Undergraduate Catalog 2016-2017 
    
    Dec 21, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Geography, B.S.


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Learning Outcomes

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the geographic dimensions of social and/or physical patterns, relations, processes, and environments
  • Demonstrate competence in acquiring, evaluating, and analyzing geographic data
  • Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of a specific geographical question
  • Demonstrate an ability to analyze data geographically
  • Demonstrate an ability to construct and present an argument based on evidence

Requirement


Core: 60 Hours


Core Areas A-E: 42 Hours


 

  • Area A must have  or higher
  • Area D must have Option II

Area F: 18 Hours


Major: 60 Hours


Must have at least 39 hours of 3000/4000 level courses.

Must take  during senior year.

Must choose a concentration. (Students in GIS concentration cannot minor in GIS and students in Environmental Sustainability concentration cannot minor in Environmental Sustainability.)

Human Geography


Environmental Sustainability


Interdisciplinary Offering: 9 Hours

  • Select upper level courses in ANTH, COMM, ECON, GEOG, HIST, POLS/PLAN, PSYC, SOCI or other approved disciplines when those courses focus on environmentally relevant topics. Must be approved by advisor.
Minor and/or electives: 21-30 Hours

Physical Geography


Geographic Information Science


Total: 120 Hours


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