Geography and Environmental Sustainability
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About the Program
There are two pre-majors in this discipline: Environmental Science and Geography. This program is designed to help prepare students to transfer to a university and major in geography or environmental science.
What will I learn?Our courses provide introductions to geographical and environmental concepts related to:
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What can I do with this course of study?These areas of study will prepare you for careers in government, non-profits, and private organizations with job titles such as:
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What is special about this program?
Our GEOG courses cross over between the Social Sciences core (GEOG 1302 and GEOG 1303) and the Natural and Physical Science core (GEOG 1301).
• The GEOG courses will track you directly into a Geography and Environmental Sustainability BA degree at UTSA.
• The ENVR courses, while not in the NVC core, will track directly into an Environmental Science BS degree at UTSA.
Please see the Transfer Advising Guides for additional courses required for these pre-majors leading to degrees at UTSA.
The skills you will learn in our courses include:
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Environmental research
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Working in diverse groups
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Oral and written communication
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Project-based work
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Critical thinking
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Information literacy
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Adventure Science opportunities for environmental fieldwork and study abroad immersion field work (contingent upon course offerings).
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Transfer Advising Guides |
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Available Courses:
GEOG 1301 Physical Geography GEOG 1303 World Regional Geography ENVR 1301 Environmental Science I |
GEOG 1302 Human Geography GEOG 2389 Academic Cooperative ENVR 1302 Environmental Science II |
Useful Links
https://www.thoughtco.com/geography-jobs-and-careers-1434398
https://www.nccu.edu/cas/environmental-earth-and-geospatial-sciences
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/geographers.htm
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes192042.htm
https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?k=geography
https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.jsp
http://mylarevista.org/nvc-faculty-and-students-present-at-annual-geography-meeting/
Faculty and Staff
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Contact Us |
Scott Walker, ScEdD Location: Phone: |
Chuck Yeager, PhD Location: Phone: |