Bachelor of Arts in Geography
The Bachelor of Arts in Geography is intended to provide a strong liberal arts degree focusing on the major subject areas of geography while maintaining a great deal of flexibility. This allows students to focus on a particular transcriptable concentration area while also pursuing additional majors and/or minors. Students with a Geography B.A. take their education in many directions, whether moving directly into a career or going on to graduate or professional studies. They are prepared to work in education, federal and state government, research, nonprofit organizations, and business. Graduates have gone into a variety of career areas including: environmental management, sustainable development, urban planning education, alternative energy, land acquisition, food bank management, public safety, public health, international aid, business logistics, marketing, and geospatial technology.
Requirements
- Environment and Society. One (1) course:
- GEOG-G 208 Environment and Society
GEOG-G 208 Environment and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Just as we shape the environment, the environment shapes us. From globalization to food production to climate change, learn how humans and environments interact.
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- Geographic Methods.
- Geographic Methods Core. One (1) course:
- GEOG-G 237 Mapping our World: From Mercator to Mashups
- GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Systems
GEOG-G 237 Mapping our World: From Mercator to Mashups
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Mapping lets us visualize our world and see how patterns change across places. For example, we can analyze how a bike-share program changes commuting patterns, or how urban farming emerges in a transforming city. Students learn how to develop digital maps and interpret spatial processes while gaining valuable experience with GIS software.
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GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Systems
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Overview of the principles and practices of geographic information systems (GIS). The course will deal with issues of spatial data models, database design, introductory and intermediate GIS operations, and case studies of real-world GIS applications. Laboratory exercises will provide significant hands-on experience. Lecture and laboratory.
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- Geographic Methods Electives. One (1) additional course:
- GEOG-G 250 Computing in the Geospatial Sciences
- GEOG-G 336 Environmental Remote Sensing
- GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Systems
- GEOG-G 350 Field Methods in Physical Geography
- GEOG-G 388 Qualitative Methods in Geography
- GEOG-G 438 Advanced Geographic Information Systems
- GEOG-G 488 Applied Spatial Statistics
GEOG-G 250 Computing in the Geospatial Sciences
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A first course in scientific computing that emphasizes practical applications in the geospatial and environmental sciences. Requires high-level programming using MATLAB for visualization, data analysis, and modeling. Teaches problem solving through analysis and interpretation of a wide range of environmental and geographic data.
GEOG-G 336 Environmental Remote Sensing
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Principles of remote sensing of the earth and its atmosphere, emphasizing satellite data in visible, infrared, and microwave portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Emphasis on practical applications and digital image analysis.
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GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Systems
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Overview of the principles and practices of geographic information systems (GIS). The course will deal with issues of spatial data models, database design, introductory and intermediate GIS operations, and case studies of real-world GIS applications. Laboratory exercises will provide significant hands-on experience. Lecture and laboratory.
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GEOG-G 350 Field Methods in Physical Geography
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Use of instrumentation for the measurement, analysis, and interpretation of field data concerning features and processes of the natural environment. Field and laboratory equipment will be used for research projects and environmental monitoring. Practical application of biogeographic, climatological, and hydrological principles.
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GEOG-G 388 Qualitative Methods in Geography
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on and provides practice in the various qualitative methods employed by geographers to solve problems within the geographic landscape. Each methodology is practiced in the field or within the laboratory so that students develop competency using these methods and can then apply them to a research project.
GEOG-G 438 Advanced Geographic Information Systems
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- GEOG-G 338 or consent of instructor
- Description
- Covers intermediate and advanced theory in geographic information science and spatial analysis using GIS software. Provides an in-depth look into this rapidly developing field and teaches the skills needed to construct, manage, and analyze data and models.
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GEOG-G 488 Applied Spatial Statistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- 6 credit hours of geography or consent of instructor
- Description
- Extension of traditional statistical analysis to spatial data. Spatial means and spatial variances, the examination of differences in samples over space, spatial autocorrelation, nearest neighbor analysis, map comparison techniques. Emphasis is on practical applications.
