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Department of Geography

Concentration in Water Resources (Bachelor of Arts in Geography)

Students on Summer 2018, Fall 2018, or Spring 2019 requirements GEOGWRCON

Requirements

The concentration requires at least 15 credit hours (including at least 12 credit hours at the 300–499 level), including the requirements listed below.
  1. Select from the following:
    • GEOG-G 304 Physical Meteorology and Climatology
    • GEOG-G 305 Current Issues in Climate, Land and Environmental Change
    • GEOG-G 306 Current Issues in Globalization, Development and Justice (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Systems
    • GEOG-G 341 Ecological Restoration: Science, Politics, and Ethics
    • GEOG-G 368 Water in the Midwest
    • GEOG-G 438 Advanced Geographic Information Systems
    • GEOG-G 439 GIS and Environmental Analysis
    • GEOG-G 440
    • GEOG-G 444 Climate Change Impacts
    • GEOG-G 449 Political Ecology
    • GEOG-G 451 Physical Hydrology
    • GEOG-G 452 Tree-Ring Science
    • GEOG-G 453 Water and Society
    • GEOG-G 461 Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
    • GEOG-G 467 Ecohydrology
    • GEOG-X 473 Internship in Geographical Analysis (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • GEOG-X 490 Undergraduate Readings and Research in Geography (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • One (1) additional course from the Geographic Methods course list
  2. Concentration GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. At least 9 credit hours in the concentration must be completed at the 300–499 level.
    2. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the concentration.
    3. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the concentration—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
    4. Exceptions to concentration requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.