Unless otherwise noted, 120 credits of coursework is required for a baccalaureate degree with a minimum 2.0 overall GPA, and a minimum 2.0 major GPA.
Program Requirements Overview
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 29-39 |
| 3-6 |
| 50-54 |
| 38-21 |
| Total Credits | 120 |
Major Requirements
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| EAES 100 | Principles of Geography | 3-4 |
| or EAES 101 | Planet Earth |
| EAES 161 | Human Geography | 3 |
| or EAES 170 | World Geography |
| EAES 210 | Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing | 3 |
| EAES 281 | Introduction to American Urban Studies | 3 |
| EAES 390 | Research Methods | 3 |
| EAES 497 | Senior Seminar Geography | 3 |
| or EAES 487 | Senior Seminar in Urban Study (Urban Studies Internship) |
| 21 |
| 3-4 |
| Applied Calculus A | |
| Applied Precalculus | |
| Calculus I | |
| Statistics | |
| Data Science and Statistics |
| Data Science and Statistics | |
| 8-10 |
| Total Credits | 50-54 |
Tracks (complete one)
Regional and Urban Systems Track
Economics, Environment, and Society Track
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| ANTH 404 | Planetary Health | 3 |
| ANTH 422 | Environment and Community | 3-4 |
| EAES 161 | Human Geography | 3 |
| EAES 170 | World Geography | 3 |
| EAES 202 | Introduction to Sustainability Science | 3 |
| EAES 260 | Energy, Environment and Society | 3 |
| EAES 300 | Energy Transitions: A Global Dependence | 3 |
| EAES 303 | Environmental Field Methods | 3 |
| EAES 310 | Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | 3 |
| EAES 311 | Fundamentals of Remote Sensing of Environment | 3 |
| EAES 361 | Environmental Policy | 3 |
| EAES 370 | World Resources and Industries | 3 |
| EAES 380 | Transportation | 3 |
| EAES 381 | Urban Field Studies | 3 |
| EAES 384 | Managing the Urban Environment | 3 |
| EAES 385 | Urbanization and Environment | 3 |
| EAES 391 | Quantitative Methods in Geography and Urban Studies | 3 |
| EAES 410 | Special Topics in Advanced GIScience | 3 |
| EAES 460 | Environmental Law | 3 |
| EAES 475 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| EAES 490 | Independent Study in Geography | 1-4 |
| ECON 414 | Economics of Natural Resources and Global Warming | 3 |
| ECON 419 | Economics Of Energy And Environmental Policy | 3 |
| NUFD 153 | Dynamics of Food and Society | 3 |
| |
| ANTH 429 | Building Sustainable Communities | 3-4 |
| BSLW 235 | Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment of Business | 3 |
| EAES 230 | Hydrology | 3 |
| EAES 250 | Introduction to Marine Sciences | 4 |
| EAES 260 | Energy, Environment and Society | 3 |
| EAES 271 | Geography of East and Southeast Asia | 3 |
| EAES 283 | Urban Georgraphy | 3 |
| EAES 300 | Energy Transitions: A Global Dependence | 3 |
| EAES 303 | Environmental Field Methods | 3 |
| EAES 311 | Fundamentals of Remote Sensing of Environment | 3 |
| EAES 373 | Historical Geography of the United States | 3 |
| EAES 484 | Urban Planning | 3 |
| EAES 491 | Internship | 3-12 |
| ECON 310 | Urban and Regional Economics | 3 |
| HSET 201 | Leisure and Tourism | 3 |
| HSET 301 | Leisure and Tourism Operations | 3 |
| INBS 250 | Introduction to International Business | 3 |
| INFO 173 | Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Decisions | 3 |
| JUST 314 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| JUST 330 | International Environmental Issues | 3 |
| NUFD 286 | Gender in Food and Nutrition Issues | 3 |
Geographic Science and Environmental Systems Track
Geoinformatics Track
Collateral Sequence (complete one)
Anthropology
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| ANTH 100 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 201 | Applied Anthropology | 3 |
| 3 |
| Introduction to Archaeology | |
| Anthropology of Multicultural America | |
| Cultures of the Middle East | |
| Native North Americans | |
| Cultures of South Asia | |
| Non-Western Contributions to the Western World | |
| Cultures of Latin America | |
| Urban Anthropology | |
| Archaeology of Ancient Middle America | |
| Methods in Anthropological Research and Practice | |
| Planetary Health | |
| Total Credits | 9 |
Archaeology
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| ANTH 103 | Introduction to Archaeology | 3 |
| HUMN 181 | Introduction to Classical Archaeology | 3 |
| 3 |
| Archaeology of Ancient Middle America | |
| Historical Archaeology | |
| Caribbean Archaeology | |
| North American Archaeology | |
| Bioarchaeology | |
| Public Archaeology | |
| Special Topics in Mediterranean Archaeology | |
| Field Methods in Mediterranean Archaeology | |
| Total Credits | 9 |
Biology
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| BIOL 112 | Principles of Biology: Introduction to the Cell | 4 |
| BIOL 113 | Principles of Biology: Organisms and Diversity | 4 |
| Total Credits | 8 |
Chemistry
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| CHEM 120 | General Chemistry I | 4 |
| CHEM 121 | General Chemistry II | 4 |
| Total Credits | 8 |
Economics
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| ECON 101 | Applied Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 102 | Applied Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 206 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| or ECON 207 | Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis |
