Geography Major (30-32 hours)

This major examines the distribution patterns of physical environment and human activities of the world at local, regional and global scales. Students will gain basic and comprehensive understanding of the spatial variability of the physical environment, human economic resource use and regional strength of different parts of the globe.

Required Core Courses (24 hours)

GEOG 1050 - Physical Geography Credits: 4 hours
GEOG 2050 - Human Geography Credits: 3 hours
GEOG 2440 - Economic Geography Credits: 3 hours
GEOG 2650 - Introduction to Geospatial Technologies Credits: 3 hours
GEOG 3010 - Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems Credits: 4 hours
GEOG 3030 - Geographic Inquiry Credits: 4 hours
(Satisfies Baccalaureate-Level Writing requirement.)

And

One of the following regional geography classes:

GEOG 3800 - United States and Canada Credits: 3 hours
GEOG 3810 - South America Credits: 3 hours
GEOG 3820 - Mexico and the Caribbean Credits: 3 hours
GEOG 3830 - Geography of Europe Credits: 3 hours
GEOG 3860 - Geography of Africa Credits: 3 hours
GEOG 3890 - Monsoon Asia Credits: 3 hours
GEOG 3900 - China, Japan, and Korea: Lands and Cultures Credits: 3 hours

Electives (6 - 8 hours)

The remaining 6 to 8 hours may be selected from appropriate geography courses as approved by the Department of Geography undergraduate advisor.