Geography and Environmental Studies Major, B.A.

The Physical Environment

• ENVI 215 - Environmental Science and Society

• or BIOL 215 - Environmental Science and Society   

• ESS 109 - Earth’s Oceans & Atmosphere
• ESS 191 - Geology of the Southwest US National Parks
• ESS 332 - Water Resource Issues
• ESS 391 - Geology of the Hawaiian Islands
• GEOG 480 - Research in Geography
• GEOG 490 - Internship in Geography

The Cultural Landscape

• ECON 308 - Comparative Economic Systems
• ENVI 480 - Topics in Environmental Science - Environmental Law
• ENVI 482 - Topics in Environmental Science - Environmental Ethics
• GEOG 480 - Research in Geography
• GEOG 490 - Internship in Geography
• HIST 372 - Adventure, Science, and Taboo: Captain Cook and Europe’s Pacific Enlightenment
• HIST 379 - Latin American History and Politics
• HIST 398 - Topics in History Travel
• LIT 399 - Foreign Travel - United Kingdom
• PHIL 325 - World Religions
• SOCY 366 - Global Issues
• SOCY 368 - Cultural Anthropology
• SOCY 374 - World Food Problem
• SSCI 315 - Federal Seminar

Approved summer courses at Au Sable Institute

Physical Environment credits:

• Forest Management (4)
• Environmental Applications of GIS (4)
• Alpine Ecology (4)

Cultural Landscape credits:

• Environmental Law & Policy (3)
• International Development & Environmental Sustainability (4)

Student may also complete some or all of these additional 12 credits, in either category, through an approved study abroad program.