College of Science

Physical, Biological, Mathematical and Computational Sciences

Geography

Requirements

Degree Requirements for BA

The degree program for the BA in Geography consists of two components.

  1. A core program of 28 semester hours of geography courses, including GEOG 102,103, 300, 310, and 415 for a total of 16 semester hours. The remaining 12 hours must be 300-level geography courses including both systematic (e.g. Economic Geography) and regional (e.g. Geography of Latin America) courses. These are the minimum requirements; you may, of course, take more than this number of geography courses.
  2. The second component consists of "an approved double major, disciplinary minor, interdisciplinary minor, or certificate; or any other coherent 18-credit or greater package of courses approved by an advisor and the department chair." This component should be approved as soon as the student has completed their General Education requirements or completed 60 credit hours, if not earlier. Minors and certificates must be declared with the Registrars Office; the necessary forms are available from the department responsible for the minor or certificate. DO NOT wait until you submit your graduation application to sort out how you will meet this requirement; it could delay your graduation.

Degree Requirements for BS

The degree program for the BS in Geography consists of Three components.

  1. A core program of 28 semester hours of geography courses, including GEOG 102,103, 300, 310, and 415 for a total of 16 semester hours. The remaining 12 hours must be 300-level geography courses including both systematic (e.g. Economic Geography) and regional (e.g. Geography of Latin America) courses. These are the minimum requirements; you may, of course, take more than this number of geography courses.
  2. 18 or more credit sequence of geographical applications courses, including GEOG 311, 411, 412, 416 or 463, and 6 additional credits of geography electives, which may also include an internship (GEOG 480) approved by the program advisor before enrollment.
  3. 25 to 26 credits of required science, mathematics, statistics, and computer science courses, including
    • GEOL 101, 102, and 317 (12 credits) or BIOL 103, 104, and 377 (11 credits) (fulfills the university general education requirement in natural science)
    • MATH 113 and 114 (8 credits) (fulfills the university quantitative reasoning requirement)
    • STAT 250 (3 credits)
    • IT 103 (3 credits) (fulfills the university information technology proficiency requirement)