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Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts: Geography

Bachelor of Arts: Geography

						
Required Courses                                  Hours											


ENV-SCI 110R Understanding the Earth
 ENV-SCI 110L   w/Lab 5
GEOG 200 World Geography I 3
  -or-
GEOG 202 World Geography II 3
GEOG 203 Intro to GIS 4
GEOG 317 Cartography 4
GEOG 398 Field Trip 1
GEOG 499WI Senior Seminar 3

Any Four Courses (Human and Regional Geography):
GEOG 210 Human Geography 3
GEOG 309 Urban Geography 3
GEOG 311 Economic Geography 3
GEOG 329 World Political Geography 3
GEOG 332 Cultural Geography 3
GEOG 333 Introduction to Urban Planning 3
GEOG 340 Regional Geography of the US
  and Canada 3
GEOG 341 Regional Geography of
  South America 3
GEOG 342 Regional Geography of Mexico,
  Central America & the Caribbean 3
GEOG 350 Regional Geography of Europe           3
GEOG 403WI History and Philosophy Geography 3
GEOG 437 Population Geography 3
GEOG 460 Transportation Geography 3
Other Regional Courses: One or two 300-level courses 3-6

Any Three Courses (Physical Geography):
GEOG 215 Intro to Weather and Climate 4
GEOG 314 Principles of Geomorphology 4
GEOG 319 Descriptive and Synoptic
  Meteorology 4
GEOG 335 Introduction to Waste Management 3
GEOG 336 Principles of Soil Science 3
GEOG 360 Principles of Biogeography 3
GEOG 401 Advanced GIS w/Lab 4
  GEOG 402    Environmental Remote Sensing
  & Digital Image Analysis(NS) 4
GEOG 404 Biogeography and Landscape Ecology 3
GEOG 406 Global Environmental Change 3
GEOG 426 Paleoecology: Microfossils and Climate Change 3
GEOG 430 Energy Resources 3
GEOG 435 Geoarchaeology 3
GEOG 442 Quaternary Environments 3
GEOG 444 Spatial Data Analysis 3
GEOG 448 Satellite Climatology 4
  GEOG 450    GIS Fundamentals for Research w/Lab    4
Supporting Requisites (3 Hours):
A fourth semester of a foreign language 3

Bachelor of Science: Geography*

Required Courses:
								
ENV-SCI 110R Understanding the Earth
 ENV-SCI 110L   w/Lab 5
GEOG 200 World Geography I 3
  -or-
GEOG 202 World Geography II 3
GEOG 203 Intro to GIS 4
GEOG 317 Cartography 4
GEOG 398 Field Trip 1
GEOG 499WI Senior Seminar 3

Any Three Courses (Human and Regional Geography):
GEOG 210 Human Geography 3
GEOG 309 Urban Geography 3
GEOG 311 Economic Geography 3
GEOG 329 World Political Geography 3
GEOG 332 Cultural Geography 3
GEOG 333 Introduction to Urban Planning 3
GEOG 341 Regional Geography of
  South America 3
GEOG 350 Regional Geography of Europe           3
GEOG 403WI History and Philosophy Geography 3
GEOG 437 Population Geography 3
GEOG 460 Transportation Geography 3
Other Regional Courses: One or two 300-level courses 3-6

Any Four Courses (Physical Geography):
GEOG 215 Intro to Weather and Climate 4
GEOG 314 Principles of Geomorphology 4
GEOG 319 Descriptive and Synoptic
  Meteorology 4
GEOG 335 Introduction to Waste Management 3
GEOG 336 Principles of Soil Science 3
GEOG 360 Principles of Biogeography 3
  GEOG 401    Advanced GIS w/Lab                     4
GEOG 402 Environmental Remote Sensing
  & Digital Image Analysis(NS) 4
GEOG 404 Biogeography and Landscape
  Ecology 3
GEOG 406 Global Environmental Change 3
GEOG 426 Paleoecology: Microfossils and Climate Change 3
GEOG 430 Energy Resources 3
GEOG 435 Geoarchaeology 3
GEOG 442 Quaternary Environments 3
GEOG 444 Spatial Data Analysis 3
GEOG 448 Satellite Climatology 4
GEOG 450    GIS Fundamentals for Research w/Lab      4
Supporting Requisites (3hrs.):** MATH 235 Statistics 3


*For a B.S. degree, a minimum of 60 hours of physical sciences and mathematics is required. A minimum of 26 hours of courses in the major at the 300-level or above is required for all programs in the Department of Geosciences leading to the B.A. or B.S. degree.
**B.S. students in the Department of Geosciences are not required to take foreign languages.

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