Offered by Department of Geography and Earth Science:

Geography Major

Geography Comprehensive Option
Agriculture Emphasis
Bachelor of Science

NSS BS 5509
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 = 12
BIOL 104GS, General Botany - 4 hours
BIOL 107GS, General Zoology - 4 hours
CHEM 145GS, Introductory Chemistry - 4 hours
Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9
GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
Personal Development minimum = 2

BS Science-related course requirements = 3
GEOG 311, Quantitative Methods in Geography - 3 hours
Major Option = 59
Minimum total hours required coursework = 107
Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 18

Minimum total hours required for BS in Geography Comprehensive/Agriculture 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/Agricultural Emphasis Requirements (47 hours required)
Take all of the following:
BIOL 307, Ecology - 3 hours
GEOG 105GS, Physical Geography: without lab - 4 hours
GEOG 106GS, Cultural Geography - 3 hours
GEOG 206GS, Geography of Anglo-America - 3 hours
GEOG 209GS, Meteorology - 3 hours
GEOG 305GS, Environmental Conservation - 3 hours
GEOG 310, Cartography - 3 hours
GEOG 320, Agricultural Geography - 3 hours
GEOG 340, Developing Nations - 3 hours
GEOG 400, Water Resources - 3 hours
GEOG 410, Geographical Techniques and Thought - 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)
BACC 250, Beginning Accounting I - 3 hours
Take 1 course from:
BIOL 418, Plant Taxonomy - 3 hours
BIOL 419, Taxonomy of Grasses - 3 hours
Take 1 course from:
GEOG 301, Geography of Soils - 3 hours
BIOL 301, Introduction to Soils - 4 hours
Take 1 course from:
ECON 398, Introduction to Farm and Ranch Management - 3 hours (Prereq: BACC 250)
ECON 350, Economics of the Agricultural Sector - 3 hours

B. Geography Comprehensive/Agricultural Emphasis Electives (12 hours required)
Take 12 hours from:
BIOL 403, Plant Physiology - 3 hours
BIOL 406, Plant Ecology - 3 hours
BIOL 470, Insects and Man - 3 hours
CHEM 250, Elementary Organic Chemistry - 5 hours (Prereq: CHEM 160GS, CHEM 160LGS, CHEM 161GS and CHEM 161LGS)
GEOG 207GS, Physical Geology - 3 hours
GEOG 343, Geography of Nebraska - 3 hours
GEOG 440, Seminar in Regional Geography - 1-3 hours
ECON 398, Introduction to Farm and Ranch Management - 3 hours (Prereq: BACC 250)
ECON 350, Economics of the Agricultural Sector - 3 hours
ECON 355, Comparative Economic Systems - 3 hours (Prereq: ECON 270GS, ECON 271GS)
ITEC 251, Machine Tool Products and Application - 3 hours
ITEC 283, Fluid Power - 3 hours (Prereq: ITEC 140
ITEC 351, Automated Devices and Systems - 3 hours (Prereq: ITEC 120, ITEC 251)
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