Geography - Environmental Science Option, BA
Introduction
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The Geography program (within the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences) offers a BA degree that includes a full range of courses in the fundamentals of geography taught mainly by full-time faculty.
These degree requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their major advisor and CLAS advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.
Program Delivery
- This is an on-campus program.
Declaring This Major
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General Requirements
To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the three areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.
- CU Denver General Graduation Requirements
- CU Denver Core Curriculum
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Graduation Requirements
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Program Requirements
- Students must complete a minimum of 45 credit hours from approved courses.
- Students must complete a minimum of 24 upper division (3000-level and above) credit hours from approved courses.
- Students must earn a minimum grade of C- (1.7) in all courses that apply to the major and must achieve a minimum cumulative major GPA of 2.0. All graded attempts in required and elective courses are calculated in the major GPA. Courses taken using P+/P/F or S/U grading cannot apply to program requirements.
- Students must complete a minimum of 15 GEOG, GEOL or ENVS credit hours with CU Denver faculty.
Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations
- Only three credits of Travel Study may be counted toward graduation requirements.
- Undergraduate students may count up to 6 credit hours of independent study or internship (any combination of GEOG 3840 Independent Study: GEOG, GEOG 4840 Independent Study: GEOG, GEOG 4880 Directed Research, or GEOG 3939 Internship) towards elective credit in the major as approved by the undergraduate coordinator. Students may not receive more than three credit hours per independent study section. No more than three credit hours of independent study may be taken with the same instructor or in the same term.
- GEOG 3939 Internship: Community/Professional Experience optional, but highly recommended.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete all of the following required courses: | 25 | |
| Introduction to Environmental Sciences and Introduction to Environmental Sciences Laboratory | ||
| World Regions Global Context | ||
or GEOG 1302 | Introduction to Human Geography | |
| Introduction to Physical Geography | ||
| Introduction to Mapping and Map Analysis | ||
| Weather and Climate | ||
| Globalization and Regional Development | ||
| Earth Environments and Human Impacts | ||
| Sustainability in Resources Management | ||
| Complete one of the following Quantitative Methods courses: | 3 | |
| Quantitative Methods in Anthropology | ||
| Business Statistics | ||
| Introductory Statistics | ||
| Statistics and Research Methods | ||
| Complete one of the following Geo-Spatial Analysis courses: | 3 | |
| Remote Sensing I: Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing 1 | ||
| Introduction to GIS 2 | ||
| GIS Applications for the Urban Environment | ||
| GIS Applications in the Health Sciences | ||
| Complete one of the following Environmental Science Elective Courses: | 3 | |
| Colorado Climates | ||
| Landscape Biogeochemistry | ||
| Applied Geomorphology | ||
| Fluvial Geomorphology | ||
| Glacial Geomorphology | ||
| Environmental Hydrology | ||
| Water Quality and Resources | ||
| Climate Change: Causes, Impacts and Solutions | ||
| Mountain Biogeography | ||
| Soil Science and Geography | ||
| Complete an Introductory Biology or Chemistry Sequence. Complete the general biology or general chemistry sequence. If applying to the MS in Environmental Sciences program, students are advised to take both sequences. | 8 | |
General Biology Sequence 3 | ||
| Organisms to Ecosystems (Gen Bio) and Organisms to Ecosystems Lab (Gen Bio) | ||
| Molecules to Cells (Gen Bio) and Molecules to Cells Lab (Gen Bio) | ||
General Chemistry Sequence 3 | ||
| General Chemistry I and General Chemistry Laboratory I | ||
or CHEM 2039 | Majors General Chemistry I Laboratory | |
or CHEM 2088 | Honors General Chemistry I Laboratory | |
| General Chemistry II and General Chemistry Laboratory II | ||
or CHEM 2069 | Majors General Chemistry II Laboratory | |
or CHEM 2098 | Honors General Chemistry II Laboratory | |
| Complete a minimum of one upper-division Biology or Chemistry elective course related to the student’s Environmental Science interest, from the approved list. | 3 | |
| Upper-Division Biology or Chemistry electives | ||
| Total Hours | 45 | |
- 1
pre-req for Remote Sensing II
- 2
highly recommended; pre-req to most of the advanced GIS courses
- 3
Honors and majors versions of General Biology and General Chemistry will apply.
