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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 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 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 434/LAS 434Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean

3
GEOG 435Japan and Korea

3
GEOG 436/LAS 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
GEOG 447Geographic Perspective on Israel/Palestine

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.