May 09, 2025

2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Geography Concentration

General Education Core

	Credit Hours
see Common Core	41
University-Wide Freshman Seminar Requirement	1

Major Requirements that Satisfy General Education

CHEM 1010 - Introductory Chemistry I 3 / CHEM 1011 1 (lab) or higher *acceptable to core*
GEOG 1035 - World Regional Geography I 3
GEOL 1040 - Physical Geology 3 / GEOL 1041 1 (lab)
MATH 1530 - Elements of Statistics 3 or higher *acceptable to core*

Major Core Requirements

Lower Division Courses

Total Hours 7

Upper Division Courses

GEOG 3150 - Geographic Information Systems I 3 / GEOG 3151 1 (lab)
GEOL 3060 - Statistics in the Geosciences 3 / GEOL 3061 1 (lab)

Total Hours 8

Concentration Requirements

Lower Division Courses

GEOG 1045 - World Regional Geography 2 3

Total Hours 3

Upper Division Courses

GEOG 4040 - Sustainable Development 3

Total Hours 3

Concentration Guided Electives

Group I - Geography Electives

Complete at least thirty-two (32) credit hours from Group I

Complete at lease six (6) credit hours of Regional courses from the following
GEOG 3110 - Geography of the United States and Canada 3
GEOG 3120 - Geography of Asia 3
GEOG 3130 - Geography of the Middle East 3
GEOG 3750 - Geography of the African World 3
Complete at least six (6) credit hours of Technique/Method courses from the following
GEOG 3250 - Geographic Information Systems II 2 / GEOG 3251 1 (lab)
GEOG 3920 - Field Mapping and Global Positioning System 3
GEOG 4250 - Applied Geographic Information Systems 3
GEOG 4260 - Remote Sensing 3 / GEOG 4261 1 (lab)
Complete at least twelve (12) credit hours of Physical Environmental Geography courses from the following
GEOG 3450 - Oceanography 3 / GEOG 3451 1 (lab)
GEOG 3930 - Natural Hazards in Environment 3
GEOG 3940 - Technological Hazards in the Environment 3
GEOG 4000 - Environmental Management 3
GEOG 4010 - Environmental Assessment 3
GEOG 4170 - Meteorology 3 / GEOG 4171 1 (lab)
GEOG 4180 - Climatology 3 / GEOG 4181 1 (lab)
GEOG 4650 - Field Study Biogeography and Biodiversity 4

Total Hours 32-33

Group II-Supporting Disciplines

Complete twelve (12) credit hours from any classes in the four areas below

Area 1: Natural Sciences
AGRI 2210 - Soils 3 / AGRI 2211 1 (lab)
AGRI 4220 - Soil and Water Conservation 2 / AGRI 4221 1 (lab)
AGRI 4230 - Land Use 3
AGRI 4420 - Forestry 2 / AGRI 4421 1 (lab)
BIOL 1110 - General Biology I 3 / BIOL 1111 1 (lab)
GEOL 3030 - Environmental Geology 3 / GEOL 3031 1 (lab)
GEOL 4050 - Process Geomorphology 3 / GEOL 4051 1 (lab)
Up to twelve (12) hours of physics and/or astronomy chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor
Area 2: Social Sciences
HIST 4070 - Modern Latin America 3
PHIL 2200 - Religion and the World 3
POLS 2070 - International Politics 3
POLS 3120 - European Politics 3
POLS 3140 - Latin American Politics 3
POLS 3190 - Russian Politics and Government 3
POLS 3200 - Politics and Government in China 3
POLS 3300 - International Political Economy 3
SOC 3750 - Population Dynamics 3
Area 3: Computer Science
CSCI 1017 - Introduction to Python Programming 3
CSCI 3300 - Introduction to Web Development 3
CSCI 4000 - Advanced Web Development 3
CSCI 4400 - Principles of Database Management 3
Area 4: Foreign Language
Select any 2000 level or above foreign language courses 12

Total Hours 12

Free Electives

select any courses

Total Hours 14-15

Total Program Hours 120