GEOGRAPHY CHECKLIST
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
Effective Fall 2005

Bachelor of Arts

B.A. in Geography
Requirements (62 units)

1.____Geog 100.                Intro to Human Geography (4)
2.____Geog 103.                Physical Geography (5)
3.____Geog 201.                Map Interpretation (4)
4.____Geog 202.                Intro to Geographical Information Systems & Mapping (5)

Upper-division requirements (46 units)
1.____Geog 305.  Geographic Statistics & Research Methods (4)

2. Twelve units chosen from:
____Geog 320.     Geography of Social Issues (4)
____Geog 322.     United States and Mexico Border Issues (4)
____Geog 350.     Conservation and Natural Resources (4)
____Geog 380.     Population Geography (4)
____Geog 420.     Geography of Economic Activity (4)

May choose only one of the following two courses:

____Geog 415.     Urban Planning and Land Development (4)
____Geog 440.     Understanding the City (4)

3. Twelve units chosen from:
____Geog 304.     Field Methods in Geography (4)

May choose only one of the following two courses:

____Geog 360.      Weather and Climate (4)
____Geog 365.      Climate Change (4)

____Geog 370.       Landscape Analysis (4)
____Geog 470.       Hydrology and Water Resources (4)
____Geog 480.       Geomorphology (4)

4. Eight units chosen from:
____Geog 312.       Geography of the Developing World (4)

May choose only one of the following two courses:
____Geog 313.       Geography of the Developed World (4)
____Geog 323.       Area Study: North America (4)

5. A minimum of four units chosen from:

____Geog 306.     Remote Sensing of the Environment (4)
____Geog 307.     Transportation Issues and Development (4)
____Geog 401.     Advanced Geographic Information Systems (5)
____Geog 402.     Geographic Information Systems Applications (5)
____Geog 403.     Advanced Map Design (5)
____Geog 406.     Digital Image Processing (4) 

6.____Geog 500. Senior Seminar (2)

7. Four units of upper-division course work in
Geography except Geog 300 and 311 which cannot count
For the Geography major.

 

Other Geography courses offered:
____Geog 575.    Internship in Geography (5 units)
____Geog 595.    Independent Studies (2-4 units)