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Department of Geography

Concentration in Cities, Development and Justice (Bachelor of Arts in Geography)

Students on Summer 2024, Fall 2024, or Spring 2025 requirements GEOGGDJCON

Requirements

The concentration requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
  1. Cities, Development, and Justice Courses. 15 credit hours:
    • GEOG-G 221 Natural and Mathematical Sciences Topics in Geography (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • GEOG-G 306 Current Issues in Globalization, Development and Justice (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • GEOG-G 313 Place and Politics
    • GEOG-G 314 Urban Geography
    • GEOG-G 315 Environmental Conservation
    • GEOG-G 316 Economic Geography
    • GEOG-G 341 Ecological Restoration: Science, Politics, and Ethics
    • GEOG-G 384 Food, Place and War
    • GEOG-G 389 Humanitarianism and Displacement
    • GEOG-G 391 Geography of International Development
    • GEOG-G 411 Sustainable Development Systems
    • GEOG-G 415 Advanced Urban Geography
    • GEOG-G 417
    • GEOG-G 426
    • GEOG-G 441 Migration and Mobility
    • GEOG-G 448 Capitalism and Nature
    • GEOG-G 449 Political Ecology
    • GEOG-G 469 Food and Global Poverty
    • GEOG-G 474 Solidarity Economy in Latin America
    • GEOG-G 478 Global Change, Food, and Farming Systems
    • GEOG-X 473 Internship in Geographical Analysis (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • GEOG-X 490 Undergraduate Readings and Research in Geography (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • One (1) additional course from the Geographic Methods course list
  2. 300–499 Level Requirement. 12 credit hours of concentration courses must be at the 300–499 level.
  3. Concentration GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. Concentration GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the concentration—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
    2. Concentration Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the concentration.
    3. Concentration Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the concentration must be completed at the 300–499 level.

Concentration Area Courses
  • Courses that may apply toward the Credit Hours and GPA requirements in this academic program include all courses listed on the requirement course lists at the time the course was taken as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent.

Exceptions to and substitutions for concentration requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.