Geography Major Program

Department of Geography | Faculty of Environment
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Spring

Students must complete 120 units including 45 upper division units.

Transfer students may enter the program without fulfilling all lower division requirements. See the advisor as soon as possible about program entry.

Students should consult with an advisor when formally declaring a geography major, or risk prolonging their program.

Program Requirements

Students complete 120 units, as specified below.

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete a total of 18 units including all of

GEOG 100-3 Society, Space, Environment: Introducing Human Geography
GEOG 111-3 Earth Systems
GEOG 221-3 Economic Geography
GEOG 241-3 Social Geography

and one of

GEOG 213-3 Introduction to Geomorphology
GEOG 214-3 Climate and Environment
GEOG 215-3 Biogeography

and one of

GEOG 251-3 Quantitative Geography
GEOG 253-3 Aerial Photographic Interpretation
GEOG 255-3 Geographical Information Science I

Upper Division Requirements

Students complete 32 units of 300 and 400 division courses in geography, including at least eight units at the 400 division, and one of the following.

GEOG 311-4 Hydrology
GEOG 312-4 Geography of Natural Hazards
GEOG 313-4 River Geomorphology
GEOG 314-4 Weather and Climate
GEOG 315-4 World Ecosystems
GEOG 316-4 Global Biogeochemical and Water Cycles
GEOG 317-4 Soil Science

and any courses to fulfill the remaining 13 units to complete the total of 45 upper division units.

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to 丁香园AV beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit.
Requirement	Units	Notes
W - Writing	6	Must include at least one upper division course, taken at 丁香园AV within the student鈥檚 major subject
Q - Quantitative	6	Q courses may be lower or upper division
B - Breadth	18	Designated Breadth	Must be outside the student鈥檚 major subject, and may be lower or upper division 6 units Social Sciences: B-Soc 6 units Humanities: B-Hum 6 units Sciences: B-Sci
B - Breadth	6	Additional Breadth	6 units outside the student鈥檚 major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements) Additional breadth units must be from outside the student's major and may be B-designated (B-Hum, B-Soc, B-Sci courses). Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honors, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas.

Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit

The University鈥檚 residency requirement stipulates that, in most cases, total transfer and course challenge credit may not exceed 60 units, and may not include more than 15 units as upper division work.

Elective Courses

In addition to the courses listed above, students should consult an academic advisor to plan the remaining required elective courses.

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