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Sustainability, Geography and Environmental Planning

The Department of Sustainability, Geography and Environmental offers both BA and BS degrees. Students can concentrate their studies in any of the following tracks: Sustainability and Resiliency, Geography and GIS, or Environmental Planning. This major provides a direct path to rewarding careers in the public or private sector. Core classes provide the foundation needed for critical thinking and spatial awareness, while the course concentrations foster writing, communication, and technical skills. Students may concentrate in more than one area and will be awarded a certificate(s) of recognition upon graduation.

Degree Requirements

University Core

Core
University Core Requirements

37

Required Core Courses

GEOG 200World Geography

3
GEOG 211Quantitative Methods for Social Science

3
GEOG 230Earth Science

3
GEOG 250TIGeographic Information Systems

3
GEOG 420Methods of Social Research

3
Total Credit Hours:15

Please choose at least one of the following tracks:

Sustainability and Resiliency Concentration

BIOL 100LPrinciples of Biology Lab

0
SUST 215Environmental Ethics

3
SUST 335Sustainability

3
SUST 410Green Societies

3
SUST 480WSSustainability Capstone

3
BIOL 404Ecology

4
Or
GEOG Elective
Any other GEOG or SUST course

3
Total Credit Hours:16-17

Geography and GIS Concentration

GEOG 355Python Scripting and Coding for ArcGIS Pro

3
GEOG 455Advanced GIS

3
SUST 480WSSustainability Capstone

3
GEOG 490Internship

1-12
GEOG Elective
Any other GEOG or SUST course

3
Total Credit Hours:18

Environmental Planning Concentration

BIOL 100LPrinciples of Biology Lab

0
GEOG 314Population Geography

3
GEOG 315Environmental Policy and Planning

3
GEOG 320Green Criminology

3
GEOG 460Climate Change

3
Geog Electives
Any other GEOG or SUST courses

6
Total Credit Hours:18

General Electives

General Electives
Requirement

50-52

Total Credit Hours: 120