Offered by Department of Geography and Earth Science:

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
Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9
GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
Personal Development minimum = 2
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 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 = 33
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 = 107
Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 18
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 (14 hours required)
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 (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 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 (10 hours required)
Take 10 hours from:
GEOG 300-499
(Include at least two 400 level courses)
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