Geography Education Minor (24 Credits)
Teacher Certification programs
In addition to the requirements below, students are also required to
take EFN 200 (1 credit), and GEO 200 (3 credits) to fulfill statutory licensing
requirements (credits do not count toward the Geography Education minor); in
addition, Early Adolescence - Adolescence candidates must also complete GEO 408
(4 credits) unless a major in Social Studies (Broad Field) Education, History
Education, Political Science Education, or Sociology Education is completed.
General Requirements: All courses required
| Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
| ESC 101 |
Earth Environments |
4 |
| GEO 110 |
World Cultural Regions |
3 |
| GEO 201 |
Geography of United States and Canada |
3 |
| GEO 204 |
Geography of Wisconsin |
3 |
| GEO 306 |
Economic Geography |
3 |
| GEO 309 |
Urban Geography |
3 |
Electives: 5 Credits Required
| GEO 102 |
Maps and Society |
3 |
| GEO 202 |
Contemporary Global Issues |
3 |
| GEO 250 |
Fundamentals of Cartography |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 270 |
Geographic Themes |
1 - 3 |
| GEO 300 |
Population Geography |
3 |
| GEO 304 |
Geography of Europe |
3 |
| GEO 307 |
Political Geography |
3 |
| GEO 312 |
Geography of Africa |
3 |
| GEO 318 |
Geography of Latin America and the
Caribbean |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 323 |
Geomorphology |
3 |
| GEO 328 |
Geography of East and Southeast Asia |
3 |
| GEO 331 |
Geography of the Middle East, Central
and South Asia |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 343 |
Geoarchaeology |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 345 |
Remote Sensing of the Environment |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 385 |
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 390 |
Field Methods |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 401 |
Focus on Geography: A Capstone Course |
1 |
| GEO / ESC 422 |
Meteorology and Weather Forecasting |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 425 |
Biogeography |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 426 |
Soil Morphology and Genesis |
4 |
| GEO / ESC 427 |
Water Resources |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 430 |
Fluvial Geomorphology |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 440 |
Geographic Interpretation of Aerial
Photographs |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 445 |
Advanced Remote Sensing |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 450 |
Geography Internship |
3 - 12 |
| GEO / ESC 455 |
Applied Map Design and Production in
Cartography and GIS |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 460 |
Environmental Hazards and Land Use
Planning |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 470 |
Special Topics in Geography / Earth
Science |
1 - 3 |
| GEO / ESC 476 |
Geography / Earth Science Topics for
Teachers |
1 - 3 |
| GEO / ESC 485 |
Advanced Geographic Information Systems |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 488 |
Spatial Data Analysis |
3 |
| GEO / ESC 490 |
Independent Study |
2 - 3 |
| GEO / ESC 495 |
Seminar in Geography / Earth Science |
1 - 3 |
| GEO / ESC 499 |
Undergraduate Research |
1 - 3 |
