A minor in Environmental Geography consists of 23 credits.
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At least one course from each of the following groups: |
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Physical Geography Option: |
Human Geography Option: |
- Geography 100 Physical Environment Under Stress
Physical geographic principles and processes applied to understand selected human impacts on atmosphere, water, land, and biota. Includes detailed, interdisciplinary analysis of several environmental problems, including causes, consequences, and solutions.
- Geography 101 The Physical Environment
Introduction to modern physical geography: survey spatial distribution of the earth’s physical characteristics, including weather and climate, water, soils, vegetation, and landforms; discuss environmental processes and interactions creating these physical geographic patterns; discuss importance to humans of the physical environment; use geographic tools including maps, air photos, and investigative techniques.
- Geography 120 Human Geography
Examine components and spatial expressions of contemporary culture including patterns and problems of population, language, religion, urban and rural settlements, political and economic development from perspectives of diffusion, ecology, integration, landscape, and region.
- Geography 340Processes of Environmental Degradation
Study why and how humans harm the physical environment; includes geographic, cultural, political, economic causes and consequences. Case studies from around the world.
- Geography 366Historical Geography
Examine the problems of reconstructing past geographies and analyzing changes of geographic phenomena through time. Includes construction and analysis of historical spatial databases.
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- Geology 330 Environmental Geology
Apply geological principles to understand and solve problems associated with human interaction with the physical environment, including soil and rock mechanics, slope stability, land subsidence, earthquakes, coastal erosion, and resource extraction.
- Geography 344 Environmental Hazards
Human interaction with hazardous phenomena such as earthquakes, storms, and infectious diseases; spatial aspects of the social processes and perceptions creating risk and vulnerability in the environment; local hazards.
- Geography 354 Climatology
Examine world climatic patterns, climate classification, air pollution climatology, and global climate change.
- Geography 358 Biogeography
Examine spatial and temporal patterns of plants, animals, and microbes with emphasis on dynamic relationships between life form, population, and habitat. Significance of biotic distributions on human affairs and human impacts on biosphere locations.
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Plus any additional geography courses to total 22 credits.
* Geography majors with a physical geography option may choose the Environmental Geography minor,
but must take two additional physical geography courses which do not overlap with the major and minor.
* Geography majors with a human geography option may choose the Environmental Geography minor, but must
take two additional human geography courses which do not overlap with the major and minor.
