BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY

ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - EFFECTIVE SPRING 2008

For the Geography major, a minimum of 36 semester hours are required, with at least 18 semester hours at the 300 and 400 level. The Environment and Sustainable Development Track focuses on the skills required in a variety of environmental fields. Students have greater flexibility in this track to focus on a suite of courses that prepares the student for employment in planning, environmental management, government, consulting, and myriad other areas. The Department recommends strongly that students take GEOG 300 at the end of the sophomore or beginning of the junior year. Students should view and download the Department's 4-year Program guidelines, which detail suggested courses for students to take each semester in order to graduate in four years. You can also view online the course rotation schedule for Winter 2007 through Fall 2008.

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS
COURSE
32 HOURS
Geography 100 OR Geology 102 Physical Geography (100) or Earth Science (102) 3 hours
Geography 101 OR Geography 110 Human Geography (101) OR World Regional Geography (110) 3 hours
Geography 280 Introduction to Environmental Science 3 hours
Geography 300 Geographic Research Methods 3 hours
Geography 316 Fundamentals of GIS (OLD 217) 4 hours
Geography 328 Biogeography 3 hours
Geography 391 Geostatistics (Data Analysis) 3 hours
Geography 471 Natural Resource Management 3 hours
Geography 474 Environmental Planning 3 hours
Geography 475 OR Geography 495 Internship, Study Abroad, or Research Project 3 hours
Geography 499 Professional Preparation 1 hour

ELECTIVES

 CHOOSE FROM THESE OPTIONS Any 4 hours
Geography 208 Floods and Drought 1 hour
Geography 209 Natural Disasters 1 hour
Geography 310 General Hydrology 3 hours
Geography 317 Geographic Information Systems 3 hours
Geography 350 Economic Geography 3 hours
Geography 414 Remote Sensing Fundamentals 4 hours
Geography 417 GIS Analysis and Modeling 3 hours
Geography 419 GIS Applications 3 hours
Geography 444 Environmental Ethics 3 hours
Geography 452 Field Methods 3 hours
Geography 455 Global Environmental Change 3 hours
Geography 487 Environmental Law and Policy 3 hours
Geology 415 Environmental Geology 3 hours

ADDITIONAL COURSE

 REQUIREMENTS* 8-9 HOURS
Philosophy 320 or Geog 444 Ethics 3 hours
Mathematics 118 (or MATH 116 and 117) Algrebra and Trigonometry 5-6 hours

* Additional Course Requirements are NOT part of the geography major. They are outside corequisites required for this track.

Other Requirements: Students who wish to major in Geography are advised to take the University College Freshman Seminar course, GEOG 175 for Geography and Geology Majors. See any Geography advisor for more information on the Professional Development (499) course.

For more information about this track, contact your geography advisor, visit the Department office (EST 304), or call (270) 745-4555.

To send an email message to request more information, just click on: david.keeling@wku.edu

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This page last updated on 8/28/07.