Our course guides outline both current and old BSE curriculum classes. We post a new course guide one week before registration opens, but you can always view the University Catalogs for a complete list of course offerings. Check back during 1st week of registration for additional approved electives & updated times for the most updated course guide.

• The Fall 2020 Course guide is Here
• Check out the Spring 2020 Course Guide
• The Fall 2019 Course Guide is here!
• The Spring 2019 Course Guide
• The Fall 2018 Course Guide
• The Summer 2018 Course Guide
• Geography Courses of interest to BSE majors 

Major Credit

APAS updates, Course Petitions & Transfer equivalency information

If you are interested in requesting major or minor credit for a course taken at the University of Minnesota or at another academic institution, please see our GES course petition process page. Transfer students should learn about how credits transfer to CLA and should investigate Transferology—a free system that helps students coordinate their transfer credits with their degree program.

• Request a BSE APAS update
• Petition a course substitution

Permission Numbers

BSE 2001: Request a permission number for BSE 2001 

Need a permission number? Contact the instructor of a class or the departmental advisor for a course as follows:

• BSE: Undergraduate Advising - geogadv@umn.edu
• GEOG: Sara Braun - braun217@umn.edu
• GIS: Susanna McMaster - mcmas002@umn.edu
• URBS: Paula Pentel - pent0006@umn.edu
• All others, contact staff and/or instructor as follows

For questions about courses offered by other departments (e.g., BIOL, MATH, GLOS, etc.) contact the staff and/or instructor of those departments directly.