
PLN 336Environmental Planning3
Geography (or Planning) Electives
Choose 8 courses from the list of electives (or through advisement)24
Global Cities
Introduction to Urban Studies
GIS for Social Justice
Geography of Agriculture, Food & Sustainability
Fundamentals of Unmanned Aerial Systems and Image Analysis
Population Geography
Urban Geography
GIS for Climate Monitoring, Hazards, and Emergency Management
Economic Geography
Intro Business GIS
Sustainable Cities
Sustainable Living
Environmental Geopolitics
Internet Mapping
Geodesign for Smart Cities
Internship in Geography and Planning
Geographic Information Systems Application
Business GIS Applications
Geodatabase System
Introduction to Planning
Planning for Resilient Communities and Natural Disasters
Land Use Planning
Land Development Controls
Transportation Planning
Land Conservation
Housing and Planning in America
Capstone Requirement
GEO 404Senior Project in Geography 73
Total Minimum Credits Required 8120
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GEO 204 is a recommended general education course: fulfills Interdisciplinary and Diverse Communities General Education requirements. Transfer and change-of-major students may use other courses with advisor consent.

2

GEO 213 is a recommended Ethics General Education course. Transfer and change-of-major students may use other courses with advisor consent.

3

Recommended sciences: BIO 110, ESS 128, or SCI 100 

4

Geography majors take PLN 214 as a recommended Behavioral/Social Science General Education course. Transfer and change-of-major students may use other courses with advisor consent.

5

Geography majors must take GEO 400 (Writing Emphasis course). GEO 310 is a recommended Writing Emphasis course. PLN 301 and ENG 368/ENG 371 are recommended Writing Emphasis electives.

6

Geography majors must take GEO 400 (Speaking Emphasis course). GEO 332 is a required course for the Environmental Studies Track and recommended for all other tracks. GEO 333 is also recommended.

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This course fulfills the Capstone requirement.

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Note: The number of available general electives will depend on the use of “recommended” general education GEO/PLN courses. Strategic use of general education courses allows for the addition of minors and/or sub-baccalaureate certificates.

Accelerated B.S. in Geography - Environmental Geography Concentration to M.S. in Geography Program

Any geography major in the Environmental Geography Track with junior-standing (a minimum of 60 completed credits) and a 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher may substitute up to 12 graduate credits to satisfy the B.S. program.

Elective Courses
Select from the courses below:
GEO 502Topical Seminar in Geography3
GEO 506Seminar in Physical Geography3
GEO 507Internet Applications of Geographic Information Systems3
GEO 521Suburbanization and Land Development3
GEO 524Population Processes3
GEO 526Metropolitan Systems and Problems3
GEO 531Transportation Planning3
GEO 538Environmental Modeling with Geographic Information Systems3
GEO 577Geodatabases3
PLN 527Planning Law and Organization3
PLN 528Economic Development Planning3
PLN 536Environmental Planning3
PLN 554Housing and Planning in America3
Potential Graduate Course Substitutions
These courses may be substituted for similar undergraduate courses.
GEO 534 can replace GEO 324
GEO 507 can replace GEO 401
GEO 509 can replace GEO 326
GEO 538 can replace GEO 338
GEO 556 can replace GEO 425
GEO 577 can replace GEO 427
GEO 584 can replace GEO 424
GEO 585 can replace GEO 385

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