This page is to be used as a planning tool. Your degree audit is the official record of degree requirements. Updated August 2022.

Geography B.A. & B.S. Requirements

complete all of the following
  • GEOG:1020 The Global Environment (3)
  • GEOG:1021 The Global Environment Lab (1)
  • GEOG:1050 Foundations of GIS (4)
  • GEOG:1090 Globalization and Geographic Diversity (3)
Choose one of the following

*Not required for GIS track students*

  • GEOG:3340 Ecosystem Services: Human Dependence on Natural Systems (3)
  • GEOG:3500 Intro to Environmental Remote Sensing (3)
  • GEOG:3520 GIS for Environmental Studies (3)
  • GEOG:3540 Intro to Geographic Visualization (3)
  • GEOG:3570 Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR): Principles and Applications (3)
  • GEOG:4010 Field Methods in Physical Geography (3)
  • GEOG:4020 Field Methods: Mapping and Mobile Computing (3)
  • GEOG:4150 Health & Environment: GIS Applications(3)
  • GEOG:4650 Simulation in Enviro. Geography (3)
Choose one of the following
  • GEOG:1060 Geography of Asia: From Japan to Pakistan (3)
  • GEOG:1070 Contemporary Environmental Issues (3)
  • GEOG:2110 Seven Billion & Counting: Introduction to Population Dynamics (3)
  • GEOG:2130 World Cities (3)
  • GEOG:2910 The Global Economy (3)
  • GEOG:2950 Environmental Conservation (3)
Choose one of the following
  •  GEOG:3400 Iowa Environmental Policy in Practice (3)
  • GEOG:3992 Undergraduate Research (including ICIGO or Independent research) (arr.)
  • CCP:1201 Academic Internship (1-3)
statistics courses, choose B.a. or b.s.

For the B.A. (3-4 S.H.)

Choose one of the following:

  • GEOG:1065 Intro to Spatial Analysis: Patterns and Processes (3)
  • PSQF/STAT:4143 Intro to Statistical Methods (3)
  • PSQF/STAT:1020 Elementary Statistics and Interference (3)
  • STAT:1030 Statistics for Business (4)
  • STAT:2010 Statistical Methods and Computing (3)
  • STAT:3510 Biostatistics (3)
  • STAT:2020 Probability and Statistics for Engineering and Physical Sciences (3)

For the B.S. (10 S.H.)

Complete both of the following:

  • STAT:2010 Statistical Mapping and Computing (3)
  • STAT:3200/IE:3760 Applied Linear Regression (3)

Choose one of the following:

  • CS:1210 Computer Science I: Fundamentals (4)
  • CS:2110 Programming for Informatics (4)
  • CS:2230 Computer Science II: Data Structures (4)
  • MATH:1460 Calculus for the Biological Sciences (4)
  • MATH:1380 Calculus and Matrix Algebra for Business (4)  

 

Choose one of the following
  • GEOG:4030 Senior Project Seminar (SP Only) (3)
  • GEOG:4995 Honors Thesis (3)

Track Courses, 15-19 s.h.

Choose one of three tracks (see below for course lists):

environmental studies track, 15 s.h.

Complete the following:

  • GEOG:1070 Contemporary Environmental Issues (3)

Choose four of the following:

[At least one of these]:

  • GEOG/EES:2310 Introduction to Climatology (3)
  • GEOG/BIOL:2374 Biogeography (3)
  • GEOG:2410 Environment and Development (3)
  • GEOG:2930 Water Resources (3)
  • GEOG:3500 Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing (3)
  • GEOG:3520 GIS for Environmental Studies (3)

[At least one of these]:

  • GEOG:3310 Landscape Ecology (3)
  • GEOG:3315 Ecosystem Ecology (3)
  • GEOG:3320/EES:3260 Wetlands: Function, Geography, and Management (3)
  • GEOG:3340 Ecosystem Services: Human Dependence on Natural Systems (3)
  • GEOG:3350 Urban Ecology (3)
  • GEOG:3400 Iowa Environmental Policy in Practice (3)
  • GEOG/GHS:3760 Hazards and Society (3)
  • GEOG:3920/URP:3001 Planning Livable Cities (3)
  • GEOG:4010 Field Methods in Physical Geography (3)
  • GEOG:4200 Sustainability as a System Science (3)
  • GEOG:4470 Ecological Climatology (3)
  • GEOG:4500 Applications in Enviro. Remote Sensing (3)
  • GEOG:4520 GIS for Environmental Studies
  • GEOG:4650 Simulation in Enviro. Geography (3)
  • GEOG/URP:4750 Environmental Impact Analysis (4)
  • GEOG:4770 Environmental Justice (3)
geographic information sciences track, 18-19 s.h.

Choose one of the following:

  • CS:1110 Introduction to Computer Science (3)
  • CS:1210 Computer Science I: Fundamentals (4)
  • CS:2110 Programming for Informatics (4)

Choose five of the following:

[At least one of these]:

  • GEOG:3050 Geospatial Programming (3)
  • GEOG:3500 Intro to Environmental Remote Sensing (3)
  • GEOG:3520 GIS for Environmental Studies (3)
  • GEOG:3540 Intro to Geographic Visualization (3)
  • GEOG:4650 Simulation in Environ. Geography (3)

[At least one of these]:

  • GEOG:3340 Ecosystem Services: Human Dependence on Natural Systems (3)
  • GEOG:3610 Ethical Use of Geospatial Information (3)
  • GEOG/GHS:3760 Hazards and Society (3)
  • GEOG:4010 Field Methods in Physical Geography (3)
  • GEOG:4020 Field Methods: Mapping and Mobile Computing (3)
  • GEOG/GHS:4150 Health & Environment: GIS Applications (3)

[At least one of these]:

  • GEOG:3570 LiDAR: Principles and Applications (3)
  • GEOG:4500 Applications in Environmental Remote Sensing (4)
  • GEOG:4520 GIS for Environmental Studies: Applications (3)
  • GEOG:4570 Spatial Analysis in Location Models (3)
  • GEOG:4580 Introduction to Geographic Databases (3)
health & society track, 15 s.h.

Complete all the following:

  • GEOG/GHS:2110 Seven Billion & Counting: Intro to Population Dynamics (3)
  • GEOG:3110/GHS:3111 Geography of Health (3)
  • GEOG/GHS:4150 Health & Environment: GIS Applications (3)

Choose two of the following:

  • GEOG/GHS:3070 Hungry Planet: Global Geographies of Food (3)
  • GEOG:3210/CPH:3400 Health, Work, and Enviro. (3)
  • GEOG:3300 Envisioning Future Worlds: Sustainable Development and Its Alternatives (3)
  • GEOG/GHS:3760 Hazards and Society (3)
  • GEOG:3920/URP:3001 Planning Livable Cities (3)
  • GEOG:4770 Environmental Justice (3)