UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Degree Requirements

Geography Major

36 Total Credits


Required Core Courses: 18 credits

GEOG 110 Physical Environment: Patterns and Systems 3 cr.
GEOG 120 Human Geography 3 cr.
GEOG 240 United States 3 cr.
GEOG 401 Senior Seminar 3 cr.
GIS 250 Introduction to Geographic Information Science 3 cr.
GIS 351 Map Design 3 cr. or GIS 360 GIS Theory and Methods 3 cr.

Statistics Course: 3 credits

MATH 216 Elementary Statistical Concepts 3 cr.
MATH 226 Fundamentals of Statistics 3 cr.
SOCI 250 Social Statistics 3 cr.

Electives: 15 credits

ESM 333 Remote Sensing of Natural Resources 3 cr.
ESM 363 GIS Applications in Resource Management 3 cr.
GEOG 340 Europe 3 cr.
GEOG 342 Latin America 3 cr.
GEOG 344 Asia and Oceana 3 cr.
GEOG 212 Weather and Climate 3 cr.
GEOG 220 Economic Geography 3 cr.
GEOG 237 Poverty in the U.S. 3 cr.
GEOG 265 Spatial Justice 3 cr.
GEOG 378 Semester Abroad Research 3-6 cr.
GEOG 379 Geography Internship 3-12 cr.
GEOG 389 Special Topics in Geography 1-3 cr.
GEOG 412 Advanced Climatology 3 cr.
GEOG 428 Political Geography 3 cr.
GEOG 490 Readings in Geography 1-3 cr.
GEOG 499 Independent Study 1-2 cr.
GEOL 101 Intro to Geology 3 cr.
GEOL 150 Geological Perspectives of Global Change 3 cr.
GEOL 305 Geology of the Planets 3 cr.
GEOL 327 Geomorphology 3 cr.
GEOL 330 Meteorology 3 cr.
GIS 351 Map Design 3 cr.
GIS 360 GIS: Theory and Methods 3 cr.
GIS 366 Field Methods in Geography and GIS 3 cr.
GIS 455 Advanced Map Design 3 cr.
GIS 460 GIS: Analysis and Modeling 3 cr.
INTS 200 Intro to International Studies 3 cr.
POLS 322 Politics of American Cities 3 cr.

Department of Politics, Geography & International Studies

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