Geography Environmental Studies BA

The major in Geography/Environmental Studies develops and deepens students’ understanding of environmental issues; it explores problem-solving approaches from an interactive people/nature viewpoint and involves analysis of social, physical, and biotic environmental systems. The major’s uniqueness lies in its emphasis on its geographical perspective of human impacts on natural systems, as well as of implications of global change on local and regional human systems.

College:
College of Letters and Science

Department:
Geography

Degree Level:
Undergraduate

Degree:
Bachelor of Arts

Preparation for the Major

Complete five courses as follows:

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Geography 1 or 2

Select one course:

Select 1 from 2 options:

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Geography 3, 4, or 6

Select one course:

Select 1 from 3 options:

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The Major

Complete 11 upper-division geography courses, each taken for a letter grade, distributed as follows:

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Environmental Studies and Natural Systems Core

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Human Systems Core

Select two courses:

Select 2 from 16 options:

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Procedures

Select two courses:

Select 2 from 10 options:

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Regions

Select one course:

Select 1 from 11 options:

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Geography Environmental Studies BA

Preparation for the Major

Geography 1 or 2

Geography 3, 4, or 6

The Major

Environmental Studies and Natural Systems Core

Human Systems Core

Procedures

Regions

Quarter Planning

Fall 2025

Winter 2026

Spring 2026