Geography BA with concentration in Earth Systems Science

Earth System Science prepares students to study natural/physical processes – hydrology, terrestrial ecology, natural resources and land management – in a variety of scales using quantitative methods and modeling grounded in basic and applied science and research. It also examines environmental issues, such as, climate change, erosion, pollution, salinization, and landscape fragmentation.

Program Requirements

This concentration requires 36 Geography Credits and two out-of-department courses.

  • GEO 101 - Earth Systems Science I
  • GEO 102 - Introduction to Human Geography  OR  GEO 103 – Global Economic Geographies
  • GEO 120 - Maps: Earth From Above
  • GEO 211 - Univariate Statistics in Geography (formerly 410)
  • GEO 345 - Water Resources  OR  GEO 347 - Climatic Geomorphology
  • GEO 350 - Landform Field and Lab Techniques
  • GEO 352 - Introduction to Soils  OR  GEO 356 - Forest Ecology  
  • GEO 435 - Conservation Biogeography  OR  GEO 470 - Integrated Environmental  Management                                                                    

One course from the following: 

  • GEO 200 - The Ocean World
  • GEO 201 - Disasters: A Study of Hazards
  • GEO 345 - Water Resources
  • GEO 347 - Climatic Geomorphology
  • GEO 352 - Introduction to Soils
  • GEO 356 - Forest Ecology
  • GEO 435 - Conservation Biogeography
  • GEO 444 - Advanced Earth Systems Sciences
  • GEO 445 - Restoration Ecology
  • GEO 448 - Stream Restoration
  • GEO 449 - Fluvial Geomorphology
  • GEO 470 - Integrated Environ. Management
  • GEO 475 - Landscape Modeling w/GIS
  • GEO 496 - Geography Internship
  • GEO 499 - Independent Study

One Urban and Regional Analysis course:

  • GEO 366 - Urban Systems Geography
  • GEO 367 - Urban Social Geography
  • GEO 412  - Geography of Health
  • GEO 418 - Population Geography
  • GEO 482 - Locational Analysis
  • GEO 493 - Dynamic Modeling

One Int’l Business and World Trade course:

  • GEO 330 - Dynamics of International Business
  • GEO 333 - International Trade
  • GEO 334 - International Business Cultures
  • GEO 425 - Industrial/Business Geography
  • GEO 460 - Geography of Development

One Geographic Information Systems course:

  • GEO 381 - Cartography
  • GEO 479 - GIS and Environmental Modeling
  • GEO 481 - Geographic Information Systems
  • GEO 483 - Remote Sensing

Any Two non-department electives from:

  • Biology 200 
  • Biology 201
  • Chemistry 101
  • Chemistry 102
  • Physics 101
  • Physics 102
  • Math 121 (or Math141)