| Total Credits | 9 |
Geology
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| EAES 105 | Physical Geology | 4 |
| EAES 240 | Earth System History | 4 |
| Total Credits | 8 |
History
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 3 |
| Contemporary Europe | |
| Foundations of America | |
| Emergence of the Modern United States | |
| Emergence of the Modern World | |
| 3 |
| Race and Ethnicity in United States History | |
| History of United States Foreign Relations | |
| African American History | |
| History of Public Health in the United States | |
| 3 |
| Historical Geography of the United States | |
| American Urban History Since 1880 | |
| Frontiers and Borderlands of the Americas | |
| Historical Geographic Information Systems and Mapping | |
| Total Credits | 9 |
Justice Studies
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 9 |
| Introduction to Criminal Justice | |
| Introduction to International Justice | |
| Intro to Justice, Law, and Society | |
| Environmental Crime | |
| Environmental Justice | |
| International Environmental Issues | |
| Total Credits | 9 |
Math/Computer Science
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| CSIT 111 | Fundamentals of Java Programming | 3 |
| CSIT 112 | Fundamentals of Programming II | 3 |
| MATH 111 | Applied Precalculus | 4 |
| Total Credits | 10 |
Sociology
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| SOCI 201 | Foundations of Sociological Inquiry | 4 |
| 6 |
| Sociology of Rich and Poor Nations | |
| Urban Sociology | |
| Environmental Sociology | |
| Environmental Justice | |
| Sociology of Population | |
| Total Credits | 10 |
Writing Studies
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 9 |
| College Writing I | |
| College Writing II | |
| Style and Editing | |
| Workplace Writing | |
| Technical Writing and Communication | |
| Total Credits | 9 |
General Education Requirements
Click here for a list of courses that fulfill General Education categories.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 1 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| |
| 0-4 |
| 1 |
| 0-3 |
| 0-3 |
| Total Credits | 29-39 |
World Languages and Cultures Requirements
Click here for a list of courses that fulfill World Languages and Cultures categories.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 3-6 |
| Introduction to American Urban Studies (Fulfilled in the major.) | |
| Total Credits | 3-6 |
Recommended Roadmap to Degree Completion
This four-year plan is provided as an outline for students to follow in order to complete their degree requirements within four years. This plan is a recommendation and students should only use it in consultation with their academic advisor.
| First Year |
|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (A) New Student Seminar | 1 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (C2) Literature | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (C1) Writing | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (F1) Humanities – Great Works and Their Influences | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (G) Computer Science | 3 | World Language 2 | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (J) Physical Education | 1 | EAES 161 or 170 | 3 |
| World Language 1 | 3 | Collateral Math/Applied Math/Statistics course. | 3-4 |
| EAES 100 or 101 | 3 | |
| | 14 | | 15-16 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (C3) Communication | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (F2) Humanities – Philosophical and Religious Perspectives | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (D) Fine and Performing Arts | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (I) Natural Science Laboratory | 4 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (K1) Social Science – American and European History or (K2) Social Science – Global Cultural Perspectives or(K3) Social Science – Social Science Perspectives | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (K1) Social Science – American and European History or (K2) Social Science – Global Cultural Perspectives or(K3) Social Science – Social Science Perspectives | 3 |
| EAES 281 | 3 | EAES 210 | 3 |
| Collateral Elective 1 | 3-4 | Collateral Elective 2 | 3-4 |
| | 15-16 | | 16-17 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (L) Interdisciplinary Studies | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (K1) Social Science – American and European History or (K2) Social Science – Global Cultural Perspectives or(K3) Social Science – Social Science Perspectives | 3 |
| EAES 390 | 3 | Track Course | 3-4 |
| Collateral Elective 3 or Free Elective | 3 | Additional Major Electives | 6-7 |
| Track course | 3-4 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 | |
| | 15-16 | | 15-17 |
| Fourth Year |
|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|
| EAES 497 or 487 | 3 | Track course | 3-4 |
| Track course | 3-4 | Additional Major Elective | 3-4 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Electives | 9-1 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| | 15-16 | | 15-9 |
| Total Credits 120-121 |