Majoring in Geography
Requirements for the B.S. in Geography
The B.S. in Geography degree requires 31 credits in 2000-level or higher geography courses and 12 credits of related course work taken in other departments. Geography B.S. majors complete a basic core of courses before beginning advanced work.
- Suggested Courses Prior to the B.S. major:
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- Geography B.S. Major Requirements:
B.S. majors complete a basic core of six courses:
B.S. majors must take 9 additional credits, including at least one "methods" course and one “W” course in geography in consultation with their departmental advisor.
- Methods courses: GEOG 2510 - Visualizing Geographic Data or GEOG 3110 - Locational Analysis or GEOG 3300 - Principles and Applications of Physical Geography or GEOG 3505 - Remote Sensing of Marine Geography or GEOG 4520 - Selected Topics in GIS
- The writing in the major requirement for Geography can be met by passing any of the following geography courses: GEOG 3320W, GEOG 3330W, GEOG 4110W, or GEOG 4200W
- The information literacy requirement in Geography can be met by passing any of the following geography courses GEOG 3320W, GEOG 3330W, GEOG 4110W, or GEOG 4200W
- The computer technology exit requirement in Geography can be met by passing one of the following courses: GEOG 2510, GEOG 3110, GEOG 3300, GEOG 3500Q, GEOG 3510, or GEOG 4500
An internship program provides seniors an opportunity to apply their geographic training in state and local government and in private industry and may be included as part of any qualified undergraduate's major program.
Recommended Program for Upper Division
- Semester 5 (Fall):
- GEOG 2100 or GEOG 2300
- GEOG 3510C
- one 2000-level related course
- two electives one of which should be 2000-level (these may also be used for remaining GER courses)
- Semester 6 (Spring):
- Semester 7 (Fall):
- GEOG 4500
- two Geography courses (at least one should be a W course)
- one 2000-level related course
- one elective (should be 2000-level)
- Semester 8 (Spring):
- GEOG 4510
- two Geography courses (at least one should be a W course)
- one 2000-level related course
- one elective (should be 2000-level)
Depending on their interests, students may also wish to consider electing an internship as part of their program for one of these semesters.
Recommended related courses (FOUR needed):
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- CE 2410 – Geomatics and Spatial Measurement
- ECON 2301 – Mathematical Economics
- ECON 2326 – Operations Research
- MATH 2360 – Geometry
- MATH 3710 – Introduction to Mathematical Modeling
- MATH 4735 – Introduction to Operations Research
- NRME 2000 – Introduction to Geomatics
- NRME 3252 – Geographic Information Science for Natural Resources Management
- NRME 3535 – Introductory Remote Sensing
- NRME 4535 – Remote Sensing Image Processing
- NRME 4545 – Introduction to Geodesy
- NRME 4575 – Natural Resource Applications of Geographic Information Systems
- STAT 2215 – Introduction to Statistics II
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