UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

This ADT/STAR Act Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):

All lower division GE completed. All lower division GE completed. Lower division major requirements in Physical Geography (GEOG 101A), and Human Geography (GEOG 107) or World Geography (GEOG 150) completed as part of the AA-T in Geography as listed below. Admission to the Honors program requires approval by the Honors Advisor or Department Chair.

Refer to the Catalog Archives for General Education requirements.

Transfer Year 1: First Semester

Course Units
GEOG 101AL (if not completed prior to transfer) 1
GEOG 206/L (if not completed prior to transfer) 2/1
GEOG 300 3
GEOG 311 or GEOG 316 or GEOG 365 or GEOG 366 (meets GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning, and double counts as Geography Core Course)* 3
GEOG 404A-Z 3
Elective 2
Total 15

Transfer Year 1: Second Semester

Course Units
GEOG 301 or GEOG 351 or GEOG 370 (meets Upper Division D1 Social Sciences, and double counts as Geography Core Course)** 3
GEOG 305/L or GEOG 409/L 2/1
GEOG 306/L 2/1
Upper Division GEOG Elective 3
Elective 3
Total 15

Transfer Year 2: First Semester

Course Units
GEOG 406/L 2/1
GEOG 407/L 2/1
GEOG 408D/L 2/1
Geospatial Applications Course 3
Upper Division GE Section C or Section F 3
Total 15

Transfer Year 2: Second Semester

Course Units
GEOG 408E/L 2/1
GEOG 460/L 2/1
GEOG 499C*** 3
Geospatial Applications Course 3
Upper Division GEOG Elective 3
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 60

One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.

Students need to maintain a GPA of 3.25 in the upper division Geographic Information Science major.

Geography Core Courses

GEOG 301**, GEOG 311*, GEOG 316*, GEOG 340, GEOG 351**, GEOG 364/L, GEOG 365* and GEOG 365L, GEOG 366*, GEOG 370**, GEOG 375

Geospatial Applications Courses

GEOG 408A/L, GEOG 408B/L, GEOG 408C/L, GEOG 408F/L, GEOG 408G/L, GEOG 408H/L, GEOG 408I/L, GEOG 494***, GEOG 497A-F***, GEOG 550F

*If taken, GEOG 311, GEOG 316, GEOG 365, or GEOG 366 satisfies GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning and a Geography Core Course. Students may choose to take a different Geography Core Course but may need an additional Upper Division GE course to satisfy the minimum requirement of 9 units of Upper Division GE for the degree.

**If taken, GEOG 301, GEOG 351, or GEOG 370 satisfies Upper Division D1 Social Sciences and a Geography Core Course. Students may choose to take a different Geography Core Course but may need an additional Upper Division GE course to satisfy the minimum requirement of 9 units of Upper Division GE for the degree.

***Must be GIS/Cartography/Remote Sensing topic.