2020-2021 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog

Geography with Specialization in General/Regional Geography, B.A.

A minor is required with this major.

Requirements: (39 credits)

For the B.S. in Geography (Certifiable for elementary education) students must complete the following, but must take GEOG 414 as one of their 3-credit electives in Geography.

Required Courses:

GEOG 110Introduction to Geography

3

or

GEOG 120World Regional Geography

3

GEOG 130Introduction to Geographic Information Science

3

and

15 credits of geography electives (at least 9 at the 400 level)

3 credits from the following:

GEOG 270Geography of Hazards

3

GEOG 272Physical Geography

3

GEOG 275/SUST 275Soils and Vegetation Sustainability

3

GEOG 374Climatology

3

GEOG 433Issues in Environmental Protection

3

GEOG 472Topics in Physical Geography

3

or

SUST 472Topics in Sustainability

3

GEOG 473Geography of Natural Resources

3

GEOG 475/SUST 475Energy Resources and Climate Change

3

3 credits from the following:

GEOG 220Human Geography

3

GEOG 223Geography of the Popular Music Industry

3

GEOG 244Economic Geography

3

GEOG 290Geography of Tourism

3

GEOG 291National Parks and World Heritage Sites

3

GEOG 333Political Geography

3

GEOG 451Tourism Development in Southern New England

3

GEOG 453Recreation and Resort Planning

3

GEOG 454Geography of Tourism Marketing

3

GEOG 455New Directions in Tourism

3

GEOG 470Geography of Health & Disease

3

3 credits from the following:

GEOG 241Introduction to Planning

3

GEOG 439Urban Geography

3

GEOG 440Rural Land Use Planning

3

GEOG 441Community & Regional Planning

3

GEOG 445Environmental Planning

3

GEOG 450Tourism Planning

3

GEOG 483Topics in Planning

3

3 credits from the following:

GEOG 266Introduction to Remote Sensing

3

GEOG 276Elementary Cartography

3

GEOG 378Geographic Information Systems

3

GEOG 442Field Methods in Geography

3

or

SUST 442Field Methods in Sustainability

3

GEOG 460GIS Applications in Crime Mapping

3

GEOG 463GIS Applications in Public Health

3

GEOG 464GIS Applications in Resource Assessment

3

GEOG 466Advanced Remote Sensing

3

GEOG 468GIS Applications in Urban Planning

3

GEOG 476Advanced Cartography

3

GEOG 478GIS Design and Implementation

3

GEOG 479Geographic Information Systems Applications

3

GEOG 480Topics in GIS

3

6 credits from the following:

GEOG 330United States and Canada

3

GEOG 434Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean

3

GEOG 435Japan and Korea

3

GEOG 436South America

3

GEOG 437China

3

GEOG 446Sub-Saharan Africa

3

GEOG 448Russia and Neighboring Regions

3

GEOG 444European Union

3

GEOG 459Field Studies in Regional Geography

3-6

or

SUST 459Field Studies in Sustainability

3

GEOG 481Topics in Regional Geography

3

Total Credit Hours: 39

All elementary education students selecting this program will take GEOG 414 as one of their 3-credit electives in geography.

Acceptable substitutes for GEOG 430 will be jointly determined by student and advisor. When approved in advance by the student's advisor, up to 6 credits of cognate courses in one or two other disciplines may be applied toward the major in geography.