Human-Environment Geography Minor

Program Overview

The Human-Environment Geography Minor offers a specialized study in the interactions between humans and their environment. It combines physical and human geography perspectives, emphasizing sustainability, global environmental change, and mixed methods research techniques. Students can choose from a range of electives to tailor their studies to their interests, including topics such as digital earth, food and agriculture, and forests and people.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

• Program Overview:
The Human-Environment Geography Minor provides students with a specialized area of study in the Human-Environment Geography sub-discipline, focusing on sustainability, human-environment relationships, and global environmental change dimensions. It enables students to integrate physical and human geography aspects with a holistic approach and exposes them to mixed methods research techniques used by human-environment geographers.

Outline:

• Required Courses (10 Credits):
• GEOG 120 - Cultures and Environments (3 credits)
• GEOG 201 - Introduction to Physical Geography (3 credits)
• GEOG 201L - Introduction to Physical Geography Laboratory (1 credit)
• GEOG 300 Q* - Human Landscapes (3 credits)
• Electives (minimum 8 credits):
• GEOG 200 - Digital Earth (3 credits)
• GEOG 301 - Concepts in Geography (3 credits)
• GEOG 320 - Introduction to Weather and Climate (3 credits)
• GEOG 331 - Topics in Historical Geography (3 credits)
• GEOG 341 Q* - Geography of Food and Agriculture (3 credits)
• GEOG 342 Q* - Forests and People (3 credits)
• GEOG 342L - Forests and People Lab (1 credit)
• GEOG 351 - Spiritual Landscapes (3 credits)
• GEOG 399 - Independent Study (1 to 6 credits)
• GEOG 495 Q - Internship in Geography/GIS (1 to 12 credits)