Below are the Geography major and minor requirements, along with the courses that satisfy each requirement and when they are typically offered. Some courses may also be available during Winter or Summer Sessions. To see which courses are being offered in a specific semester, please refer to the Schedule of Classes.
To fulfill the requirements for a Major in Geography, students must take a total of 36 credits, including:
- Five required courses (15 credits total):
- Earth Systems (01:450:101), offered every Fall and Spring
- Transforming the Global Environment (01:450:102), offered every Fall and Spring
- Human Geography: Space, Place, and Location (01:450:103), offered every Fall and Spring
- Geographical Research Methods* (01:450:330), offered every Spring
- History and Theory of Geography* (01:450:470), offered every Spring
*Prerequisites for 01:450:330 & 01:450:470: Any of 01:450:101, 01:450:102, 01:450:103, 01:381:101
- Earth Systems (01:450:101), offered every Fall and Spring
- 12 credits from student's track
Tracks include:
Global Culture, Economics, and Society
Title: Course # Credits Core Goals Semester WORLD CULTURAL REGIONS
Course #01:450:205 Credits3 Core GoalsHST, SCL SemesterFall, Spring THE CITY: INTRODUCTION TO AN URBAN GEOGRAPHY
Course #01:450:241 Credits3 Core GoalsSCL SemesterSpring ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
Course #01:450:309 Credits3 Core GoalsWCd SemesterSpring Area Studies Courses (at least two offered every Fall)
Title: Course # Credits Core Goals Semester CARIBBEAN BORDERLNDS
Course #01:450:335 Credits3 Semester LATIN AMERICA
Course #01:450:336 Credits3 Core GoalsHST Semester AFRICA
Course #01:450:338 Credits3 Core Goals Semester SOUTH ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
Course #01:450:341 Credits3 Core GoalsCCO EAST ASIA
Course #01:450:342 Credits3 Semester GLOBAL CHINA
Course #01:450:343 Credits3 Core GoalsSCL Semester 300-Level Electives (at least two offered every Fall)
Title: Course # Credits Core Goals Semester FEMINIST GEOGRAPHIES
Course #01:450:361 Credits3 Core GoalsCCD Semester GEOGRAPHY OF DEVELOP
Course #01:450:363 Credits3 Core GoalsCCD Semester AFRO-LATINX GEOGRAPHIES IN THE US AND IN LATIN AMERICA
Course #01:450:364 Credits3 Semester GEOGRAPHIES OF RACE AND ETHNICITY IN THEUNITED STATES
Course #01:450:365 Credits3 Semester
Title: Course # Credits Core Goals Semester Notes ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY & JUSTICE
Course #01:450:211 Credits3 Core GoalsHST, SCL SemesterFall, Spring Notes THE GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM
Course #01:450:213 Credits3 Core GoalsNS SemesterFall Notes CONSERVATION
Course #01:450:214 Credits3 Core GoalsCCO, SCL SemesterSpring Notes GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY
Course #01:450:306 Credits3 Core GoalsNS SemesterFall Notes NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS
Course #01:450:311 Credits3 SemesterSpring Notes CULTURAL & POLITICAL ECOLOGY
Course #01:450:360 Credits3 SemesterSpring Notes CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIETY
Course #01:450:370 Credits3 Core GoalsCCO, ITR SemesterSpring FIELD GEOGRAPHY
Course #01:450:402 Credits4 SemesterSpring NotesLab course with limited seating; Prerequisite: Any of 450:101, 450:102, 450:103, 381:101, 460:100, or 11:375:101 CLIMATE SEMINAR
Course #01:450:413 Credits3 Semester NotesCross-listed with a graduate seminar with limited seating COASTAL GEOMORPHOL
Course #01:450:417 Credits3 SemesterSpring NotesLab course with limited seating
Title: Course # Credits Core Goals Semester Notes MAPS, POWER, AND THE DIGITAL WORLD
Course #01:450:208 Credits3 Core GoalsCCO, ITR SemesterFall SPATIAL DATA ANALYSIS
Course #01:450:320 Credits3 Core GoalsQQ, QR SemesterSpring NotesLab course with limited seating GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Course #01:450:321 Credits3 Core GoalsITR, QR SemesterFall REMOTE SENSING
Course #01:450:322 Credits3 Core GoalsITR, WCd SemesterSpring Notes Lab course with limited seating
PRINCIPLES OF CARTOGRAPHY
Course #01:450:355 Credits4 Core GoalsITR, WCd SemesterFall Notes Lab course with limited seating
ADVANCED CARTOGRAPHY
Course #01:450:356 Credits4 SemesterSpring NotesPrerequisite: 01:450:355; +Lab course with limited seating FIELD GEOGRAPHY
Course #01:450:402 Credits4 SemesterSpring NotesLab course with limited seating; Prerequisite: Any of 450:101, 450:102, 450:103, 381:101, 460:100, or 11:375:101 ADVANCED GIS
Course #01:450:421 Credits3 SemesterSpring NotesLab course with limited seating - 6 credits from other tracks (3 credits from each of the other tracks).
- 3 credits of elective courses (choose any Geography course at the 200-level or above).