Effective fall 2024, students who declare the Geography major with Environmental concentration will follow this revised plan of study:
Geography - Environmental Concentration (48-49 credits), leading to a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree
Required core courses................................17 credits
GEO201 Human Geography (3)
GEO202 Physical Geography (3)
GEO213 Economic Geography (3)
GEO341 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (4)
GEO342 Cartography (4)
Required environmental courses..................10 credits
GEO203 People-Environments Geography (3)
GEO321 Geography of Soils (4)
GEO431 Natural Resources: Utilization & Management (3)
Required statistics course............................3 credits
Select one of the following:
GEO344 Spatial Statistics (3)
MAT145 Statistics & Public Policy (3)
MAT241 Introduction to Statistics (3)
Required science cognate courses...............8 credits
Select any two (2) of the following lab classes:
GLG201 Physical Geology (3) and GLG211 Physical Geology Lab (1)
GLG303 Geomorphology (4) - prereqs: GLG201 and GLG211
BIO201 General Biology I (3) and BIO211 General Biology I Lab (1)
BIO202 General Biology II (3) and BIO212 General Biology II Lab (1)
Electives................................................10-11 credits
Select three of the following systematic geography courses:
GEO331 Gender & Environment (3)
GEO332 Geography, Health & Environment (3)
GEO343 Remote Sensing (4)
GEO480 Internship in Geography (*) and GEO481 Internship Seminar (1)*
*The internship and corequisite seminar may only be taken with the chair's permission and after the major has been completed or nearly so. Students may take GEO480 Internship in Geography for 3, 6 or 9 credits; however, only four (4) credits may count toward the elective requirements.
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