Environmental Geography Minor
Environmental geography provides students with an opportunity to understand the relationships among place, people, and environment through spatial correlations and mapping, with a particular focus on those aspect of the physical and cultural landscape that address the environment, including water quality, climate, sustainability, cultural perspectives, and economics.
Environmental Geography Minor Courses
Total Credits: 21
Core Requirements (12 credits)
- GEOS 110 Water, Land, and People: An Introduction to Physical Geography (3)
- GEOS 110L Water, Land, and People: An Introduction to Physical Geography Lab (1)
- GEOS 211L Problems in Water, Land, and People (2)
- GEOS 320 Economic Geography (3)
- GEOS 335 Environmental Geography and Conservation (3)
Restricted Electives (9 credits)
Students must take 3 additional credits in physical geography from either:
- Oceanography (3) OR Elementary Meteorology (3)
Plus 6 credits from the following:
- GEOS 321 Sustainable Transportation (3)
- ANTH 307 Ecological Anthropology (3)
- ANTH 308 Migration and Human Adaptation (3)
- ANTH 311 American Indians and the Environment (3)
- ANTH 317 Collapse (3)
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to explain and apply concepts of climate, soils, hydrology, and landscape evolution.
- Students will be able to explain the relationships among landscapes, environments, human economies, and cultures and apply that understanding to environmental problem-solving.
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Paul Sando,
PhD, MA, BSEd, BS
Associate Professor
Anthropology & Earth Science Department