Geoenvironmental Science and Sustainability, B.S.

Credit Requirements*

• General Education: 46 credits
• Major Requirements: 43 credits
• Free Electives: 31 credits
• Total Credits to Graduate: 120 credits

* All undergraduate degree programs require a minimum of 120 credits.  Some courses meet multiple requirements, but are only counted once toward the 120 credit total required to graduate.

43 crs.

Foundations (22 Crs.)

• ESSC 108 - Introduction to Environmental Sustainability Credits: 3
• ESSC 110 - Introduction to Geology Credits: 3
• ESSC 111 - Introduction to Weather and Climate Credits: 3
• GEOG 101 - World Geography Credits: 3
• GEOG 103 - Geography of the United States and Canada Credits: 3
• GEOG 202 - GIS I: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Credits: 3
• GEOG 360 - Internship in Geography I Credits: 3
• GEOG 391 - Geography Seminar Credits: 1

Allied Foundational Course (3 Crs.)

• MATH 140 - College Algebra Credits: 3

Environmental Systems (6 Crs.)

• ESSC 212 - Historical Geology Credits: 3
• ESSC 214 - Geology of National Parks Credits: 3
• ESSC 220 - Oceanography Credits: 3
• ESSC 226 - Hydrology Credits: 3
• ESSC 404 - Applied Weather and Climate Credits: 3
• ESSC 405 - Groundwater and Hydrogeology Credits: 3
• ESSC 410 - Sedimentary Geology and Paleoenvironments Credits: 3
• ESSC 413 - Mineral and Rock Resources Credits: 3
• ESSC 424 - Soils Credits: 3
• ESSC 442 - Environmental Geology Credits: 3
• ESSC 451 - Coastal Environmental Oceanography Credits: 3
• GEOG 450 - Geography-Geology Field Studies Credits: 1-3
• Marine Science Consortium Course

Sustainable Systems (6 Crs.)

• GEOG 203 - Climate, Energy, and Sustainability Credits: 3
• GEOG 244 - Community and Land Use Planning Credits: 3
• GEOG 310 - Transportation Geography Credits: 3
• GEOG 329 - Economic Geography Credits: 3
• GEOG 406 - Sustainable Food Systems from the Soil Up Credits: 3
• GEOG 415 - Geography of Africa Credits: 3
• GEOG 427 - Sustainability Credits: 3
• GEOG 444 - Environmental Land-Use Planning Credits: 3
• GEOG 450 - Geography-Geology Field Studies Credits: 1-3

Techniques (6 Crs.)

• GEOG 320 - Geoarchaeology Credits: 3
• GEOG 339 - Remote Sensing Credits: 3
• GEOG 352 - Cartography Credits: 3
• GEOG 363 - GIS2: Intermediate Geographic Information Systems Credits: 3
• GEOG 420 - GIS3: Advanced Geographic Information Systems Credits: 3
• GEOG 425 - Image Processing Credits: 3
• GEOG 440 - Field Techniques Credits: 3
• GEOG 441 - Quantitative Methods Credits: 3
• GEOG 450 - Geography-Geology Field Studies Credits: 1-3
• GEOG 463 - Applied Geophysical Imaging Credits: 3

Free Electives (32 Crs.)

4 courses by advisement. Could include: 

• ENGL 238 - Technical/Professional Writing Credits: 3
• BIOL 242 - Ecology Credits: 3

General Education

General Education Requirements:

• General Education Program (45 crs.)   

General Education Requirements Specific for this major:

• Quantitative (Q): MATH 117  
•  Diversity (D): SOCI 101  
• Global Prespectives (G): ECON 101  
• Natural World (N): BIOL 162   and CHEM 105