Geography (B.A.)

Program Requirements

General Education 23 Requirements
33 credit hours
Required Courses (18 cr)
GEG 101WORLD NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS3
GEG 102HUMAN GEOGRAPHY3
GEG 325MAPS AND MAPMAKING USING GIS3
GEG 390QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN GEOSCIENCES3
or MAT 311 INTRODUCTORY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
GEG 396RESEARCH METHODS3
Select one course from the following:
WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
ARCTIC GEOGRAPHY FROM AN INUIT PERSPECTIVE
GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA
GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Electives (21 cr)
Seven additional courses in Geography. Students may, in consultation with their advisor, use these electives to develop a specialty concentration.
METEOROLOGY
WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
URBAN GEOGRAPHY
URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
ARCTIC GEOGRAPHY FROM AN INUIT PERSPECTIVE
GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA
GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
SOIL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
EXTREME WEATHER
PAST CLIMATES AND ENVIRONMENTS
WEATHER AND SOCIETY
GEOGRAPHIES OF DEVELOPMENT
REMOTE SENSING
WATERSHED ANALYSIS
BIOGEOGRAPHY
FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING APPLICATIONS IN GIS
ADVANCED TOPICS IN GIS
GLOBAL CHANGE
INTERACTIVE AND WEB-BASED MAPPING
PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUITIES
All College Electives48
Total Credit Hours120

Students will:

  1. demonstrate the ability to answer questions by synthesizing geographic knowledge (i.e., Six Elements of Geography: A spatial world view; place and regions; physical systems; human systems; environment and society; and the uses of geography).
  2. be able to acquire geographic information and assemble ideas and information from geographic literature and scholarship, and from primary and secondary sources.
  3. be able to organize geographic information into maps, graphs, and other visual representations and analyze geographic information to seek patterns, relationships, and connections.
  4. be able to prepare and deliver clear and convincing written presentations.
  5. be able to prepare and deliver clear and convincing oral presentations.