Geography — Environmental Specialty Major Program
Department of Geography | Faculty of Environment
丁香园AV Calendar 2013 Spring
Students must complete 120 units, including 45 upper division units.
Program Requirements
Lower Division Requirements
Students complete a total of 21 units, including all of
- GEOG 100 Society, Space, Environment: Introducing Human Geography (3)
- GEOG 111 Earth Systems (3)
- GEOG 215 Biogeography (3)
- GEOG 221 Economic Geography (3)
- GEOG 241 Social Geography (3)
- REM 100 Global Change (3)
and one of
- GEOG 251 Quantitative Geography (3)
- GEOG 253 Introduction to Remote Sensing (3)
- GEOG 255 Geographical Information Science I (3)
Upper Division Requirements
Students complete a minimum total of 32 upper division units, including four of the following core courses
- GEOG 322 World Resources (4)
- GEOG 377 Environmental History (4)
- GEOG 382 Population Geography (4)
- GEOG 385 Agriculture and the Environment (4)
- GEOG 389W Nature and Society (4)
- REM 311 Applied Ecology and Sustainable Environments (3)
- REM 356 Institutional Arrangements for Sustainable Environmental Management (3)
and one of
- GEOG 311 Hydrology (4)
- GEOG 312 Geography of Natural Hazards (4)
- GEOG 313 River Geomorphology (4)
- GEOG 314 The Climate System (4)
- GEOG 315 World Ecosystems (4)
- GEOG 316 Global Biogeochemical and Water Cycles (4)
- GEOG 317 Soil Science (4)
- GEOG 318 Soils in Our Environment (4)
and one of
- GEOG 351 Multimedia Cartography (4)
- GEOG 352 Spatial Analysis (4)
- GEOG 353 Advanced Remote Sensing (4)
- GEOG 355 Geographical Information Science II (4)
- GEOG 356 3D Geovisualization (4)
and two of
- GEOG 426 Industrial Change and Local Development (4)
- GEOG 428 World Forests (4)
- GEOG 432 Problems in Environmental History (4)
- GEOG 445 Resource Planning (4)
- GEOG 449 Environmental Processes and Urban Development (4)
- GEOG 468 Society and Environment in China (4)
- REM 445 Environmental Risk Assessment (3)
- REM 471 Forest Ecosystem Management (3)
and additional upper division (300 and 400 division) units in geography to total the required 32 units minimum.
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. |
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| 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 |
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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) |
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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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