Geography Major
Geography Option
Bachelor of Arts
NSS BA 5511
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by major
- English Language minimum = 9
- Humanities minimum = 9
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7 including
- GEOG 101GS, Physical Geography I: The
Atmosphere - 4 hours
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9 including
- GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
- Personal Development minimum = 2
- BA Language requirement = a minimum of 6
- The BA requires completion of two intermediate or advanced courses in a single modern
language. Students coming to campus having met the admission requirements taking effect in
1997 will typically have a 5-6 hour requirement. Students without two years of high school
language study will typically take 10 hours of first year language before completing this
requirement for intermediate or advanced courses.
- Major Option = 35
- Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24
- Minors are 24 hours; 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as
18 required hours. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the
unrestricted electives will be greater.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 110
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 15
- Minimum total hours required for BA in Geography = 125
- UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all
UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at
a 4-year college or university.
- A. Geography Core Requirements (16 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- GEOG 102GS, Physical Geography II: The
Lithosphere - 4 hours
- GEOG 106GS, Human Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 206GS, Geography of the United States and
Canada - 3 hours
- GEOG 300, Map Investigation - 3 hours
- GEOG 450, Senior Geography Project - 3 hours
- B. Geography Requirements (9 hours required)
- Take 1 course from:
- GEOG 207GS, Physical Geology - 3 hours
- GEOG 209GS, Meteorology - 3 hours
- GEOG 301, Geography of Soils - 3 hours
- GEOG 306, Geomorphology - 3 hours
- GEOG 309, Climatology - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- GEOG 220, Geography of Globalization - 3 hours
- GEOG 320, Agricultural Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 321, Economic Geography - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- GEOG 340, Developing Nations - 3 hours
- GEOG 341, Geography of Latin America - 3 hours
- GEOG 345, Geography of Europe - 3 hours
- GEOG 347, Geography of Africa - 3 hours
- GEOG 348, Geography of Asia - 3 hours
- GEOG 405, Environmental Consequences of
Development - 3 hours
- E. Geography Electives (10 hours required)
- Take 10 hours from:
- GEOG 300-499
- (Include at least two 400 level courses)
11 May 2006
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