All Undergraduate Courses (GEO)

A comprehensive list of undergraduate courses offered by the Department of Geography and the Environment is provided below. View the list of current/upcoming Semester Courses .

Visit the online Course Catalog for course descriptions.

Course Requirements And Options
(Lower Division Requirements)
GEO 103 Environment and Society
GEO 155 The Natural Environment
GEO 171 Human Geographies

Upper Division Requirements
Techniques (at least one course)
GEO 381 Cartographic Design
GEO 383 Geographic Information Systems
GEO 386 Quantitative Geographic Analysis
GEO 482 Environmental Remote Sensing

Environmental Systems and Landscape Dynamics

GEO 215 Global Environmental Change
GEO 314 Hazardous Geographic Environments
GEO 316 River Environments
GEO 317 Mountain Environments
GEO 318 Tropical Environments
GEO 319 Cold Environments
GEO 326 Weather and Climate
GEO 327 Coastal Environments
GEO 426 Environmental Change in the Anthropocene
GEO 455 Biogeography
GEO 459 Pyrogeography: Wildfire in a Changing World
GEO 583 Environmental GIS
plus, Appropriate Topics Courses (GEO 200, 300, 400, 500)

Society and the Politics of Nature

GEO 215 Global Environmental Change
GEO 300 Geographies of Sustainability
GEO 314 Hazardous Geographic Environments
GEO 316 River Environments
GEO 317 Mountain Environments
GEO 318 Tropical Environments
GEO 319 Cold Environments
GEO 340 Geography of Oil
GEO 353 Environmental Justice
GEO 354 American Environmental History and Geography
GEO 356 Environmental Ideas and Policy
GEO 358 Animals and Society
GEO 360 Sustainability Science and Policy: The Threat of Climate Change
GEO 374 Environment and Development in the Global South
GEO 422 Water: Environment, Society, and Politics
GEO 400 Urban Environmental History
GEO 415 Food: A Critical Geography
GEO 430 Energy, History and Society
GEO 459 Pyrogeography: Wildfire in a Changing World
plus, Appropriate Topics Courses (GEO 200, 300, 400, 500)

Globalization, Development and Citizenship

GEO 105 World Geography
GEO 272 World Cultures
GEO 273 World Political Economy
GEO 311 The New North Americas
GEO 313 United States
GEO 321 Latin American Development: Spatial Aspects
GEO 325 Colonialism in Latin America
GEO 331 European Union
GEO 340 Geography of Oil
GEO 361 Global Economic Geography
GEO 367 Gender in a Globalizing World
GEO 372 Political Geography
GEO 374 Environment and Development in the Global South
GEO 388 Geographic Information & Society
GEO 425 South Africa
GEO 422 Water: Environment, Society, and Politics
GEO 430 Energy, History and Society
GEO 435 The Global Middle East
GEO 440 Race and Space
GEO 450 Geographies of Migration and Mobility
GEO 463 Geography of Homelessness
GEO 564 Urban Historical Geography
GEO 573 Geography of Capital
GEO 595 Geography of the Internet
plus, Appropriate Topics Courses (GEO 200, 300, 400, 500)

Culture, Justice and Urban Space

GEO 105 World Geography
GEO 219 American Diversity & Unity (honors)
GEO 272 World Cultures
GEO 273 World Political Economy
GEO 311 New North Americas
GEO 313 United States
GEO 353 Environmental Justice
GEO 362 The European City
GEO 367 Gender in a Globalizing World
GEO 372 Political Geography
GEO 400 Urban Environmental History
GEO 400 Public Space and the City
GEO 415 Food: A Critical Geography
GEO 425 South Africa
GEO 440 Race and Space
GEO 463 Geography of Homelessness
GEO 484 GIS for Urban Environments
GEO 485 Community Geography
GEO 489 Practicum in Community Geography
GEO 500 Geography of Memory
GEO 500 Urban and Regional Planning
GEO 563 The Urban Condition
GEO 564 Urban Historical Geography
GEO 573 Geography of Capital
GEO 576 Gender, Space, & Place
plus, Appropriate Topics Courses (GEO 200, 300, 400, 500)

Geographic Information Science: Analysis, Modeling and Applications

GEO 100 Mapping 2.0: Introduction to Spatial Thinking
GEO 381 Cartographic Design
GEO 383 Geographic Information Systems
GEO 386 Quantitative Geographic Analysis
GEO 388 Geographic Information and Society
GEO 400 Geospatial Technology and Privacy
GEO 482 Environmental Remote Sensing
GEO 484 GIS for Urban Environments
GEO 485 Community GIS
GEO 489 Practicum in Community Geography
GEO 500 GIS and Hydrological Modeling
GEO 583 Environmental GIS
GEO 595 Geography and the Internet