Geography and Sustainability Major

(31-34 credits)

Core Courses (12-13 credits)

12-13 credits, must be completed by all majors.

ENVI 110 - Introduction to Environmental Sciences 3 credits
ENVI 110L - Introduction to Environmental Sciences Lab 1 credits
OR
ENVI 211 - Physical Geography 3 credits
ENVI 130 - World Cultures and Environments 3 credits
ENVI 272 - Intro to Geospatial Technologies 3 credits
MATH 241 - Principles of Statistics 3 credits
OR
SOC 381 - Statistics for Social Research 3 credits
OR
AHS 340 - Health Biostatistics 3 credits

Culminating Experience (3 credits)

All majors must complete at least one of the following as a culminating experience.

ENVI 460 - Conservation and Sustainability of Natural Resources 3 credits
OR
ENVI 492 - Internship 3-6 credits
OR
ENVI 496 - Advanced Research 1-6 credits

Electives (16-18 credits)

Students choose to be generalists (by selecting 6 courses from the Geography directed electives) or specialists (by selecting GIScience or Sustainability directed electives). Specialists must select 4 courses from their selected specialization, plus 1 from each of the other categories.

Geography Directed Electives

ENVI 105 - Introduction to Human Geography 3 credits
ENVI 213 - Introduction to Economic Geography 3 credits
ENVI 350 - Geomorphic Processes 3 credits
ENVI 353 - Weather and Climate 3 credits
ENVI 361 - Oceanography 3 credits
ENVI 418 - Political Geography 3 credits
ENVI 419 - Global Geography 3 credits
ENVI 420 - Urban Geography 3 credits
ENVI 422 - Sustainable Urbanization and Smart Cities 3 credits
ENVI 423 - Geography of the Middle East 3 credits
ENVI 426 - Latin American Environments 3 credits
ENVI 452 - Quaternary Environments 3 credits
ENVI 453 - Climatology 3 credits
ENVI 454 - Introduction to Hydrology 3 credits
ENVI 456 - Lakes and Wetlands 3 credits
ENVI 463 - Soil Genesis and Classification 3 credits
ENVI 465 - Fundamentals of Tree Ring Research 3 credits
ENVI 467 - Biogeography 3 credits
ENVI 471 - Quaternary Paleoecology 3 credits

GIScience Directed Electives

ENVI 115 - Earth from Space: Contemporary Remote Sensing 3 credits
ENVI 172 - Maps and Cartography 3 credits
ENVI 372 - GIS Applications 1-3 credits
ENVI 405 - Fundamentals of Remote Sensing 3 credits
ENVI 406 - Close Range Remote Sensing 3 credits
ENVI 407 - Remote Sensing: Introductory Digital Image Processing 3 credits
ENVI 408 - Remote Sensing: Advanced Digital Image Processing 3 credits
ENVI 450 - Environmental Modeling and Mapping 3 credits
ENVI 472 - Topics in Geospatial Technology 3 credits

Sustainability Directed Electives

Note: Chose two from ENVI prefix, and two from any other prefix.

ENVI 356 - Water and Environmental Health 3 credits
ENVI 361 - Oceanography 3 credits
ENVI 418 - Political Geography 3 credits
ENVI 419 - Global Geography 3 credits
ENVI 420 - Urban Geography 3 credits
ENVI 421 - Bikeable, Walkable Communities 3 credits
ENVI 422 - Sustainable Urbanization and Smart Cities 3 credits
ENVI 440 - Human Ecology 3 credits
ENVI 450 - Environmental Modeling and Mapping 3 credits
ENVI 456 - Lakes and Wetlands 3 credits
ENVI 461 - Environmental Justice 3 credits
ENVI 462 - Ethics and the Environment 3 credits
ENVI 471 - Quaternary Paleoecology 3 credits
AHS 210 - Principles of Environmental Health 3 credits
AHS 220 - Public Health Concepts 3 credits
AHS 360 - Epidemiology 3 credits
BIO 426 - Ornithology 3 credits
BIO 426L - Ornithology Laboratory 1 credits
BIO 428 - Mammalogy 2 credits
BIO 428L - Mammology Laboratory 1 credits
BIO 450 - Advanced Ecology 3 credits
BIO 455 - Humans and the World Environment 3 credits
BUS 204 - Ethics in Organizations credits
ECON 103 - Economics Perspectives on Environmental Problems 3 credits
ECON 303 - Environmental Economics 3 credits
ECON 331 - Public Finance 3 credits
ECON 347 - Economic Development 3 credits
HRD 335 - Technology and International Development 3 credits
MKTG 150 - Green Marketing & Supply Chains 3 credits
MST 101 - Introduction to Multidisciplinary Studies-Special Topics credits
PHIL 201 - Ethics and the Good Life 3 credits
PHIL 353 - Environmental Ethics 3 credits
PKG 381 - Environmental Issues in Packaging: Foundational Studies in Ethics and Social Responsibiity 3 credits
PSCI 479 - The Rise of China 3 credits
PSY 270 - Social Psychology 3 credits
PSY 350 - Environmental Psychology 3 credits
PSY 485 - Psychology and Society 3 credits
RCSM 200 - Intro Rec Mgt & Youth Ldrship 3 credits
RCSM 455 - Advanced Public Rec/Park Admin 3 credits