B.A. Degree with a Major in Geography
Learning Outcomes
The list below represents the major learning objectives of the B.A. Degree in Geography. Upon graduating from the Department of Geosciences, every student with a bachelor's degree in Geography should be able to do the following:
- Recognize historical and contemporary perspectives of the discipline
- Demonstrate an understanding of concepts and vocabulary basic to geography
- Perform qualitative and quantitative analyses of geographic phenomena
- Demonstrate a fundamental awareness of geographic dimensions to human and physical processes and conditions
- Explain processes of political, economic, and cultural difference within and between human societies
- Demonstrate fundamentals of cartography and geographic information systems
- Demonstrate competence in the manipulation and analysis of spatial data
- Demonstrate understanding of physical processes at the earth's surface
- Characterize global human and physical environments
- Demonstrate the fundamentals of remote sensing and image processing
Core Requirements |
Hours |
42 |
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Area F |
18 |
One of the following |
3 |
GEOG 2083 Introduction to Geographical Analysis
MATH 2063 Introductory Statistics |
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Foreign Languages 2002 |
3 |
GEOG 2553 Introduction to GIS & Mapping Sciences |
3 |
Any courses 2000 or below from: |
9 |
ANTH, ECON, ENVS, Foreign Languages, GLOB, HIST, PHIL, PLAN, POLS, SOCI
Total Core Hours |
60 |
Requirements for the Major
Must have at least 39 total hours from courses 3000 or above, 21 of which must be taken in Geography.
Lower-Division Requirements |
6-15 |
GEOG 1013 World Geography (if not taken in the core) |
0-3 |
One of the following (if not taken in the core): |
0-3 |
GEOG 1111 Introduction to Physical Geography |
|
GEOG 1112 Weather and Climate |
|
GEOG 1113 Landform Geography |
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GEOG 2083 Introduction to Geographical Analysis (if not taken in the core) |
0-3 |
GEOG 2010 Political Geography |
3 |
GEOG 2503 Cultural Geography |
3 |
Upper-Division Requirements |
28 |
GEOG 3253 Economic Geography |
3 |
GEOG 3643 Urban Geography |
3 |
GEOG 4084 Senior Seminar: Why Geography Matters |
3 |
|
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One of the following: |
3 |
GEOG 3010 Rethinking Geopolitics |
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GEOG 3085 Selected Topics in Regional Geography |
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GEOG 3644 Atlanta's Geographies |
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GEOG 4013 Globalization |
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GEOG 4503 Culture, Space, and Place |
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GEOG courses 3000 or above |
16 |
Electives |
17-26 |
Minor (optional) and/or electives
At least 11 hours from courses 3000 or higher
Major |
60 |
Total |
120 |
