Geography majors must complete at least 52 geography credits, including 12 credits in each of the following areas: geographic techniques, physical geography, and human geography—as detailed below. Of the 52 required credits, 12 credits are to be earned by taking the required courses (Geog 210, Geog 230, and Geog 380U), and at least 36 Geography credit hours must be at the upper division, including 16 hours at the 400-level.
Students who wish to earn a B.S. degree must take Geog 496, or Stat 243Z and Stat 244, or equivalent; students who have completed Geog 496 can count the course to partially meet the 16-credit 400-level and geographic techniques (12 credits) program requirement. To help achieve graduation goals on time, we strongly encourage regular consultations with a faculty or pathway advisor.
Requirements
Physical Geography (12 credits chosen from the following courses):
- Geog 210 Physical Geography and Lab for Geog 210 (required)
- Geog 310U/Sci 333UClimate and Water Resources
- Geog 311U Climatology
- Geog 312U/Sci 334U Climate Variability and Change
- Geog 313U Biogeography
- Geog 314U Severe Weather
- Geog 320 Geomorphology and Geog 320L Geomorphology Lab
- Geog 322U Mountains
- Geog 333U/Ph 333U Weather
- Geog 340U Global Water Issues and Sustainability
- Geog 407 Seminar in Physical Geography
- Geog 412 Global Climate Change Science and Socio-environmental Impact Assessment
- Geog 413 Disturbance Biogeography of Pacific Northwest
- Geog 414 Hydrology
- Geog 415 Soils and Land Use
- Geog 418/ESM 418 Landscape Ecology
- Geog 440/ESM 440 The Ecology & Management of Wildfire
- Geog 447 Urban Streams
Human Geography (12 credits chosen from the following courses):
- Geog 230 Environment and Society: Global Perspectives (required)
- Geog 321 Mt. Hood
- Geog 325U/Intl 325U Contemporary India
- Geog 331U Geography of Globalization
- Geog 332U Urban Geography
- Geog 345U Resource Management
- Geog 346U World Population and Food Supply
- Geog 347U Environmental Issues and Action
- Geog 348U Cultural and Political Ecology
- Geog 350U Geography of World Affairs
- Geog 351U Pacific Northwest
- Geog 354U Europe
- Geog 360U Latin America
- Geog 364U The Middle East
- Geog 366U Historical Geography of North America
- Geog 368U United States and Canada
- Geog 370U/Intl 370U Global Migration
- Geog 375U Maps, Culture and Society
- Geog 430 Cultural Geography
- Geog 432 Urban Landscapes
- Geog 442 Sustainable Cities
- Geog 444 Political Ecologies of the Western US
- Geog 446 Water Resource Management
- Geog 448 The Urban Forest
- Geog 450 Climate and Society
- Geog 462 Sense of Place
- Geog 467 Community Resilience in Coupled Socio-Ecological Systems
- Geog 472 Critical GIS
Geographic Techniques (12 credits chosen from the following courses)
- Geog 380U Maps and Geographic Information and Geog 380L Lab for Geog 380
- Geog 407 Seminar in Research Skills
- Geog 420 Field Methods in Physical Geography
- Geog 425 Field Methods in Human Geography
- Geog 472 Critical GIS
- Geog 475 Spatial Database Design and Applications
- Geog 476 3D Terrain Analysis & Visualization
- Geog 477 Photogrammetry and LiDAR
- Geog 480 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing
- Geog 481 Digital Image Analysis I: Introduction
- Geog 482 Digital Image Analysis II: Advanced Remote Sensing
- Geog 484 Cartographic Applications of GIS
- Geog 485 Map Design and Production
- Geog 488 Geographic Information Systems I: Introduction and Geog 488L GIS Lab
- Geog 489 Building a GIS Database with GPS
- Geog 490 GIS Programming
- Geog 492 Geographic Information Systems II: Advanced GIS and Geog 492L GIS II Lab
- Geog 494 GIS for Water Resources
- Geog 496 Introduction to Spatial Quantitative Analysis
- Geog 497 Advanced Spatial Quantitative Analysis
Geography Electives (16 credits)
Total Credit Hours: 52
Courses taken under the undifferentiated grading option (pass/no pass) will not be accepted toward fulfilling department major requirements.
All courses used to satisfy the major requirements must be graded C- or above.