Liberal Arts (Code 140-410)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
A minimum of 24 semester credits, including:
GEOG 104	Planet Earth: The Physical Environment	4
GEOG 111	Planet Earth: Human Geography	3
GEOG 178	Planet Earth: Conservation of the Environment	3
GEOG 200	Foundations of Geography	3
Four courses to be selected from three of the five Advanced Geography Approaches (see below)

Advanced Geography Approaches

Five courses from at least three advanced approaches are required for major programs. Four courses from at least three advanced approaches are required for minor programs. 

Physical Geography

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
GEOG 304	Introduction to Geomorphology	4
GEOG 340	Climatology	3
GEOG 345	Quaternary Environments	3
GEOG 350	Soils and the Environment	4
GEOG 355	Biogeography	3
GEOG 363	Watershed Analysis	4
GEOG 364	Fluvial Processes and Landforms	4

Human-Environmental Geography

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
GEOG 270	Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning	3
GEOG 341	Weather and Society	3
GEOG 361	Environmental Hazards	3
GEOG 365	Tourism Geographies	3
GEOG 375	Environmental Quality	3
GEOG 377	U.S. Environmental and Sustainability Policy	3
GEOG 378	International Environmental Problems and Policy	3
GEOG 445	Historical Geography	3

Human Geography

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
GEOG 155	Economic Geography	3
GEOG 288	Cultural Landscapes of North America	3
GEOG 312	Space, Society, Subject	3
GEOG 313	Culture and Transnational Dynamics	3
GEOG 322	Native Geographies	3
GEOG 352	Business Geographics	3
GEOG 354	Sustainable Placemaking and Community	3
GEOG 366	Geography International Immersion Experience	1-3
GEOG 367	Landscape Analysis: Cultural	3
GEOG 369	Geography of Food	3
GEOG 444	Legal Geographies of Race in the U.S.	3
GEOG 446	Political Geography	3
GEOG 470	Urban Geography	3

Geography Techniques

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
GEOG 280	Introduction to Cartography and Visualization	3
GEOG 335	Geographic Information Systems I 1	3
GEOG 336	Geospatial Field Methods	3
GEOG 337	Geographic Information Systems II	3
GEOG 338	Remote Sensing of the Environment	3
GEOG 339	Applied Cartography and Geovisualization	3
GEOG 358	LiDAR Analysis & Applications	3
GEOG 370	Quantitative Methods in Geography 1	3
GEOG 390	Geospatial Applications of UAS	3
GEOG 435	Geographic Information Systems III	3
GEOG 438	Remote Sensing Data Analytics	3
GEOG 455	Web Geographic Information Systems	3

Regional Geography

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
GEOG 301	Geography of Western Europe	3
GEOG 308	Geography of Russia and Eastern Europe	3
GEOG 319	Geography of the Middle East and North Africa	3
GEOG 321	Geography of Latin America	3
GEOG 325	Geography of the United States and Canada	3
GEOG 379	Geography of Wisconsin	3

Other Geography Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
The following courses can be applied to any of the five approaches with consent of the advisor:
GEOG 368	Geography Field Seminar 1	3
GEOG 395	Directed Studies	1-3
GEOG 399	Independent Study - Juniors	1-3
GEOG 491	Advanced Special Topics	1-3
GEOG 498	Geography Internship	1-3
GEOG 499	Independent Study - Seniors	1-3

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Required courses for majors only.

Program Learning Outcomes  

Students completing this program will be expected to meet the following learning outcomes:

• Demonstrate geographical knowledge, understanding, and significance through analysis, explanation, and critique.
• Effectively use and apply the tools of geographic inquiry.
• Effectively explain how geographic approaches and perspectives are used to address socially/environmentally relevant questions and problems and why identifying the underlying spatial relationships is significant.