This academic plan is designed for students who want to understand and explore our physical environment through the study of geomorphology and landforms, climatology, and biogeography.
To completing this 36-unit plan, which includes completing a thesis, you take:
geography core: GGR 642, 681, and 687
6 units of physical geography electives, such as GGR 545, 547, and 557
6 units of GIS or remote sensing courses, such as GGR 522, 523, 524, 531, 533, 534, 535, 536, and 537
3 units of human geography or planning electives, such as GGR 546, 574, and 576 and PL 501
6 units of GGR 699, for th
7-unit rural ge research, writing, and oral defense of an approved thesis
(Please be aware that you can only count 6 units of thesis credit toward your degree. However, you may end up taking more units because you must enroll for GGR 699 each term while you are working on your thesis.)
8 units of electives approved by your advisor from geography, public planning, and physical and environmental science courses
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