Required Courses

Required Courses

BA in GES
GES BA Program
  • GES majors must take 41 credit hours of GES courses; 21 must be upper-division
  • To fulfill the Compass Curriculum Summit Experience requirement, students must take one of the following:
    • Field Studies in Geography (GES4460)
    • Geographical Summit (GES4900)
    • Honors in Geography (GES4970)
    • Senior Thesis (4990)
  • Digital Earth (GES2050), Intro. to GIS (GES3030) and Intro. to Remote Sensing (GES3060) satisfy the geospatial requirement
    • Important note regarding Digital Earth (GES2050) -- Digital Earth is the least rigorous of the three courses that satisfy the geospatial requirement and as such is the recommended option for students who are not planning to earn the GIScience Certificate and who are not necessarily interested in incorporating geospatial technologies into their career.

Required Courses

Course # Credit Hrs. Course Name
GES1000 4 Environmental Systems: Climate and Vegetation
GES1010 4 Environmental Systems: Landforms and Soils
GES1980 4 World Regional Geography
GES1990 4 Introduction to Human Geography
GES2050, GES3030, GES3060 4, 4, 4 Pick one: Digital Earth, Intro. to GIS, Intro. to Intro. to Remote Sensing
GES4460, GES4900, GES4970, GES4990 3 to 4 Pick one: Field Studies in Geography, Geographical Summit, Honors in Geography, Senior Thesis (these courses fulfill the Compass Curriculum Summit Experience requirement)