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- Geographic Methods Core. One (1) course:
- Job and Internship Search. One (1) course:
- ASCS-Q 296 College to Career II: Navigate Your Arts and Sciences Experience
ASCS-Q 296 College to Career II: Navigate Your Arts and Sciences Experience
- Credits
- 2
- Prerequisites
- At least sophomore standing
- Description
- Explores the relationship between academic and extracurricular choices and life after graduation. Students assess their skills, develop a portfolio to highlight them, and create a plan to address gaps. Focuses on a paradigm of job searching that emphasizes research and highly customized, focused application materials.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of the following: ASCS-Q 296, BUS-T 275, or SPEA-V 252.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Capstone. One (1) course:
- GEOG-G 498 Capstone in Geography
- GEOG-G 499 Honors Research in Geography
GEOG-G 498 Capstone in Geography
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Geography major; and senior standing; or consent of instructor
- Description
- In this capstone course, majors will put their Geography training to work in a collaborative, practically-oriented research project supervised by a faculty member.
GEOG-G 499 Honors Research in Geography
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- GEOG-G 450, at least 18 credit hours in geography, a minimum 3.500 GPA in geography with a minimum 3.300 GPA overall, and consent of honors advisor
- Description
- Training in research and scholarly writing, culminating in an honors thesis to be written under the direction of a faculty member. An oral examination of the thesis is conducted by two faculty members.
- Concentration. Choose one of the following options:
- Comprehensive Option. 15 additional credit hours in Geography courses.
- Concentration Option. One (1) of the Geography concentrations listed below.
- 400–499 Level Geography Courses. Six (6) credit hours:
- GEOG-G 405 Ecological Climatology
- GEOG-G 407 Climate Dynamics
- GEOG-G 411 Sustainable Development Systems
- GEOG-G 415 Advanced Urban Geography
- GEOG-G 417 Development Geography: Advanced Theory and Practice
- GEOG-G 425 Africa: Contemporary Geography Problems
- GEOG-G 426 Refugees and Asylum Seekers
- GEOG-G 427 Russia and Its Neighbors
- GEOG-G 428 Geography of Europe
- GEOG-G 433 Advanced Synoptic Meteorology and Climatology
- GEOG-G 436 Advanced Remote Sensing: Digital Image Processing
- GEOG-G 438 Advanced Geographic Information Systems
- GEOG-G 439 GIS and Environmental Analysis
- GEOG-G 440 Topics in Environmental Geography
- GEOG-G 441 Migration and Mobility
- GEOG-G 444 Climate Change Impacts
- GEOG-G 447 Multi-Species Relations: Plant/Animal/Human/Insect/Fungi/Bacteria
- GEOG-G 448 Capitalism and Nature
- GEOG-G 449 Political Ecology
- GEOG-G 451 Physical Hydrology
- GEOG-G 452 Tree-Ring Science
- GEOG-G 453 Water and Society
- GEOG-G 454 Feminist Political Ecology
- GEOG-G 461 Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
- GEOG-G 463 Political Geography of South Asia
- GEOG-G 467 Ecohydrology
- GEOG-G 469 Food and Global Poverty
- GEOG-G 474 Solidarity Economy in Latin America
- GEOG-G 475 Climate Change
- GEOG-G 477 Topics in Climatology
- GEOG-G 478 Global Change, Food, and Farming Systems
- GEOG-G 481 Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling
- GEOG-G 485 Geospatial Programming
- GEOG-G 488 Applied Spatial Statistics
- GEOG-G 489 Geospatial Analysis of Big Data in Python
- GEOG-G 498 Capstone in Geography
- GEOG-G 499 Honors Research in Geography
GEOG-G 405 Ecological Climatology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys the relationship between climate and vegetation and explores the consequences of human impacts. Examines the role of climate on vegetation patterns, agricultural crops, and select ecosystems and in turn, the influence of vegetation on climate.
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GEOG-G 407 Climate Dynamics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Climate and its inter-annual and longer-term variations from the perspectives of theory, observations and modeling. Topics include: climate sensitivity, stability and feedbacks; sea-air-land-ice interactions; teleconnections and their regional expression; drought; climate reconstruction and prediction using numerical models.
