Environmental Studies & Geography, B.A.
The program course outline and graduation requirements for this catalog year are listed below. To graduate, a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 must be achieved, and a total of 120 credits is required. This total includes both the required courses for the program and any free electives selected. The department website provides an overview of the program, admission requirements for the major (when applicable), faculty biographies, learning outcomes, and careers: https://www.southernct.edu/academics/egms/programs.
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (46 Credits)
All bachelor’s degree programs include liberal education (LEP) and writing (W) course requirements. To review more detailed information, please visit General Education (LEP) Degree Requirements.
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (30 Credits)
Up to three courses in the major/cognate may also satisfy LEP requirements and will be indicated below; no more than two courses in the same subject may be used towards LEP Explorations.
ENV 204 – Principles of Sustainability
GEO 290 – Research Methods in Geography and Environmental Sustainability
GEO 357 – Coastal and Marine Geography or ENV 400 – Environmental Policy
GEO 360 – Introduction to GIS
GEO 490 – Capstone Seminar
Select one:
ENV 220 – Global Climate Change
GEO 100 – People, Places, and Environments
MAR 140 – The World Ocean
Systematic (Select 10 credits):
ENV 333 – Environmental Impact Assessment & Management
ENV 350 – Environmental Systems Inquiry
ENV 404 – Applied Sustainability Science
GEO 105 – Food Systems: A Geography
GEO 200 – Human Geography (T2CE)
GEO 205 – Economic Geography
GEO 208 – Political Geography
GEO 305 – Environmental Economic Geography
GEO 357 – Coastal and Marine Geography
GEO 362 – Urban Geography
GEO 405 – Environmental Justice
Techniques (Select one):
GEO 170 – Basic Drone Technology
GEO 270 – Designing Maps (T2CD)
GEO 273 – Land Use Planning
GEO 370 – Remote Sensing
GEO 371 – Cartography
GEO 397 – Internship
GEO 460 – GIS II
GEO 461 – Environmental GIS
GEO 470 – Field Techniques
GEO 481 – Spatial Analysis
ACCELERATED PATHWAY OPTION (12 Credits)
Students with a 3.0 GPA and at least 90 credits may be eligible to complete an accelerated pathway during their senior year to earn dual credit towards both their current undergraduate program and future graduate program of interest. Approval to start graduate coursework does not guarantee admission to the graduate program.
Students will meet with their faculty advisor to prepare a Graduate Course Plan (500-level courses or higher), with a maximum of 6 credits per semester, based on their graduate program of interest. Approval from both the Program Department Chairperson and the Graduate Coordinator is required. Programs may have higher requirements, and seat availability in certain graduate programs may be limited.
Courses completed with a grade of 'C' or higher will earn dual credit for both undergraduate and graduate transcripts. Graduate programs may have higher grade requirements in place for certain courses which may require the student to retake the course for a higher grade letter.