Division of Social Science

Geography Majors: Click here to download the details on the Capstone requirements

BA/BS IN GEOGRAPHY

The primary objective of the geography program is to provide students with intellectual maturity, geographic information, theory, and skills related to the solution of problems in a professional career. Those careers, in governments, corporations, and education, are based on understanding the intricate relationships between places, people and cultures. The program is a foundation for prospective employment in the state, nation, foreign areas and for graduate study. For more information, contact Dr. Mike McGlade, 838-8381, mcgladm@wou.edu, Dr. Mark Van Steeter, 838-8855, vanstem@wou.edu, Dr. Sriram Khé, 838-8852, khes@wou.edu, or Dr. Shaun Huston, 838-8296, hustons@wou.edu

GEOGRAPHY MAJOR (64 Credits)

Foundations (12)

• GEOG 105, 106, 107 Introductory Geography

Geographic Thought and Practice (16)

• GEOG 341 Geographic Information Systems
• GEOG 495 History and Philosophy of Geography

Choose Two:

• GEOG 240 Map and Air Photo Interpretation
• GEOG 321 Field Geography
• GEOG 340 Cartography
• GEOG 384 Qualitative Methods
• GEOG 385 Quantitative Methods
• GEOG 386 Making Digital Video for the Social Sciences

Geography and Society (8)

Choose Two:

• GEOG 370 Human Migration
• GEOG 391 Biogeography
• GEOG 410 Global Issues
• GEOG 411 Cultural Geography

Human-Environment Relations (8)

Choose Two:

• GEOG 380 Environmental Conservation
• GEOG 425 Urban Planning and Policy
• GEOG 470 Energy, Environment and Society
• GEOG 480 Nature and the American West

Capstone (4)

• GEOG 499 Capstone Experience

Choose one of the following three concentrations:

Culture and Politics (16)

Choose four:

• GEOG 207 Geography and Film
• GEOG 327 Popular Culture in Global Perspective
• GEOG 420 The West and the American Imagination
• GEOG 421 The Changing American West
• GEOG 433 Political Geography
• GEOG 435 U.S. and Canadian Geopolitics
• GEOG 480 Nature and the American West

Urban and International (16)

Choose four:

• GEOG 314 Pacific Rim
• GEOG 315 The Indian Subcontinent
• GEOG 370 Human Migration
• GEOG 371 Mexico and Central America
• GEOG 410 Global Issues
• GEOG 413 Urban Geography
• GEOG 418 International Trade and Transportation
• GEOG 425 Urban Planning and Policy
• GEOG 470 Energy, Environment, and Society

Physical Environment (16)

Choose four:

• GEOG 321 Field Geography
• GEOG 380 Environmental Conservation
• GEOG 391 Biogeography
• GEOG 392 Physical Geography
• GEOG 393 Soils Geography
• GEOG 425 Urban Planning and Policy
• GEOG 470 Energy, Environment, and Society
• GEOG 480 Nature and the American West
• GEOG 490 Climatology
• GEOG 492 Regional Physiography of North America
  

Note: For and B.A. degree in Geography, students must complete MTH 105 or above and CS 101 or above, and the 3rd term of the 2nd year of a modern language course.

Note: For the B.S. degree in Geography, students must take the following courses: MTH 111 (or other math course above 111 with consent of the instructor), CS 121, and CS 122, GEOG 385.

GEOGRAPHY MINOR (27-28 Credits)

• GEOG 105, 106, 107 Introductory Geography (12)

Choose one (3-4)

• ES 391 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (4)
• GEOG 321 Field Geography (4)
• GEOG 341 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (4)
• GEOG 495 History and Philosophy of Geography (4)

Any Three Upper-Division Geography courses (12)

GEOGRAPHY PLANNING MINOR (28 Credits)

• GEOG 105, 106 Introductory Geography (8)
• GEOG 413 Urban Geography (4)
• GEOG 425 Urban Planning and Policy (4)

Choose one (3-4)

• ES 391 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (4)
• GEOG 240 Map and Air Photo Interpretation (4)
• GEOG 341 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (4)

Choose one (4)

• GEOG 370 Human Migration
• GEOG 380 Environmental Conservation
• GEOG 411 Cultural Geography

Upper-division elective in Geography (4)

Contact

Division of Social Science Sharyne Ryals (503) 838-8288 | or e-mail: ryalss@wou.edu