Geography - Environmental Planning (B.A.)
Administered by Geography and Geosciences
Effective Fall, 2010
In addition to 54 semester hours of general education requirements, a total of 30 to 60 semester hours is required for a major in geography. The balance of hours toward the 120-hour university requirement for a bachelor's degree is made up of elective courses
Core Courses: All Required
41.101 World Physical Geography
41.105 Environmental Issues and Choices
41.250 Elements of Planning
41.301 Water Resources Management
41.302 Land Resources Management
41.350 Advanced Planning
41.360 Principles of GIS I
41.497 Internship in Planning
41.498 Applied Planning Seminar
51.100 Environmental Geology
Electives - A minimum of three courses, 9 or 10 credits total, must be selected from the following:
41.303 Soil Resources Management
41.304 Environmental Valuation
41.305 Environmental Risks and Hazards
41.315 Geography of Recreation, Tourism and Sport
41.358 Environmental Conservation
41.380 Dams, Reservoirs, and Rivers
41.386 U.S. Public Lands: Geography, Politics and Management
51.370 Hydrology
55.250 Wetlands Ecology
Skills and Tools (18-19 credits total)
Required courses:
25.103 Public Speaking
41.240 Writing for Environmental Careers
44.120 U.S. Government
53.141 Introduction to Statistics
Choose two from the following four courses
41.242 Map Skills
41.264 Applied Cartography
41.361 Principles of GIS II
51.320 Remote Sensing of the Earth