Geography B.S. Degree
Undergraduate Curricular Requirements
This program is offered through the College of Science. Required course work includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3) and:
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Geog 100 Physical Geography or Geog 102 Physical Geography for Science Majors (4 cr)
Geog 165 Human Geography (3 cr)
- Geog 200 World Regional Geography (3 cr)
- Geog 385 GIS Primer (3 cr)
- Geog 390 Geographic Visualization (3 or 4 cr)
- Geog 493 Senior Seminar in Applied Geography (3 cr)
- Math 143 Pre-calculus and Analytic Geometry (3 cr)
- Stat 251 Statistical Methods (3 cr)
- Engl 313 Business Writing or Engl 317 Technical Writing (3 cr)
Students must also choose 3 credits from the following courses in human geography:
- Geog 240 Economic Geography (3 cr)
- Geog 340 Business Location Decisions (3 cr)
- Geog 350 Geography of Development (3 or 4 cr)
- Geog 360 Population Dynamics and Distribution (3 or 4 cr)
- Geog 365 Political Geography (3 cr)
- Geog 440 New Global Economy (3 cr)
- Geog 409 Rural Development (3 cr)
- Geog 420 Land, Resources and Environment (3 cr)
Students must also choose 3 credits from the following courses in physical geography:
- Geog 301 Meteorology (3 cr)
- Geog 401 Climatology (3 cr)
- Geog 310 Biogeography (2 or 3 cr)
- Geog 450 Global Environmental Change (3 cr)
Additional requirements: Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in all Geography courses. Students must take 12 additional credits in Geography courses, for a total minimum number of 37 credits, selected from the listing above, or from the courses listed below:
- Geog 180 Geospatial Graphics (3 cr)
- Geog 202 Global Change Summit (3 cr)
- Geog 330 Urban Geography (3-4 cr)
- Geog 346 Transportation (3 cr)
- Geog 364 Idaho and the Pacific Northwest (3 cr)
- Geog 403 (s) Workshop (cr arr)
- Geog J405/J505 Climate and Water Resources Change (3 cr)
- Geog J407/J507 Spatial Analysis and Modeling (2 cr)
- Geog 415 Scientific Data Analysis with Computer Programming (3 cr)
- Geog J424/J524 Hydrologic Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing (3 cr)
- Geog J427/J526 Spatial Multicriteria Analysis and Optimization (3 cr)
- Geog J435/J535 Climate change Mitigation (3 cr)
- Geog WS-J444/WS-J544 Environmental Assessment (4 cr)
- Geog ID-J475/J575 Advanced GIS (3 cr)
- Geog 476 Advanced GIS Lab (1 cr)
- Geog 479 GIS Programming (2 cr)
- Geog J483/J583 Remote Sensing/GIS Integration (3 cr)
Students interested in obtaining more depth in any of the departmental focus areas (Geographic Information Science (GIS), spatial analysis, physical science and the environment, regional/global development) are encouraged to discuss with their advisor recommended courses in Geography and other departments appropriate to those depth areas.
