2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog
Geography
Programs
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Geography, B.S.
major
GIScience Emphasis -
Geography, B.S.
major
Earth Science Emphasis - Global Studies, B.A. major
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Social Studies, B.A.
major
Geography Emphasis - Sustainability and Resource Management, B.A.S. major
- Geographic Information Systems minor
- Geography minor
Sustainability and Resource Management, B.A.S. major
A total of 120 semester credits are needed for the Sustainability and Resource Management B.A.S. degree and include the following:
- 40 upper division credits (level 3000/4000)
- 54 required major core credits
- Completion of Core Curriculum credits (Minnesota Transfer Curriculum [MnTC] Goal Areas 1-10) - required for all baccalaureate degrees
- Completion of BSU Focus and Nisidotaading Course Requirements
Required Credits: 54
Required GPA: 2.25
I REQUIRED CORE COURSES
Complete the following courses:
- BUAD 2231 Business Statistics I (3 credits)
or PSY 3401 Basic Statistics for Research (4 credits)
or STAT 2610 Applied Statistics (4 credits) - ENGL 2150 Technical Writing (3 credits)
or ENGL 3150 Writing In The Disciplines (3 credits) - GEOG 2100 Introduction to Physical Geography (3 credits)
- GEOG 3231 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
- GEOG 3232 Intermediate Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
- ENVR 2000 Introduction to Environmental Science (3 credits)
- ENVR 3600 Environmental Justice and Sustainability (3 credits)
- ENVR 3880 Environmental Controversies (2 credits)
II SUSTAINABILITY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Select 27 credits from the following courses. Other
related courses may be selected with prior approval
of department.
- ENVR 3040 Environmental Economics (3 credits)
or ECON 3040 Environmental Economics (3 credits) - GEOG 3125 Weather and Climate (3 credits)
- GEOG 3226 Cartography (3 credits)
- GEOG 3255 Introduction to Remote Sensing (3 credits)
- GEOG 3532 Political Ecology (3 credits)
- GEOG 3550 Site and Resource Analysis in Planning (3 credits)
- GEOG 3570 Public Lands Planning (3 credits)
- GEOG 3630 Conservation Biology (3 credits)
or BIOL 3630 Conservation Biology (3 credits) - GEOG 4130 Biogeography (3 credits)
- GEOG 4140 Landscape Ecology (3 credits)
- GEOG 4190 Qualitative Methods in Geographic Research (3 credits)
- GEOG 4265 Spatial Analysis (3 credits)
- GEOG 4275 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
- GEOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
- GEOL 3211 Environmental Hydrology (3 credits)
- GEOL 3212 Hydrogeology (3 credits)
- GEOL 3700 Environmental Geophysics (3 credits)
REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY ELECTIVES
Select 1 of the following courses:
- GEOG 3410 Geography of North America (3 credits)
- GEOG 3800 Regional Geography (1-3 credits)
- GEOG 3810 Geography of Europe (3 credits)
- GEOG 3820 Geography of East, South, and Southeast Asia (3 credits)
- GEOG 3840 Geography of Africa (3 credits)
- GEOG 3850 Geography of the Middle East (3 credits)
- GEOG 3860 Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean (3 credits)
III CAPSTONE PROJECT
Select 1 of the following courses:
- GEOG 4910 Directed Independent Study (3 credits)
- GEOG 4970 Internship (3 credits)
- GEOG 4990 Thesis (3 credits)