Undergraduate Programs
The Core Requirements
This aspect of the Geography Major ensures that all students have a breadth of understanding of the natural environment, the human world, and of the methods and techniques used by geographers to gather information, visualize, and analyze complex real world relationships. To this end, all students are required to take two courses in each of the three core areas: Physical Geography, Human Geography, and Techniques.
Note: Courses in brackets have been offered rarely (less than once every two years).
Physical Geography
Complete any two of the following courses (asterisks indicate courses which do not meet the Area C requirements in Liberal Arts). GRG 301C is especially recommended as a foundation for further courses.
- GRG 301C The Natural Environment
- GRG 301K Weather and Climate
- GRG 309* Topics in Geography: (when topic is appropriate)
- GRG 356T* Topics (When topic is appropriate)
- GRG 333C Severe and Unusual Weather
- GRG 334C* Environmental Hazards
- GRG 334K Soils
- GRG 335C Quaternary Landscapes
- GRG 335K Mountain Geoecology
- GRG 338C Rivers and Landscapes: Fluvial Geomorphology
- GRG 339 Process Geomorphology
- GRG 366K Biogeography
- GRG 367K* Ecology of World Vegetation
- GRG 476T Natural Resource Management
Human Geography
Complete any two of the following courses. GRG 305 is especially recommended as a foundation for further courses.
- [GRG 303K Introduction to Cultural and Historical Geography]
- GRG 305 This Human World: An Introduction to Geography
- GRG 306C Conservation
- GRG 309 (When topic is appropriate)
- GRG 315 The City: An Introduction to Urban Geography
- GRG 319 Geography of Latin America
- GRG 320K Land and Life: The American Southwest
- [GRG323K Geography of South America]
- GRG 324 Cultural Geography of North America
- GRG 325 Geography of Texas
- GRG 326 Regions and Cultures of Europe
- [GRG 326K Feast or Famine?]
- [GRG 327 Geography of Former Soviet Union]
- GRG 328 Geography of the Middle East
- [GRG 328C Pathways Toward Extinction]
- [GRG 331 Geography of Asia]
- GRG 331K Cultural Ecology
- GRG 334 Conservation, Resources, and Technology
- GRG 336 Contemporary Cultural Geography
- GRG 336C National Parks and Protected Areas
- GRG 337 The Modern American City
- GRG 339K Environment, Development, and Food Production
- GRG 341K Geography of Mexico and Caribbean America
- [GRG 342C Rural Development in the Third World]
- GRG 346 The Human Use of the Earth
- [GRG 347K Spanish Background of Hispanic America]
- GRG 350L Oxford Summer Study I: British Landscapes
- GRG 351 Oxford Summer Study II: Nature and Society
- GRG 356 Topics in Environmental Geography (where appropriate)
- GRG 356T Topics in Geography (where appropriate)
- GRG 357 Medical Geography
- GRG 358 Cities in Developing Countries
- GRG 358E Geography and Religion
- [GRG 372K Proseminar in Environmental Geography]
Methods and Techniques
Complete any two of the following courses:
- GRG 308Computer Cartography
- GRG 308C Introduction to Computing in Geography
- GRG 309 Topics in Geography (where appropriate)
- GRG 312 Maps and Map Interpretation
- GRG 356 Topics (where appropriate)
- GRG 356T Topics (where appropriate)
- GRG 460C The Geographer's Craft
- GRG 360G Environmental Geographic Information Systems
- GRG 360L Spatial Analysis
- [GRG 360N Computer Applications in Geography]
- GRG 362K Remote Sensing of the Environment
- GRG 356 Advanced Remote Sensing
- GRG 470C Advanced GIS
- GRG 373F Field Techniques