Geography
2024-2025

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FIRST YEAR

Semester 1
 

COURSE TITLE CREDITS FREQUENCY COURSE NOTES MIN. GRADE CATEGORY

ENGL 100

Fundamentals of English

3 Fall/Spring   C

SK

Math 104

College Mathematics with Applications

4 Fall/Spring   C

SK

General Education (NS)

  3      

GE

GEOG 110 (SS)

Intro to Geography - World Regions

3 Fall    

GE MJ

General Education (HU) 

  3      

GE

TOTAL   16        


Winterim Year 1 - optional
Consult with your advisor whether winterim is appropriate for you in your first year.

 

Semester 2
 

COURSE TITLE CREDITS FREQUENCY COURSE NOTES MIN. GRADE CATEGORY

ENGL 101

Composition and Reading

3 Fall/Spring C-  

SK

General Education (HU) 

  3      

GE

GEOG 100 (NS)

Physical Geography and the Environment

3 Fall/Spring/Summer    

GE, MJ

 GEOG 108

Culture and Environmental Sustainability

3      

 MJ

General Education (SS) 

  3       GE
TOTAL   15        
YEAR TOTAL   31        


Summer Year 1 - optional
Enrollment in Summer courses is recommended for students who end their first year with less than 30 credit hours.

SECOND YEAR

Semester 1
 

COURSE TITLE CREDITS FREQUENCY COURSE NOTES MIN. GRADE CATEGORY

Foreign Language 103

  4      

SK

GEOG 101 or 105  Human Geography Elective

Geography of American Ethnicity and Race or Contemporary Human Geography

3 Fall    

MJ

SOCA 250

Statistics for Social Sciences 4 Fall/Spring    

MJ

General Education (NS)

  3      

GE

General Education (SS)

  3      

GE

TOTAL   17        


Winterim Year 2 - optional
Enrollment in Winterim courses is strongly recommended for students who have accumulated less than 45 credits.   

 

 

Semester 2
 

COURSE TITLE CREDITS FREQUENCY COURSE NOTES MIN. GRADE CATEGORY

GEOG 350

Cartography and GIS

3 Spring    

MJ

GEOG 323

Climate Change 3      

MJ

General Education (HU)

  3      

GE

Foreign Language 104

  4      

FL

General Education (SS)

  3      

GE

TOTAL   16        
YEAR TOTAL   33        


Summer Year 2 - optional
Enrollment in Summer courses is strongly recommended for students who end their second year with less than 60 credit hours.

THIRD YEAR

Semester 1
 

COURSE TITLE CREDITS FREQUENCY COURSE NOTES MIN. GRADE CATEGORY

GEOG 360

Urban Geography 3 Fall    

MJ

GEOG Applied Envrionmental elective

See catalog 3      

MJ

General Elective

  3      

EL

General Education (HU)

  3       GE

General Education (NS)

  3       GE
TOTAL   15        


Winterim Year 3 - optional
Enrollment in Winterim courses is strongly recommended for students who have completed less than 75 credit hours.

 

 

Semester 2
 

COURSE TITLE CREDITS FREQUENCY COURSE NOTES MIN. GRADE CATEGORY

GEOG Applied Environmental Elective

See Catalog 3      

MJ

GEOG Applied Environmental Elective

See Catalog 3      

MJ

ANTH 357

Livelihoods, Exchange, and Globalization 3      

EL

General elective

  3      

EL

General elective

  3      

EL

TOTAL   15        
YEAR TOTAL   30        


Summer Year 3 - optional

Enrollment in Summer courses is strongly recommended for students who end their third year  with less than 90 credit hours.  

FOURTH YEAR

Semester 1
 

COURSE TITLE CREDITS FREQUENCY COURSE NOTES MIN. GRADE CATEGORY

General 300 + Elective

 

3       EL

General 300+ elective

  3      

EL

General 300+ elective

  3      

EL

General elective

  3      

EL

General elective

  3      

EL

TOTAL   15        


Winterim Year 4 - optional
Enrollment in Winterim courses is strongly recommended for students who have completed less than 105 credit hours. 

 

 

Semester 2
 

COURSE TITLE CREDITS FREQUENCY COURSE NOTES MIN. GRADE CATEGORY

GEOG 495

Senior Seminar

3       MJ

General 300+ elective

  3      

EL

General elective

  3      

EL

General elective

  3      

EL

TOTAL   12        
YEAR TOTAL   27        


Summer Year 4 - if needed
Enrollment in Summer courses is strongly recommended for students who have not completed the required 120 hours.

Graduation Requirements Summary
 

Minimum Total Hours Minimum Upper-Division Hours Min. Core Hours Major GPA Overall GPA
120 36 40 2.0 2.0

 

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