Undergraduate Minors
A five-course minor concentration may be elected in various clusters of geography. At least three of the five courses should be 300 level or above. A grade of C or higher is required in each course submitted for the minor. Contact the undergraduate advisor, Sayaka Yamaki, for additional information.
Environmental Analysis & Policy
Students pursuing the minor concentration in Environmental Analysis & Policy complete coursework which integrates concepts and analytical methods from anthropology, economics, geography, environmental science, and computer modeling. The minor concentration is designed to expose students to the relevant areas outside of their major concentration and introduce methods used in environmental analysis. The minor consists of five courses as specified below:
Principal Courses (3 courses)
- EC 101 Introductory Microeconomic Analysis
- GE 100 Introduction to Environmental Science
- GE 309 Environmental Policy Analysis
Required Related (2 courses)
Choose two additional courses from the list. One of these courses must be from the following quantitative environmental methods: GE 275, 302, 365, 420, OR 550.
Approved Required Related Courses:
- AN 362 Culture and Environment
- GE 250 Man & Environment in the Western World
- GE 275 Intro to Quant Env Modeling
- GE 302 Remote Sensing
- GE 304 Sustainable Development
- GE 323 Advanced Economic Geography
- GE 356 Geography of Third World Dev
- GE 365 Intro Geographic Info Systems
- GE/HI 394 Env History of Africa
- GE 420 (currently EE 425/625 Env Policy Analysis and Modeling)
- GE 511 Ecological Economics
- GE 518 Nat Res Scarcity and Econ Growth
- GE 520 Topics in Energy & Env Policy
- EE 533 Risk, Uncert and Decision-Making (formerly EE 395 Natural Hazards)
- GE 550 Modeling Env & Social System
- GE/IR 594 Global Env Negotiation and Policy
- IR 390 International Political Economy
- IR 395/PO 352 North-South Relations
- IR 595 Global Governance & Int'l Org
Environmental Science
Students pursuing the minor concentration in Environmental Science complete coursework that integrates the concepts and analytical methods from biology, chemistry, earth science, and geography. The minor concentration is designed to expose students to the relevant natural sciences outside of their major concentration and provide a general understanding of the biological, chemical, and physical processes underlying environmental phenomena. The minor consists of five courses as specified below.
Principal Courses (2 courses)
- BI 107 Biology I
- CH 101 General Chemistry I
- ES 105 Environmental Earth Sciences
- GE 100 Introduction to Environmental Science
- PY 211 General Physics
Required Related (3 courses)
- BI 305 Plant Biology
- BI 306 Environmental Ecology
- BI/ES 443 Terrestrial Biochem
- BI 448 Biodiv & Conserv Bio
- ES 317 Hydrogeology & Water
- ES 333 Earth Surface Processes
- ES 351 Paleoclimate and Paleocean
- ES 533 Quant Geomorphology
- ES 534 Ice Age Systems
- ES 541 Coastal Processes
- GE 303 Biogeography
- GE 310 Atmosphere
- GE 503 Micrometerology
- GE 504 Phys Climatology
- GE 514 Dynam Land Hydrogeol
- GE/BI 525 Plant Phys Ecol
Environmental Remote Sensing & GIS
Students pursuing the minor concentration in Environmental Remote Sensing & GIS complete five courses as specified below. Up to two courses taken as part of a student's concentration requirements may be used to fulfill the requirements of the minor in environmental remote sensing and GIS:
Principal Courses (2 courses)
Required Related (3 courses)
- GE 440 Digital Image Processing - Remote Sensing
- GE 445 Physical Models in Remote Sensing
- GE 448 Remote Sensing of Vegitation
- GE 502 Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing
- GE 503 Micrometeorology: Energy and Mass Transfer at the Earth's Surface
- GE 505 Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- GE 516 Multivariate Analysis for Geographers
Please note: All courses for the minor concentration must be completed with a grade of C or higher. Any substitutions of minor requirements must be approved by a faculty advisor.