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GEOG-G 411 Sustainable Development Systems
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An examination of the notion of sustainable development and its meaning as well as the manner in which it has been implemented in the areas of resources, agriculture, water, transport, cities, and tourism. How such systems can be implemented in developing and developed countries will also be examined.
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GEOG-G 415 Advanced Urban Geography
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An in-depth examination of modern cities, growth dynamics, and sustainability. Explores a range of contemporary socioeconomic topics in an urban setting, including housing markets, segregation, crime, telecommunication, transportation, and regional development. Basic geographic models and spatial statistics are used to explore differences in urban areas.
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GEOG-G 417 Development Geography: Advanced Theory and Practice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Presents international development cooperation as a complex, multi-scalar field that requires practitioners to navigate complex and often competing geographies of practice. Uses a topical, case-based approach that changes from semester to semester to examine how theories of uneven economic development can help inform the messy work of development practice.
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GEOG-G 425 Africa: Contemporary Geography Problems
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines contemporary geographic problems confronting the countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Primarily focus on urbanization, rural-urban migration, unemployment, agriculture, and health care. Also analysis of terrain, resource base, and other aspects of the natural environment.
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GEOG-G 426 Refugees and Asylum Seekers
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Investigates the origins of the worldwide refugee crisis, aid to refugees, states\' attempts to discourage forced migrants from entering, and what life is like for the tens of millions of displaced people living in the world today.
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GEOG-G 427 Russia and Its Neighbors
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Geographic problems and prospects of the former republics of the Soviet Union with an emphasis on political geography, environmental issues, population, urbanization, energy, and the location of economic activity.
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GEOG-G 428 Geography of Europe
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Emphasizes common themes across the countries of Europe and the distinctive cultures that make up the region. Begins with a discussion of the physical landscape of Europe, then explores the cultural and economic landscape of the region.
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GEOG-G 433 Advanced Synoptic Meteorology and Climatology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis and prediction of synoptic scale weather systems, emphasizing the mid-latitudes. Other topics include severe weather and atmospheric/oceanic teleconnections.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of GEOG-G 433 or GEOL-G 437.
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GEOG-G 436 Advanced Remote Sensing: Digital Image Processing
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- GEOG-G 336 or consent of instructor
- Description
- Advanced remote sensing theory and digital image processing techniques with an emphasis on environmental applications. Hands-on computer exercises provide significant experience in introductory digital image processing for extraction of qualitative and quantitative information about the Earth\'s terrestrial environments.
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GEOG-G 438 Advanced Geographic Information Systems
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- GEOG-G 338 or consent of instructor
- Description
- Covers intermediate and advanced theory in geographic information science and spatial analysis using GIS software. Provides an in-depth look into this rapidly developing field and teaches the skills needed to construct, manage, and analyze data and models.
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GEOG-G 439 GIS and Environmental Analysis
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Applications of geographic information science principles in the collection and analysis of spatial data. Integration of GIS, remote sensing, and/or GPS technologies. Review of current literature on techniques, theory, technology, and applications with an emphasis on environmental issues. Discussions, laboratory, and research project.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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GEOG-G 440 Topics in Environmental Geography
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics focus on the human dimensions of environmental change/conservation. Example focus topics: population-environment interactions, transport-environment interactions, and urban-environment interactions.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated four times with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
GEOG-G 441 Migration and Mobility
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Geographers are turning attention to the processes that drive, regulate and accompany various scales of movement, the politics of mobility, and the experience and effect of mobility. A better understanding of mobility helps them investigate processes like globalization, migration, tourism, homelessness, security and transport, international flows as well as micro-scale bodily movements in more nuanced ways.
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GEOG-G 444 Climate Change Impacts
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases are causing climate to change at an unprecedented rate. This course will explain how and why anthropogenic activity is causing climate to change, how this impacts society and options for adaptation and mitigation, plus the potential to reduce climate change through geoengineering.
