Geography Major
Geography and GIScience Option
Bachelor of Science
NSS BS 5515
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- English Language minimum = 9
- Humanities minimum = 9
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9
- Personal Development minimum = 2
- BS Science-related course requirements = 3 including:
- STAT 241, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours
- Major Option = 36
- 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 to the program. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other
requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 108
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 17
- Minimum total hours required for BS in Geography = 125
- All 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.
- Geography Core Requirements (33 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- GEOG 101GS*, Physical Geography I: The Atmosphere - 4 hours
- GEOG 102GS*, Physical Geography II: The Lithosphere - 4 hours
- GEOG 104GS*, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 106GS*, Human Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 206GS*, Geography of the United States and Canada - 3 hours
- GEOG 310, Cartography - 3 hours
- GEOG 315, Geographic Information Systems - Principles and Concepts - 4 hours
- GEOG 316, GIS - Working with GIS and Spatial Analysis - 3 hours
- GEOG 317, Remote Sensing of Environment - 3 hours
- GEOG 416, Applications of Geographic Information Systems - 3 hours
- *Coursework may fulfill some General Studies requirements. Work closely with advisor.
- Geography Requirements (3 hours required)
16 Apr 2009
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