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Advisers Ballvé, Burnett, Klepeis, E. Kraly, Meyer, Loranty, Scull

Environmental geography engages students in the interrelations between human systems and the natural environment. The major combines courses in the Department of Geography with a common set of environmental studies courses and courses offered in other relevant disciplines. In collaboration with the major adviser, environmental geography majors select a specific theme within environmental studies on which to focus. Examples that correspond to geography faculty expertise include climatology, population studies, environmental health, environmental systems analysis, gender and the environment, geographic information systems (GIS), political economy of the global environment, sustainable agriculture, and sustainable development.

This major in affiliation with the Environmental Studies Program (ENST) provides students with an opportunity to consider explicitly environmental issues from a geographic perspective. Courses in geography and a common set of courses in the ENST program are combined in an interdisciplinary course of study that focuses on climatology, population studies, environmental health, urban ecology, environmental systems analysis, geographic information systems analysis, sustainable agriculture, sustainable development, and gender and environment.

For students graduating in the Class of 2025 and earlier, please refer to prior University Catalog requirements.

Major Requirements

The major program consists of the following requirements:

Environmental Studies Courses (five)

All of the Following

• ENST 202/PHIL 202Ìý-ÌýEnvironmental Ethics Ìý
• ENST 450Ìý-ÌýCommunity-based Study of Environmental Issues

One of the following environmental justice courses:

• ENST 232Ìý-ÌýEnvironmental Justice
• ENST 321Ìý-ÌýGlobal Environmental Justice

One of the following introductory environmental science courses:

• CHEM 100Ìý-ÌýThe Chemistry of Altered and Natural Environments
• ENST 200Ìý-ÌýEnvironmental Science: Challenges and Solutions
• ENST 240Ìý-ÌýSustainability: Science and Analysis
• GEOG 231Ìý-ÌýGeography of the Physical Environment
• GEOL 101Ìý-ÌýEnvironmental Geology
• GEOL 102Ìý-ÌýSustainable Earth
• GEOL 135Ìý-ÌýOceanography and the Environment
• GEOL 190Ìý-ÌýEvolution of Planet Earth

One of the following courses on environmental economics or policy:

• ECON 228Ìý-ÌýEnvironmental Economics
• ENST 250Ìý-ÌýEnvironmental Policy Analysis
• ENST/POSC 335Ìý-ÌýU.S. Environmental Politics

Geography Courses (seven)

All of the Following

• GEOG 211Ìý-ÌýGeographies of Nature, Economy, Society
• GEOG 231Ìý-ÌýGeography of the Physical Environment
• GEOG 245Ìý-ÌýGeographic Information Systems and GEOG 245LÌý
• GEOG 250Ìý-ÌýResearch Methods (which must be taken on campus by the end of the senior fall semester)
• GEOG 401Ìý-ÌýSeminar in Geography

Two elective courses in ENST or GEOG

(Only one may be a 100-level course.)

Honors and High Honors

Environmental Geography students interested in pursuing honors follow the same process outlined for honors in Geography; see the catalog listing for the Geography major and consult your academic advisor for more details.

Environmental Studies Program

For more information about the department, including Faculty,Ìýtransfer credit, awards, etc.,Ìýplease visit theÌýEnvironmental Studies programÌýcatalogÌýpage.