Geography Major
Geography Comprehensive Option
Environment Emphasis
Bachelor of Science
NSS BS 5508
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- + General Studies coursework required by major = 47
- English Language minimum = 9
- Humanities minimum = 9
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 15
- BIOL 315GS, Human Ecology - 3 hours
- CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
(see prerequisites)
- CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1
hour
- CHEM 161GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
- CHEM 161LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1
hour
- GEOG 101GS, Physical Geography I: The
Atmosphere - 4 hours
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9
- GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
- Personal Development minimum = 2
- BS Science-related course requirements = 7
- GEOG 315, Introduction to Geographic
Information Systems - 4 hours
- STAT 241, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours
- Major Option = 61
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 115
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 10
- Minimum total hours required for BS in Geography Comprehensive/Environment Emphasis =
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 Comprehensive/Environmental Emphasis Requirements (46 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- ECON 420, Environmental Economics - 3 hours
- 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 207GS, Physical Geology - 3 hours
- GEOG 305,
Environmental Conservation - 3 hours
- GEOG 310, Cartography - 3 hours
- GEOG 340, Developing Nations - 3 hours
- GEOG 410, Geographical Techniques and Thought -
3 hours
- GEOG 411, Geographic Field Techniques - 3 hours
- GEOG 412, Environmental Planning - 3 hours
(Prereq: at least two of the following: GEOG 207GS,
GEOG 301, BIOL
301, GEOG 305GS, GEOG 306, GEOG
400)
- Take 1 course from:
- GEOG 320, Agricultural Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 321, Economic Geography - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- GEOG 306, Geomorphology - 3 hours
(Prereq: GEOG 102GS
or GEOG 207GS)
- GEOG 309, Climatology - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- GEOG 415, Internship - 3-6 hours
- GEOG 450, Senior Geography Project - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- 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
- B. Geography Comprehensive/Environmental Emphasis Electives (15 hours required)
- Take 15 hours from:
- BIOL 301, Introduction to Soils - 4 hours
- BIOL 307, Ecology - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 112GS)
- BIOL 380, Agronomy - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 103GS or BIOL
104GS)
- BIOL 405, Range and Wildlife Management - 3
hours
- BIOL 406, Plant Ecology - 3 hours
- BIOL 407, Limnology - 3 hours
- BIOL 408, Environmental Modeling - 3 hours
- GEOG 316, Advanced Geographic Information
Systems - 3 hours
- GEOG 320, Agricultural Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 321, Economic Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 400, Water Resources - 3 hours
- GEOG 401, Urban and Regional Planning - 3 hours
- GEOG 405, Environmental Consequences of
Development - 3 hours
- GEOG 415, Internship - 1-6 hours
- GEOG 443, Special Topics in Applied GIS - 3
hours
- GEOG 456, Field Study - 1-4 hours
- GEOG 499, Independent Study - 1-3 hours
- PSCI 400, Public Administration - 3 hours
- PSY 371, Environmental Psychology - 3 hours
(Prereq: PSY 203GS)
11 May 2006
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