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GEOG-G 447 Multi-Species Relations: Plant/Animal/Human/Insect/Fungi/Bacteria
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Humans are profoundly intertwined with other species, from mosquitos and dogs to trees and mushrooms. How are these complex interrelations structured? What methods can we use to \"hear\" other species when they \"speak\" to us? This seminar examines how scholars from fields including Ethology, Geography, and History answer those questions.
GEOG-G 448 Capitalism and Nature
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- How has nature been appropriated, reworked, and produced under capitalism; conversely, how does the materiality of nature shape the conditions of capitalism? In this seminar, we will investigate how relations between capitalism and nature have evolved from the end of feudalism through the current neoliberal era.
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GEOG-G 449 Political Ecology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to political ecology, an approach which focuses on the political-economic context of natural resource conflicts with particular attention to issues of equity, justice, and power. Covers the theoretical lineage of political ecology, its development over the last twenty years, and current hot topics in the field.
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GEOG-G 451 Physical Hydrology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to hydrological processes occurring at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Principles of water resources such as infiltration, runoff, surface- and groundwater flow will be explored. Topics covered also include the environmental, economic, and social implications of floods, droughts, dams, and water usage as well as current and future issues in water quality, water pollution, and water-resource regulation.
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GEOG-G 452 Tree-Ring Science
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the science of dendrochronology. Developing a scientific understanding of the information recorded by trees is essential to our quest to better understand natural and human processes.
GEOG-G 453 Water and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Do we control water, or does it control us? Introduces geographic perspectives on the interaction of water and society. Takes the holistic view and asks the big questions about how water shapes, and is shaped by, social, political, and cultural dynamics.
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GEOG-G 454 Feminist Political Ecology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Offers an overview of the main theoretical and methodological tools of feminist political ecology. Explores how ecological issues are inseparable from power relations. Focuses on the role that gender plays in shaping both natures and subjects.
GEOG-G 461 Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to global environmental change (GEC), focusing on the human causes and consequences of biophysical transformations of land systems. Emphasis on socioeconomic, political, institutional, and environmental dimensions of land change; tropical forests, grasslands, and urbanizing areas; international environmental regimes; spatial methodologies in GEC research, and integrated approaches.
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GEOG-G 463 Political Geography of South Asia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- How and why do farms, rivers, minerals, and forests shape politics? Uses in-depth case studies from South Asia to provide an introduction to theoretical approaches to environmental politics, and to one of the most complex, diverse and fascinating regions of the world.
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GEOG-G 467 Ecohydrology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor
- Description
- Introduces basic principles and concepts in forest ecohydrology, focusing on modeling perspectives. Examines processes and feedback among water, carbon, and nitrogen fluxes in application to water resources and forest management: control of climate, vegetation change, and disturbance regimes on hydrological and biogeochemical processes.
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GEOG-G 469 Food and Global Poverty
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- How is the production and consumption of food related to poverty and development? Explores how global food systems affect farmers, farmworkers, retailers and consumers; the ways scientific advances changed rural economies in the Third World; and the history of famine and contemporary food security issues.
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GEOG-G 474 Solidarity Economy in Latin America
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Traces the histories, practices, and realities of solidarity economies throughout Latin America. Considers solidarity economy as a broad eco-system of values, relationships, and activities that allow for the advancement of an alternative framework of development centered on equity, cooperation, solidarity, self-management, and democracy.
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GEOG-G 475 Climate Change
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Evidence for and theories of climate change over a range of time scales. Sources of natural climate forcing are presented, historical evolution of climate change is quantified, and model tools and climate projections are presented along with analyses of climate change impacts.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of GEOG-G 475 or GEOL-G 476.
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GEOG-G 477 Topics in Climatology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics in applied climatology, climate change, climate impacts, climate modeling, field methods, quantitative analysis, or related subjects.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once with a different topic.
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GEOG-G 478 Global Change, Food, and Farming Systems
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to food production and consumption systems, emphasizing linkages to land use and social change on food/farming system sustainability. Topics include urbanization, population growth, and economic liberalization; farming livelihoods, gender, and poverty; biotechnology; agro-ecology, global health.
