Elective Courses
The four electives must be drawn from at least two of the three following lists (also see note on Negotiable Electives.)
Physical World
- BIOL 111 – Marine Ecology
- CHEM 290 – Environmental Chemistry Field Experience: Mile High Chemistry
- CHEM 311 – Environmental Chemistry Field Experience: Environmental Modeling
- CHEM 312 – Advanced Environmental Chemistry
- EVST 205 – Great Environmental Disasters
- EVST 220 – Physical Geography
- EVST 230 – Biodiversity
- EVST 250 – Environmental Design Studio I
- EVST 350 – Environmental Design Studio II
- EVST 283 – Mapping Animals
- EVST 290 – Environmental Geology
- EVST 305 – Ecology for Environmental Scientists
- EVST 351 – Panamapping: Geodesign to Conserve the Rainforest
- EVST 451 – Panamapping: Geodesign to Conserve the Rainforest
- EVST 391 – Environmental Hydrology
- EVST 392 – Oceanography
- EVST 430 – Advanced Geology Seminar
- PHYS 360 – Topics in Physics and Astronomy*
Culture and Communities
- BUS 333 – Labor in the Global Economy
- ENGL 334 – Representing the Holocaust
- EVST 277 – Environmental Justice
- HIST 227 – Mapping African American History
- HIST 251 – Mapping African History
- HIST 275– Mapping Metal: A Historical Geography
- HIST 376 – California Indian Seminar
- MUS 347 – History of Opera
- POLI 202 – Statistical Analysis and Mapping of Social Science Data
- POLI 227 – Political Geography
- REL 125 – Introduction to World Religions*
- REL 206 – The 'Other' Jesus
- REL 252 – African American Religion and Spirituality
- REL 308 – Christian Scriptures
- REST 330 – Race in the City
- SOAN 305 – Mapping People Mapping Place
Methods and Representations
- ART 132 – 2D Design
- ART 145 – Introduction to Sculpture
- ART 252 – Introduction to Graphic Design
- BUS 351 – GIS and Spatial Analysis for Organizations
- GIS 411 – Fundamentals of Geographic Information, Research, and Applications
- GIS 467 – Introduction to Programming for GIS
- MATH 111 – Elementary Statistics with Applications
- MATH 221 – Calculus III
- MATH 222 – Calculus IV, Vector Calculus
- MATH 231 – Introduction to Modeling*
- MATH 241 – Linear Algebra*
- MATH 251 – College Geometry
- PHYS 107 - Physics of Music
- PHYS 232 – General Physics II
- PHYS 332 – Electricity and Magnetism
- PHYS 360 – Geophysical Waves & Instability
- SPA 230 – Field Methods in GIS
- SPA 240 – Applied GIS
- SPA 260 – Topics in Spatial Thinking
- SPA 260 – Topics in Spatial Thinking and GIS
- SPA 360 – Advanced Topics in Spatial Thinking and GIS
- SPA 425 – Remote Sensing Image Analysis
*Eligible if instructor includes spatial content
Negotiable Electives
Appropriate additional courses from a variety of departments may be counted toward the SPA minor. To be eligible, a course must include significant attention to spatial studies in an explicit, rather than implicit, fashion. Students should discuss the potential of a course counting toward the minor with the instructor as early as possible (ideally, before the course has begun) and negotiate special assignments or projects in consultation with the instructor and the Spatial Studies Advisory Committee. Negotiable courses must be approved by the Advisory Committee for credit toward the minor.
Student Portfolios
Although not required, a Senior Story Map Spatial Portfolio is highly recommended to showcase student work and to use as a resume piece. See your SPA minor advisor for details.
