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General Geography Major

Are you interested in an exciting education that integrates the study of human activity and the natural environment? Do you want to change the world? If so, Geography may be for you!Ìý

There are many opportunities for field trips and other forms of hands-on learning including internships and participating in faculty research. Our curriculum spans perspectives from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities while providing rigorous training in important skills.

In addition to a standard degree in Geography, the department offers transcripted concentrations in Environment, Society, and Sustainability Geography, Geographic Information and Data Sciences, Human Geography, and Environmental and Earth Sciences.

The Department of Geography offers courses in:

• Environment, Society, and Sustainability Geography including topics like political ecology, conservation practices, climate change action, resource management, and natural hazards.
• Environmental and Earth Sciences which explores topics of climatology, geomorphology, biogeography, arctic and alpine systems, hydrology, ecology, and global change.
• Geographic Information and Data Sciences which includes topics such as Geographic Information Science (GIS), cartography, remote sensing, drones, and computer programming.
• Human Geography which includes topics like population, economics, public health, politics and culture, urban housing and development, GEO-justice, and regional geography.

The Department also offers regionally focused courses on mountain geography and geographies of China, Latin America, Africa, and South Asia.Ìý To complement its curriculum, the Department also offers internship opportunities and encourages study abroad for geography majors.

Students must complete at least 37 and no more than 45 credit hours in Geography with grades of C- or better (23 hours must be upper division). No pass/fail grades are allowed in the major. Transfer students majoring in Geography must complete at least 12 hours of upper-division Geography courses at CU-Boulder. No course may be used to fulfill more than one requirement for the major.

Required Courses and Semester Credit Hours (all concentrations)

¹Does not count as a methods course for students pursuing the GIS concentration.