BIOL 2030 Honors Organisms to Ecosystems (Gen Bio) is equivalent to BIOL 2010 Organisms to Ecosystems (Gen Bio)
BIOL 2040 Honors Molecules to Cells (Gen Bio) is equivalent to BIOL 2020 Molecules to Cells (Gen Bio)
BIOL 2031 Honors Organisms to Ecosystems Lab (Gen Bio) is equivalent to BIOL 2011 Organisms to Ecosystems Lab (Gen Bio)
BIOL 2041 Honors Molecules to Cells Lab (Gen Bio) is equivalent to BIOL 2021 Molecules to Cells Lab (Gen Bio)
CHEM 2081 Honors General Chemistry I is equivalent to CHEM 2031 General Chemistry I
CHEM 2091 Honors General Chemistry II Lecture is equivalent to CHEM 2061 General Chemistry II
CHEM 2088 Honors General Chemistry I Laboratory and CHEM 2039 Majors General Chemistry I Laboratory are equivalent to CHEM 2038 General Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM 2098 Honors General Chemistry II Laboratory and CHEM 2069 Majors General Chemistry II Laboratory are equivalent to CHEM 2068 General Chemistry Laboratory II
Upper-Division Biology or Chemistry Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the following. | 3 | |
Biology | ||
| Human Reproductive Biology | ||
| Behavioral Genetics | ||
| Introduction to Molecular Biology | ||
| Human Physiology | ||
| Human Anatomy | ||
| Plant Diversity | ||
| Principles of Ecology | ||
| Introduction to Evolution | ||
| Vertebrate Biology | ||
| Parasitology | ||
| General Cell Biology | ||
| Introduction to Immunology | ||
| Mammalogy | ||
| General Microbiology and General Microbiology Lab | ||
| Biostatistics | ||
| Developmental Biology | ||
| General Genetics | ||
| Introduction to Biotechnology | ||
| Advanced Ecology | ||
| Disease Ecology | ||
| Virology | ||
| Cell Biology of Disease | ||
| Molecular Genetics | ||
| Topics in Molecular Biology | ||
| Human Genetics | ||
| Medical Microbiology | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Neurobiology | ||
| Genomics and Bioinformatics | ||
| Mechanisms of Animal Behavior | ||
| Plant Structure and Development | ||
| Flora of Colorado | ||
| Applied Microbial Ecology | ||
| Biogeography | ||
| Introduction to Spatial Ecology | ||
| Environmental Toxicology | ||
| Exercise Physiology | ||
| Mechanisms of Human Pathology | ||
| Population and Evolutionary Genetics | ||
| Cell Signaling | ||
| Topics in Immunology | ||
| Biology of Cancer | ||
| Endocrinology | ||
| Advanced Evolution | ||
Biology/Chemistry | ||
| Structural Biology of Neurodegenerative Diseases | ||
| Biochemistry of Metabolic Disease | ||
| Biochemistry of Gene Regulation and Cancer | ||
Chemistry | ||
| Inorganic Chemistry | ||
| Analytical Chemistry | ||
| Organic Chemistry I | ||
or CHEM 3481 | Majors Organic Chemistry I | |
| Organic Chemistry II | ||
or CHEM 3491 | Majors Organic Chemistry II | |
| Biochemistry | ||
| Advanced Inorganic Chemistry | ||
| Advanced Analytical Chemistry | ||
| Instrumental Analysis | ||
| Practical Applications of Spectroscopy | ||
| Advanced Organic Chemistry | ||
| Cannabis Chemistry | ||
| Foundations of Physical Chemistry | ||
| Computational Chemistry | ||
| Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and Kinetics | ||
| Physical Chemistry: Quantum and Spectroscopy | ||
| Advanced Physical Chemistry | ||
| Advanced Topics in Chemistry | ||
| Environmental Chemistry | ||
| General Biochemistry I | ||
| General Biochemistry II | ||
| Molecular Modeling and Drug Design | ||
| Bioinorganic Chemistry: Bioinorganic compounds in medicine | ||
| Total Hours | 3 | |
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