GEOG at Western Kentucky University

Gateway courses

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.

• GEOG 420Geomorphology 3 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)opens 2 courses (2 directly)
• GEOG 310Global Hydrologyopens 2 courses (0.8 directly)
• GEOL 310Global Hydrologyopens 2 courses (0.8 directly)
• GEOG 391Geoscience Data Analysisopens 1 course (1 directly)
• GISC 317Geographic Information Systems IIopens 1 course (1 directly)
• GEOL 420Geomorphology 3 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)opens 1 course (0.3 directly)

The map

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 33 GEOG and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 24 more GEOG courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

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.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in GEOG. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at GEOG 455

  1. METR 121Meteorology 3 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  2. METR 322Global Climate Systems
  3. GEOG 455Global Climate Change

• 3 courses deep, ending at GEOG 459

  1. GEOG 103Our Dynamic Planet
  2. GEOG 310Global Hydrology
  3. GEOG 459Advanced Hydrology

• 3 courses deep, ending at GEOG 492

  1. GISC 316Geographic Information Systems I
  2. GEOG 391Geoscience Data Analysis
  3. GEOG 492Advanced Geospatial Analytics

• 2 courses deep, ending at GEOG 300

  1. ENG 100Introduction to College Writing
  2. GEOG 300Writing in the Geosciences

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for GEOG yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under GEOG yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

GEOG does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the WKU campus feed.