Geography Major (36 Credits)
Teacher Certification programs
In addition to the requirements below, students are also required to required to
take C-I 381, EFN 200, and GEO 200.
General Requirements: All courses required
| Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
| ESC 101 |
Earth Environments |
4 |
| GEO 110 |
World Cultural Regions |
3 |
| GEO 201 |
Geography of United States and Canada |
3 |
| GEO 204 |
Geography of Wisconsin |
3 |
| GEO 250 |
Fundamentals of Cartography |
3 |
| GEO 300 |
Population Geography |
3 |
| GEO 306 |
Economic Geography |
3 |
| GEO 309 |
Urban Geography |
3 |
| GEO 401 |
Focus on Geography: A Capstone Course |
1 |
Electives: 10 Credits Required
| GEO 102 |
Maps and Society |
3 |
| GEO 200 |
Conservation of Global Environments |
3 |
| GEO 202 |
Contemporary Global Issues |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 270 |
Geographic Themes |
1 - 3 |
| GEO 304 |
Geography of Europe |
3 |
| GEO 307 |
Political Geography |
3 |
| GEO 312 |
Geography of Africa |
3 |
| GEO 318 |
Geography of Latin America and the
Caribbean |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 323 |
Geomorphology |
3 |
| GEO 328 |
Geography of East and Southeast Asia |
3 |
| GEO 331 |
Geography of the Middle East, Central
and South Asia |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 343 |
Geoarchaeology |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 345 |
Remote Sensing of the Environment |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 385 |
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 390 |
Field Methods |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 422 |
Meteorology and Weather Forecasting |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 425 |
Biogeography |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 426 |
Soil Morphology and Genesis |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 427 |
Water Resources |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 440 |
Geographic Interpretation of Aerial
Photographs |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 445 |
Advanced Remote Sensing |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 450 |
Geography Internship |
3 - 12 |
| GEO / ESC 455 |
Applied Map Design and Production in
Cartography and GIS |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 460 |
Environmental Hazards and Land Use
Planning |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 470 |
Special Topics in Geography / Earth
Science |
1 - 3 |
| GEO / ESC 476 |
Geography / Earth Science Topics for
Teachers |
1 - 3 |
| GEO / ESC 485 |
Advanced Geographic Information Systems |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 488 |
Spatial Data Analysis |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 490 |
Independent Study |
2 - 3 |
| GEO / ESC 495 |
Seminar in Geography / Earth Science |
1 - 3 |
| GEO / ESC 499 |
Undergraduate Research |
1 - 3 |