Bachelor of Arts in Geography
Requirements (42 units)
Total units required for graduation: 120
Requirements for the B.A. in Geography
(Program Code: GEOG)
| Lower-division requirements (11) | ||
| GEOG 1010 | Introduction to Human Geography | 3 |
| or GEOG 1650 | World Regions and Peoples | |
| GEOG 1030 | Physical Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 1030L | Physical Geography Laboratory | 1 |
| GEOG 2250 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Cartography | 4 |
| Upper-division requirements (31) | ||
| GEOG 3020 | Social Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 3040 | Urban Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 3050 | Economic Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 5000 | Senior Seminar | 2 |
| Global and Regional Geography (Minimum of 9 units required) | 9 | |
| Global Issues and Perspectives | ||
or SSCI 3001 | Global Issues and Perspectives | |
| Cultural Geography | ||
| Global Cities and Urban Environment | ||
| Political Geography | ||
| Migration and Borderlands | ||
| Geography of California | ||
| US-Mexico Border Region | ||
| Emerging World Regions | ||
| Advanced World Regions | ||
| Globalization and Identity | ||
| Environmental Geography (Minimum of 6 units required) | 6 | |
| Weather and Climate | ||
| Conservation and Natural Resources | ||
| Environmental Sustainability | ||
| Environmental Inquiry and Education | ||
| Environmental Policy and Impact Assessment | ||
| Watershed Hydrology and Management | ||
| Biogeography | ||
| Climate Change | ||
| Geomorphology | ||
| Coastal Resources Management | ||
| Water Wars | ||
| Ecosystem Assessment | ||
| Spatial Techniques (Minimum of 3 units required) | 3 | |
| Geographic Statistics and Research Methods | ||
| Advanced Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Geo-Spatial Analysis | ||
| Web GIS | ||
| GIS and Socio-Economic Applications | ||
| Environmental GIS | ||
| Remote Sensing of the Environment | ||
| Experiential learning (Minimum of 2 units required) | 2 | |
| Professional Conferences | ||
| Professional Conferences | ||
| Laboratory Experience | ||
| Laboratory Experience | ||
| Field Experience | ||
| Field Experience | ||
| Internship in Geography | ||
| Internship in Geography | ||
| Internship in Geography | ||
| Model United Nations Practicum (Fall Semester MUN Team) | ||
| Model United Nations Practicum (Spring Semester MUN Team) | ||
| Study Abroad | ||
| Study Abroad | ||
| Study Abroad | ||
| Study Away | ||
| Study Away | ||
| Study Away | ||
| Service Learning in Geography, Global Studies and Environmental Studies | ||
| Service Learning in Geography, Global Studies and Environmental Studies | ||
| Service Learning in Geography, Global Studies and Environmental Studies | ||
| Senior Honors Project - Geography | ||
| Senior Honors Project - Environmental Studies | ||
| Senior Honors Project - Global Studies | ||
| Total Units | 42 | |