Sustainability, Governance, and Society sub-plan
Current list of all approved electives
Category Elective:
Students choose 1 course from each of the following categories (Sustainability, Governance, Environmental Systems, and Spatial Tools & Techniques) for a total of 4 courses (12 credit hours). At least 9 hours must be numbered 500 or above:
Environmental Systems
- GEOL 300 - Earth through Time (3)
- GEOL 520 - Geomorphology (3)
- GEOL 540 - Geologic Record of Climate Change (3)
- GEOG 235 - Atmospheric Science (4)
- GEOG 350 - Earth System Geography (3)
- GEOG 440 - Spatial Analysis of Surface Water Hydrology (3)
- GEOG 445 - Biogeography (3)
- GEOG 535 - Global Climatology and Climate Change (4)
- GEOG 725 - Geography of Water Resources (3)
- GEOG 735 - Topics in Climatology (3)
- GEOG 740 - Fluvial Geomorphology (3)
- GEOG 742 - Digital Geomorphology (3)
- GEOG 745 - Topics in Biogeography (3)
- GEOG 747 - Soil Mapping (3)
Sustainability
- GEOL 305 - Sustainable Earth Resources (3)
- GEOL 602 - Mineral Exploration for a Sustainable Future (3)
- GEOL 631 - Geoenergy Exploration (3)
- GEOG 340 - Natural Resources (3)
- GEOG 430 - Sustainability in the United States (3)
- GEOG 460 - Human Dimension of Global Change (3)
- GEOG 535 - Global Climatology and Climate Change (3)
- GEOG 600 - Mountain Geography (3)
- GEOG 630 - Adv Sustainability in the United States (3)
- GEOG 725 - Geography of Water Resources (3)
- GEOG 761 - Human Impact on the Environment (3)
- GEOG 770 - Perception of the Environment
Governance
- GEOG 310 (Kansas)
- GEOG 332 (China)
- GEOG 335 (Europe)
- GEOG 500 (US)
- GEOG 506 (South Asia)
- GEOG 510 (Am. West)
- GEOG 620 (Mexico & C Am)
- GEOG 622 (South Am)
- GEOG 660 (East Asia)
- GEOG 370 - Environmental Justice (3)
- GEOG 450 - Geography of Economic Behavior (3)
- SOCIO 536 - Society & Natural Resources (3)
- GEOG 550 - Political Geography and Geopolitics (3)
- GEOG 718 - Geography of Public Lands (3)
- GEOG 720 - Geography of Land Use (3)
- GEOG 722 - Geography of International Conservation (3)
- GEOG 750 - Urban Geography (3)
- GEOG 765 - Natural Hazards (3)
- POLSC 330 – Global Environmental Politics (3)
- POLSC 401 B – Topics in Politics: Water Policy (3)
- PMC 475 – Natural History for Park Professionals (3)
Spatial Tools & Techniques
- GEOG 508 - Geographic Information Systems I
- GEOG 602 - Computer Mapping and Geographic Visualization
- GEOG 605 - Remote Sensing of the Environment
- GEOG 608 - Geographic Information Systems II
- GEOG 705 - Thematic Remote Sensing
- GEOG 706 - Biophysical Remote Sensing
- GEOG 707 - Remote Sensing of Water
- GEOG 712 - Internet GIS and Distributed Geographic Information Services
- GEOG 728 - Programming for Geographic Analysis
Additional Electives:
At least 9 Credit Hours of any GEOG course, or other courses from the above list (and/or from the list of courses directly below) not already taken. At least 6 hours must be at 500 level or above. Courses counted for any of the above major requirements may not be double counted as electives for the major. Students are strongly encouraged to work with their faculty advisor to develop an area of specialization that fits their career interests.
- GEOG 680 - Geography of Landscape and Place
- GEOG 690 - Historical Geography of the United States (3)
- GEOG 780 - Cultural Geography (3)
- HIST 511 - Environmental History
- POLSC 250 Environmental Political Thought (3)
- PMC 275 Introduction to Natural Resource Management (3)
- POLSC 330 - Global Environmental Politics (3)