Geography Major
Geography Comprehensive Option
Human-Global Emphasis
Bachelor of Science
NSS BS 5512
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by major = 46
- English Language minimum = 9
- Humanities minimum = 12 including:
- HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
- Take one from:
- HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
- HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 11
- BIOL 315GS, Human Ecology - 3 hours
- GEOG 101GS, Physical Geography I: The
Atmosphere - 4 hours
- GEOG 102GS, Physical Geography II: The
Lithosphere - 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
- STAT 241, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours
- GEOG 315, Introduction to Geographic
Information Systems - 4 hours
- Major Option = 62
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 115
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 10
- Minimum total hours required for BS in Geography Comprehensive/Human-Global 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/Human-Global Emphasis Requirements (54 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- GEOG 106GS, Human Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 206GS, Geography of the United States and
Canada - 3 hours
- GEOG 220GS, Geography of Globalization - 3
hours
- GEOG 300, Map Investigation - 3 hours
- GEOG 305GS, Environmental Conservation - 3
hours
- GEOG 320, Agricultural Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 321, Economic Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 340, Developing Nations - 3 hours
- GEOG 405, Environmental Consequences of
Development - 3 hours
- GEOG 410, Geographical Techniques and Thought -
3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- GEOG 415, Internship
- 3-6 hours
GEOG 450, Senior Geography Project - 3 hours
- Take 3 courses 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
- Take 1 course from:
- GEOG 207GS, Physical Geology - 3 hours
- GEOG 209GS, Meteorology - 3 hours
- PHYS 209GS, Meteorology - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- GEOG 306, Geomorphology - 3 hours
(Prereq: GEOG 102GS,
GEOG 207GS)
- GEOG 309, Climatology - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- PSCI 345, Politics of Developing Nations - 3
hours
- PSCI 368, International Law and Organization -
3 hours
- PSCI 369, International Political Economy - 3
hours (Prereq: PSCI 168GS)
- PSCI 468, Advanced International Politics - 3
hours
- Take 1 course from:
- PSY 372, Cross-Cultural Psychology - 3 hours
(Prereq: PSY 203GS)
- SOC 225, Community and Human Diversity - 3 hours
- SOC 250GS, Anthropology - 3 hours
- SOC 325, Sociology of Human Settlements - 3 hours
(Prereq: SOC 225)
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- B. Geography Comprehensive/Human-Global Emphasis Electives (8 hours required)
- Take 8 hours from:
- BMKT 430, International Marketing - 3 hours
(Prereq: BMKT 300)
- ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics,
Microeconomics - 3 hours
- ECON 430, International Economics - 3 hours
(Prereq: ECON 270GS)
- FCSC 315, Cultural Perspectives in Food &
Nutrition - 3 hours
- FCSC 481, Cross-Cultural Family Patterns - 3
hours
- GEOG 316, Advanced Geographic Information
Systems - 3 hours
- GEOG 350, International Tourism - 3 hours
- GEOG 443, Special
Topics in Applied GIS - 3 hours
- GEOG 456, Field Study - 3 hours
- GEOG 499, Independent Study - 3 hours
- HIST 215, Introduction to Latin America - 3
hours
- HIST 339, Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Latin
America - 3 hours
- HIST 441,
Modern Latin America - 3 hours
- HIST 452, Colonial India - 3 hours
- HIST 457, British Empire - 3 hours
- HIST 471, History of the Pacific Rim - 3 hours
- HIST 486, Imperial Russia - 3 hours
- HIST 488, Nineteenth Century Europe - 3 hours
- HIST 490, Twentieth Century Europe - 3 hours
- HIST 492, Soviet Russia - 3 hours
- HIST 493, Modern Eastern Europe - 3 hours
- INTS 300, Eastern European Studies - 4 hours
- INTS 301, Greek and Eastern Mediterranean
Studies - 4 hours
- PHIL 260, Philosophy of Culture - 3 hours
- PSCI 346, Latin American Politics - 3 hours
- PSCI 450, Nations in Transition - 3 hours
- SPCH 454, Intercultural Communication - 3 hours
11 May 2006
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