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Dept of Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education & School Psychology
Bachelor of General Studies

Environmental Studies Minor Check Sheet

Environmental Studies Minor Checklist

2022-2023 Catalog

20-22 Hours

This checklist is for advising purposes for BGS students only.

Consult your undergraduate catalog or official degree audit for degree requirements.

  • Twelve advanced hours in the minor coursework are required for the BGS.
  • A 2.25 cumulative GPA must be maintained in all minor courses.
  • No grade lower than a “C” will be accepted as credit for BGS minors.
  • Course rotation indications are intended to be used for planning purposes and do not guarantee course availability. "F" indicates "fall," "S" indicates "spring," and "Su" indicates "summer" availability.

Required:

  • _____ GEO 2410 - Introduction to Physical Geography (F, S, SU) (Prerequisite: MATH 1315 or MATH 1317 or MATH 1319 or MATH 1329 or MATH 2321 or MATH 2328 or MATH 2417 or MATH 2471 with a grade of "C" or better)
  • _____ GEO 2426 – Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (Prerequisite: MATH 1315 or MATH 1317 or MATH 1319 or MATH 1329 or MATH 2321 or MATH 2328 or MATH 2417 or MATH 2471 with a grade of "C" or better)
  • _____ GEO 3313 – Natural Resource Use and Management (Prerequisite: GEO 2110 or GEO 2410 with a grade of “C” or better) OR _____ GEO 23101 – Global Environmental Change

Select 2 from:

  • _____ GEO 3321 – Energy Resource Management (Prerequisite: MATH 1315 or MATH 1317 or MATH 1319 or MATH 1329 or MATH 2321 or MATH 2328 or MATH 2417 or MATH 2471 with a grade of "C" or better)
  • _____ GEO 3434 – Water Resources (Prerequisite: GEO 2110 or GEO 2410 or [CHEM 1141 and CHEM 1341] with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEO 4350 – Solid Waste Planning and Management (Prerequisite: GEO 2410 with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEO 4352 – Air Quality Management (Prerequisite: GEO 2110 or GEO 2410 or GEO 3305 or [CHEM 1141 and CHEM 1341] with a grade of “C” or better)

Select 1 from:

  • _____ GEO 3301 – Research Methods in Geography (Prerequisite: MATH 1315 or MATH 1317 or MATH 1319 or MATH 1329 or MATH 2321 or MATH 2328 or MATH 2417 or MATH 2471 with a grade of "C" or better)
  • _____ GEO 3303 – Economic Geography
  • _____ GEO 3305 – Climatology (Prerequisite: GEO 2110 or GEO 2410 or [GEO 1305 and MATH 1315] with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEO 3335 – Oceanography (BIO 1320 or BIO 1330 or GEO 2110 or GEO 2410 or GEO 1410 with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEO 3340 – Political Geography
  • _____ GEO 3349 – World Population (Prerequisite: MATH 1315 or MATH 1317 or MATH 1319 or MATH 1329 or MATH 2321 or MATH 2328 or MATH 2417 or MATH 2471 with a grade of "C" or better)
  • _____ GEO 3411 – Maps and Mapmaking (Prerequisite: MATH 1315 or MATH 1317 or MATH 1319 or MATH 1329 or MATH 2321 or MATH 2328 or MATH 2417 or MATH 2471 with a grade of "C" or better)
  • _____ GEO 3416 – Remote Sensing and Earth Observation (Prerequisite: MATH 1315 or MATH 1317 or MATH 1319 or MATH 1329 or MATH 2321 or MATH 2328 or MATH 2417 or MATH 2471 with a grade of "C" or better)
  • _____ GEO 3425 – Geomorphology (Prerequisite: GEO 2410 or GEOL 1410 with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEO 3426 – Advanced GIS (Prerequisites: GEO 2426 and GEO 3301 with grades of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEO 4309 – Cultural and Political Ecology
  • _____ GEO 4316 – Landscape Biogeography (Prerequisite: GEO 2110 or GEO 2410 with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEO 4317 – Water Resources Planning (Prerequisite GEO 3434 with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEO 4323 – Conservation Leadership
  • _____ GEO 4334 – Groundwater Resources (Prerequisite: GEO 3434 with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEO 4339 – Environmental Hazards (Prerequisite: GEO 2110 or GEO 2410 with a grade of “C” or better)

  • _____ GEO 4380 – Internship in Geography

  1. GEO 2310 will not satisfy BGS requirement for Advanced Hours; BGS majors should take GEO 3313. ↩︎