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Geography & Environmental Planning

Global Skills Track

Geography & Land Surveying

Combined Majors

Geographic Information Systems Minor

Geography & Environmental Planning Minor

Meteorology Minor

Honors in Geography

Department of Geography and Environmental Planning

Combined Major in Geography and Political Science

A major in Geography and Political Science combines human-environment interrelationships and the study of the state. Students learn how the physical world influences the development of governments.

Geography and Environmental Planning Requirements (34-38 units)

Foundation Requirements (16 units)
Course Number	Course Name	Units
GEOG 101	Physical Geography	3
GEOG 109/110 or GEOG 102/112 or GEOG 105	Human Geography or World Regional or Geography of International Affairs	3
GEOG 221	Interpretation of Maps	3
GEOG 232	Introduction to GIS	4
GEOG 401	Growth of Geographic Though	3

Regional Requirements (3 units)

Majors must complete one upper level (300 or above) regional course from Geography and Environmental Planning.

Electives (6 units)

Majors must complete two upper level (300 or above) Geography courses

Geography Courses taken for Political Science Credits (6 units)

Majors must complete two Geography courses to fulfill the Political Science requirements. Please see your Geography advisor and/or the checklist for a list of approved courses.

Statistics Requirement (3-4 units)*
Course Number	Course Name	Units
GEOG 375 or ECON 205 or SOCI 212 or MATH 231	Quantitative Methods in Geography or Statistics for Economics or Social Statistics or Basic Statistics	3-4

Political Science Requirements (30 units):

Foundation Requirements
Course Number	Course Name	Units
POSC 301	Political Research	3
POSC 375 or POSC 381 or POSC 383 or POSC 384	Public Administration or The Presidency or Congress or The Judicial System	3
POSC 337 or POSC 339 or POSC 340	Comparative Government of Foreign Powers or Comparative Political Systems or Comparative Public Policy	3
POSC 303 or POSC 434 or POSC 447	Theory of International Relations or Comparative Foreign Policy or US Foreign Policy or International Law & Organization	3
POSC 418 or POSC 419 or POSC 420 or POSC 422	Constitutional Law and Policy or Civil Rights and Civil Liberties or Constitutional Protection or The Supreme Court	3
POSC 427 or POSC 428 or POSC 430	Political Theory I or Political Theory II or American Political Thought	3
POSC 304 or POSC 305 or POSC375	Politics of Metropolitan Growth and Change or Urban Politics or Public Administration	3

Electives (15 units)

Majors must complete three lower-level (100 and 200) course for 9 units AND two upper-level courses (300 or above) for 6 units with Political Science.

*If a non-geography statistics course is taken, an additional geography elective must be fulfilled

Combined Major in Geography and Political Science checklist (PDF)

Department of Geography and Environmental Planning
Liberal Arts Building, Room 2210F (map)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Phone: 410-704-2973
Fax: 410-704-4702