University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Department of Geography:

Geography Major - Bachelor of Arts

NSS BA 5511
General Studies = 45
General Studies required by major:
GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
BA Language requirement = a minimum of 5
The BA requires completion of two intermediate or advanced courses in a single modern language. Students coming to campus having met the 1997- admission requirements 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.
Major = 31
Minor or 2nd Major = 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 = 105
Unrestricted elective in 125 hour program = 20

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
Take all of the following:
GEOG 105GS, Physical Geography: - 4 hours
GEOG 106GS, Cultural Geography - 3 hours
GEOG 206GS, Geography of Anglo-America - 3 hours
GEOG 300, Map Investigation - 3 hours
GEOG 450, Geography Seminar - 1 hour (Prereq: 12 hours of geography, including 3 hours of quantitative methods or 3 hours of regional geography)

B. Geography Requirements
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 320, Agricultural Geography - 3 hours
GEOG 321, Economic Geography - 3 hours
Take 3 hours from:
GEOG 340, Developing Nations - 3 hours
GEOG 341, Geography of Latin America - 3 hours
GEOG 344, Geography of the Pacific World - 3 hours
GEOG 345, Geography of Europe - 3 hours
GEOG 347, Geography of Africa - 3 hours
GEOG 440, Seminar in Regional Geography - 1-3 hours

E. Geography Electives
Take 10 hours from:
GEOG 300-499
(Include at least two 400 level courses)

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