After GEOG 2506
Gateway: GEOG 2506
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Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate GEOG coursework.
Generated from Virginia Tech’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate GEOG work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.
Showing the 61 GEOG and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 80 more GEOG courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on GEOG, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Degree Core Requirementschoose 1
GEOG Field Experience; XXXX 3954; Subtotal
Major Requirementsall required
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Restricted Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 18 credits from the following (12 credit hours must be at the 3000/4000 level):; Subtotal
Cognate Electivechoose 1
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Pathways to General Education2 required · verify with the official sheet
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Select three credits in Pathway 1a; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select six credits in Pathway 2; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Select six credits in Pathway 3; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Select six credits of lecture in Pathway 4; Select two credits of lab in Pathway 4; Pathways Conc
Study Abroad1 required
Programmingall required
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in GEOG. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at GEOG 3516
3 courses deep, ending at GEOG 4254
3 courses deep, ending at GEOG 4504
3 courses deep, ending at GEOG 5154
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Major Requirementschoose 1
Meteorology; Mapping and GIS; Math and Statistics; Human Systems; Field Experience; Subtotal
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Pathways to General Education2 required · verify with the official sheet
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Select three credits in Pathway 1a; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select six credits in Pathway 2; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; The meteorology major covers this area with completion of GEOG 1004 and 1014 .; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computationa
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Restricted Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Ecology; Select nine credit hours of the following:; Subtotal; Plant and Soil Sciences; Select six credit hours of the following:; Subtotal; Human Dimensions; Select three credit hours of the following:; Subtotal
Restricted Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 12 credit hours of the following:; Up to 3 credit hours can be selected from the following courses:; Subtotal
Pathways to General Education2 required · verify with the official sheet
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Select three credits in Pathway 1a; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select six credits in Pathway 2; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Select three credits in Pathway 3; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking; Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and
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Restricted Electives (15 to 16 credits - see accompanying lists)choose 1
Global Environmental Issues Restricted Elective; Law Restricted Elective
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Select one of the following3 required · verify with the official sheet
Urban Environments Restricted Elective
Select one of the following3 required · verify with the official sheet
Water Restricted Elective
Select one of the following1 required · verify with the official sheet
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Free Electives8 required
Pathways to General Education2 required · verify with the official sheet
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse (9 credits required); Select three credits in Pathway 1a (3 credits); Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities (6 credits required); Select three credits in Pathway 2 (3 credits); Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences (6 credits required); Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (6 credits required); Pathways Concept
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Technical Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 15 credit hours of the following. (Courses not listed require Program Director approval.); Up to 3 credit hours can be selected from the following courses:; Subtotal
Pathways to General Education2 required · verify with the official sheet
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select six credits in Pathway 2; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking; Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts; Select three credits in Pathway 6d; S
Track Areas with Remaining Required Courses9 required
Outdoor Recreation Management and Tourism Track1 required
Outdoor Recreation Management and Tourism Restricted Electives
Environmental Education and Outreach Track1 required
Environmental Education and Outreach Restricted Electives
Free Electives (Select Free Electives to total 120 credits)14 required · verify with the official sheet
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Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Completion of FREC 3524 fulfills Pathway 1a; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select an additional three credits in Pathway 2; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking; Select an additional three credits in Pathw
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Elective Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select (9) nine credit hours; Policy; Planning; Environment & Conservation; Subtotal
Bridge Experience1 required
Pathways to General Education2 required · verify with the official sheet
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Select three credits in Pathway 1a; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select three additional credits in Pathway 2; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking; Select three additional credits in Pathway 5f; Select t
Pathways to General Education2 required · verify with the official sheet
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Select six hours in Pathway 1f; Select three hours in Pathway 1a; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Select six hours in Pathway 4; Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking; Select three hours in Pathway 5f; Select
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