Undergraduate tracks

BA, Track 1: General Geography

  • GEOG 121. Physical Geography
  • GEOG 151. World Regional Geography
  • GEOG 360. Introduction to GIS and Cartography
  • MATH 147. Statistics
  • two cultural/regional courses
  • four upper-division geography courses

TOTAL: 10 courses (40 hours). Credit is granted for equivalent courses.

BA, Track 2: Computer Applications in Human-Environmental Analysis

  • GEOG 360. Introduction to GIS and Cartography
  • GEOG 361. Introduction to Raster GIS and GPS
  • GEOG 463. GIS and Spatial Analysis
  • GEOG 465. Remote Sensing and GIS
  • MATH 147. Statistics
  • CS 100, 110 or 140. Introduction to Computer Programming
  • Four courses to be selected from the following (at least two must be upper division):
    • GEOG 103. Multicultural Geographies
    • GEOG 221. Physical Geography of Global Change
    • GEOG 234. Urban Geography: Global Linkages
    • GEOG 336. Environmental Health: Race and Place
    • GEOG 481. Special Topics (techniques-oriented)
    • GEOG 482. Applied Urban Research
    • GEOG 495. Internship
    • GEOG 499. Honors Thesis

TOTAL: 10 courses (40 hours). Credit is granted for equivalent courses.

BA, Track 3: Environmental and Resource Management

  • GEOG 121. Physical Geography
  • GEOG 221. Physical Geography of Global Change
  • MATH 147. Statistics
  • one regional/cultural course
  • four physical/environmental courses selected from the following:
    • GEOG 222. Earth Surface Processes
    • GEOG 239. (ENVI 239) Environmental Planning and Policy
    • GEOG 323. (ENVI 323) Soils: Properties, Processes and Distribution
    • GEOG 330. (ENVI 330) Natural Hazards
    • GEOG 336. Environmental Health: Race and Class Disparities
    • GEOG 337. Natural Resource Conservation: Theory, Policies and Practices
    • GEOG 341. Water Resource Planning and Management
    • GEOG 421. Advanced Physical Geography Seminar
    • GEOG 422. (BIOL 459) Biogeography
    • GEOG 497. Independent Study
  • two mapping and applications courses selected from the following:
    • GEOG 360. Introduction to GIS and Cartography
    • GEOG 361. Introduction to Raster GIS and GPS
    • GEOG 463. GIS and Spatial Analysis
    • GEOG 495. Internship in Planning (var. cr.)
    • GEOG 499. Honors Thesis

TOTAL: 10 courses (40 hours). Credit is granted for equivalent courses.

BA, Track 4: Urban and Regional Planning

  • GEOG 121. Physical Geography
  • GEOG 234. Urban Geography: Global Linkages or GEOG 235: Introduction to Urban Planning
  • GEOG 360. Introduction to GIS and Cartography
  • MATH 147. Statistics
  • one cultural/regional course
  • two upper level urban/economic courses selected from the following:
    • GEOG 333. Retail Geography
    • GEOG 335. Legal and Administrative Aspects of Planning
    • GEOG 345. Urban Planning Analysis I
    • GEOG 445. Urban Planning Analysis II
    • GEOG 481. Special Topics Geography
    • GEOG 497. Independent Study
  • one physical/environmental course selected from the following:
    • GEOG 239. (ENVI 239) Environmental Planning and Policy
    • GEOG 323. (ENVI 323) Soils: Properties, Processes and Distribution
    • GEOG 330. (ENVI 330) Natural Hazards
    • GEOG 336. Environmental Health: Race and Class Disparities
    • GEOG 337. Natural Resource Conservation: Theory, Policies and Practices
    • GEOG 341. Water Resource Planning and Management
    • GEOG 421. Advanced Physical Geography
    • GEOG 422. (BIOL 459) Biogeography
  • two mapping and applications courses selected from the following:
    • GEOG 361. Introduction to Raster GIS and GPS
    • GEOG 463. GIS and Spatial Analysis
    • GEOG 495. Internship in Planning (var. cr.)
    • GEOG 499. Honors Thesis

TOTAL: 10 courses (40 hours). Credit is granted for equivalent courses.

BA, Track 5: Urban: Economic/Retailing Emphasis

  • GEOG 101, 103 or 151.
  • One cultural or regional course
  • Select two of the following:
    • GEOG 232. Economic Geography
    • GEOG 233. Urban Geography: Race and Place
    • GEOG 234. Urban Geography and Global Linkages
    • GEOG 235. Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning
  • MATH 147. Statistics
  • GEOG 360. Introduction to GIS and Cartography
  • Select two of the following upper level urban/economic courses:
    • GEOG 333. Retail Geography
    • GEOG 345. Urban Planning I
    • GEOG 445. Urban Planning II: Economic Development
    • GEOG 482A. Applied Urban Research
    • GEOG 497. Independent Study
  • Select two of the following upper level mapping/applications courses:
    • GEOG 361. Introduction to Raster GIS and GPS
    • GEOG 463. GIS and Spatial Analysis
    • GEOG 495. Internship in Planning (var. cr.)
    • GEOG 499. Honors Thesis

TOTAL: 10 courses (40 hours). Credit is granted for equivalent courses.

BA, Track 6: Race-Ethnicity and Place: American Urban Perspectives

  • Core courses:
    • GEOG 103. Multicultural Geographies
    • GEOG 234. Urban Geography: Global Linkages
    • GEOG 336. Environmental Health: Race and Class Disparities
    • GEOG 360. Introduction to GIS
  • Select two of the following:
    • GEOG 101. Introduction to Geography
    • GEOG 151. World Geography
    • GEOG 212. Historical Geography of U.S.
    • GEOG 232. Economic Geography
    • GEOG 259. East Asia
    • GEOG 357. Geography of the Middle East
  • Choose one of the following:
    • GEOG 463. GIS and Spatial Analysis
    • MATH 147. Elementary Statistics
  • Choose three of the following: (one prerequisite)
    • GEOG 345. Urban Planning Analysis I
    • GEOG 352. Population Geography
    • GEOG 457. U.S. Latino Geographies
    • GEOG 458. The African Diaspora in the U.S. and Canada
    • GEOG 459. Asian Settlements in the U.S.
    • GEOG 495. Internship
  • Others by permission

TOTAL: 10 courses (40 hours). Credit is granted for equivalent courses.