Major Requirements
The major consists of 10 courses (40 credit hours). At least six of the 10 courses (24 credits) must be taken at the 300-level or above. Credits are granted for equivalent courses.
A. Track 1: General Geography Course Requirements:
Students must fulfill the following requirements for the major:
- One of the following:
- GEOG 120 Weather and Climate
- GEOG 121 Physical Geography
- One from the following courses:
- GEOG 103 Multicultural Geographies of US
- GEOG 151 World Regional Geography
- GEOG 160 GIS for Social Sciences and Humanities
- GEOG 180a-z
- GEOG 360 Foundations of GIS
- Seven additional GEOG courses
B. Track 2: Computer Applications in Human-Environmental Analysis (GIS) Course Requirements:
Students must fulfill the following requirements for the major:
- GEOG 360 Foundations of GIS
- GEOG 461 Modeling in GIS
- GEOG 462 Cartography & Geovisualization
- GEOG 465 Remote Sensing
- Three additional courses in GIS such as:
- GEOG 380R Spatial Fundamentals in R
- GEOG 420 WebGIS: Apps and Story Maps
- GEOG 460 Census Geography and GIS
- GEOG 463 Spatial Analysis
- Three additional GEOG courses
C. Track 3: Environmental and Resource Management Course Requirements:
Students must fulfill the following requirements for the major:
- One of the following:
- GEOG 120 Weather and Climate
- OR GEOG 121 Physical Geography
- One of the following:
- GEOG 221 Global Climate
- GEOG 239 Environmental Planning & Policy
- GEOG 341 Water Resource Planning & Management
- GEOG 437 Natural Resource Conservation
- GEOG 360 Foundations of GIS
- Four courses in Physical or Environmental Geography such as:
- GEOG 239 Environmental Planning & Policy
- GEOG 311 Earth’s Surface Processes
- GEOG 330 Natural Hazards
- GEOG 422 Biogeography
- GEOG 423 Soils
- GEOG 437 Natural Resource Conservation
- Three additional GEOG courses
D. Track 4: Urban and Regional Planning Course Requirements:
Students must fulfill the following requirements for the major:
- GEOG 360 Foundations of GIS
- One of the following:
- GEOG 235 Intro to Urban & Regional Planning
- GEOG 234 Comparative Urban Geography
- One of the following:
- GEOG 345 Urban Planning Analysis I
- GEOG 435 Principles of Urban Design
- Four additional courses in Urban or Economic Geography such as:
- GEOG 232 Economic Geography
- GEOG 233 Urban Geography: Race and Place
- GEOG 234 Urban Geography: Global Linkeages
- GEOG 239 Environmental Planning & Policy
- GEOG 333 Retail Geography
- GEOG 335 Legal Aspects of Planning
- GEOG 353 Crime, Location, and Society
- GEOG 445 Urban Planning Analysis II
- GEOG 446 Transportation Planning
- GEOG 460 Census Geography & GIS
- Three additional GEOG courses
E. Track 5: Urban: Economic/Retailing Emphasis Course Requirements:
Students must fulfill the following requirements for the major:
- GEOG 360 Foundations of GIS
- One of the following:
- GEOG 232 Economic Geography
- GEOG 333 Retail Geography
- Four additional courses in Urban/Economic Geography such as:
- GEOG 232 Economic Geography
- GEOG 233 Urban Geography: Race and Place
- GEOG 234 Comparative Urban Geography
- GEOG 235 Intro to Urban and Regional Planning
- GEOG 333 Retail Geography
- GEOG 335 Legal Aspects of Planning
- GEOG 341 Water Resources Planning and Management
- GEOG 353 Crime, Location, and Society
- GEOG 445 Urban Planning Analysis II
- GEOG 446 Transportation Planning
- GEOG 460 Census Geography & GIS
- Four addiitonal GEOG courses