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GEOG-G 481 Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: Computer programming experience highly recommended
- Description
- Introduces the major components of terrestrial ecosystem models - the land component of earth system models that are used in climate change projections. These components include biogeochemical, hydrology, and energy cycles, as well as processes that impact ecosystems, such as disturbance, land use change, and land management.
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GEOG-G 485 Geospatial Programming
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: GEOG-G 336 and GEOG-G 338
- Description
- Introduces both JavaScript and Python programming languages in conjunction with the Google Earth Engine and ArcGIS for geospatial analysis. Provides hands-on programming experience to independently solve problems in Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sending (RS) analysis, including machine learning.
GEOG-G 488 Applied Spatial Statistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- 6 credit hours of geography or consent of instructor
- Description
- Extension of traditional statistical analysis to spatial data. Spatial means and spatial variances, the examination of differences in samples over space, spatial autocorrelation, nearest neighbor analysis, map comparison techniques. Emphasis is on practical applications.
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GEOG-G 489 Geospatial Analysis of Big Data in Python
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces the Python programming language and the Python skills needed to perform complex geospatial data analysis and data visualization with large spatiotemporal datasets (e.g. modeling, remote sensing, or GIS data).
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GEOG-G 498 Capstone in Geography
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Geography major; and senior standing; or consent of instructor
- Description
- In this capstone course, majors will put their Geography training to work in a collaborative, practically-oriented research project supervised by a faculty member.
GEOG-G 499 Honors Research in Geography
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- GEOG-G 450, at least 18 credit hours in geography, a minimum 3.500 GPA in geography with a minimum 3.300 GPA overall, and consent of honors advisor
- Description
- Training in research and scholarly writing, culminating in an honors thesis to be written under the direction of a faculty member. An oral examination of the thesis is conducted by two faculty members.
- Electives. Additional Geography courses, as needed, to complete remaining requirements.
- Major GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- Major GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the major—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Major 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 major.
- Major Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Major Residency. At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
- College Breadth. At least 58 credit hours must be completed in courses from College of Arts and Sciences disciplines outside of the major area.
Major Area Courses
Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:
- Any course at the 100–499 level with the
GEOG
prefix—as well as any other subject areas that are deemed functionally equivalent - Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
- Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception
- Any course, consistent with the policies herein, that is part of a concentration, track, and/or specialization being pursued as part of this academic program
Restrictions
The following restrictions apply to the minimum credit hours required in the major:
- No more than 6 combined credit hours of the following may be counted toward major:
- GEOG-X 274 Sophomore Laboratory in Geography
- GEOG-X 374 Junior Lab in Geography
- GEOG-X 473 Internship in Geographical Analysis
- GEOG-X 474 Senior Lab in Geography
- No more than 6 combined credit hours of the following may be counted toward major:
- GEOG-G 450
- GEOG-X 490 Undergraduate Readings and Research in Geography
This program of study cannot be combined with the following:
- Bachelor of Science in Geography (GEOGBS)
- Certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (GISRSACRT)
- Minor in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing (GISRSMIN)
- Minor in Geography (GEOGMIN)
The Bachelor of Arts degree requires at least 120 credit hours, to include the following:
- College of Arts and Sciences Credit Hours. At least 100 credit hours must come from College of Arts and Sciences disciplines.
- Upper Division Courses. At least 42 credit hours (of the 120) must be at the 300–499 level.
- College Residency. Following completion of the 60th credit hour toward degree, at least 36 credit hours of College of Arts and Sciences coursework must be completed through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
- College GPA. A College grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.000 is required.
- CASE Requirements. The following College of Arts and Sciences Education (CASE) requirements must be completed:
- CASE Foundations
- CASE Breadth of Inquiry
- CASE Culture Studies
- CASE Critical Approaches: 1 course
- CASE Foreign Language: Proficiency in a single foreign language through the second semester of the second year of college-level coursework
- CASE Intensive Writing: 1 course
- CASE Public Oral Communication: 1 course
- Major. Completion of the major as outlined in the Major Requirements section above.
Most students must also successfully complete the Indiana University Bloomington General Education program.