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Environmental geography engages students in the interrelations between human systems and the natural environment. The major combines courses in the Department of Geography with a common set of environmental studies courses and courses offered in other relevant disciplines. In collaboration with the major adviser, environmental geography majors select a specific theme within environmental studies on which to focus. Examples that correspond to geography faculty expertise include climatology, population studies, environmental health, environmental systems analysis, gender and the environment, geographic information systems (GIS), political economy of the global environment, sustainable agriculture, and sustainable development.
This major in affiliation with the Environmental Studies Program (ENST) provides students with an opportunity to consider explicitly environmental issues from a geographic perspective. Courses in geography and a common set of courses in the ENST program are combined in an interdisciplinary course of study that focuses on climatology, population studies, environmental health, urban ecology, environmental systems analysis, geographic information systems analysis, sustainable agriculture, sustainable development, and gender and environment.
Major Requirements
The major program consists of the following requirements:
Environmental Studies Courses (five)
One of the following environmental ethics courses:
Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of ESEE in the course offerings.
One of the following environmental justice courses:
Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of ESEJ in the course offerings.
One of the following introductory environmental science courses:
Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of ESEN in the course offerings.
- CHEM 100Ìý-ÌýThe Chemistry of Altered and Natural Environments
- CORE S128Ìý-ÌýGlobal Change and You
- ENST 200Ìý-ÌýEnvironmental Science: Challenges and Solutions
- ENST 240Ìý-ÌýSustainability: Science and Analysis
- ENST 341Ìý-ÌýNature-Based Solutions to Environmental Challenges
- GEOG 231Ìý-ÌýGeography of the Physical Environment
- GEOL 102Ìý-ÌýSustainable Earth
- GEOL 135Ìý-ÌýOceanography and the Environment
- GEOL 190Ìý-ÌýEvolution of Planet Earth
One of the following environmental politics, policy, planning, or economics courses:
Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of ESEP in the course offerings.
- ECON 228Ìý-ÌýEnvironmental Economics
- ENST 241Ìý-ÌýSustainability and Climate Action Planning
- ENST 250Ìý-ÌýEnvironmental Policy Analysis
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Community-based Study of Environmental Issues
Geography Courses (seven)
All of the Following
- GEOG 231Ìý-ÌýGeography of the Physical Environment
- GEOG 245Ìý-ÌýGeographic Information Systems and Ìý
- GEOG 401Ìý-ÌýSenior Seminar
Electives
- Four elective courses in GEOG
- Only one may be a 100-level course.
Honors and High Honors
To qualify for honors or high honors in environmental geography, students must fulfill the requirements for honors or high honors in geography. The major GPA used to determine eligibility is calculated from all courses counted toward the major, both ENST courses and those taken in other departments and programs. See theÌýÌýfor specific honors requirements.
Environmental Studies Program
For more information about the department, including Faculty,Ìýtransfer credit, awards, etc.,Ìýplease visit theÌýÌýcatalogÌýpage.