Geography with Specialization in General/Regional Geography, B.A.

Requirements: (39 credits)

For the B.S. in Geography (Certifiable for elementary education) students must complete the following, but must take GEOG 414 as one of their 3-credit electives in Geography.

Required Courses:

GEOG 110	Introduction to Geography	3
	or
GEOG 120	World Regional Geography	3
GEOG 130	Introduction to Geography Information Science	3
	and
	15 credits of geography electives (at least 9 at the 400 level)
Total Credit Hours:		21

3 credits from the following:

GEOG 270	Geography of Hazards	3
GEOG 272	Physical Geography	3
GEOG 275	Soils and Vegetation Sustainability	3
GEOG 374	Climatology	3
GEOG 433	Issues in Environmental Protection	3
GEOG 472	Topics in Physical Geography	3
GEOG 473	Geography of Natural Resources	3
GEOG 475	Energy Resources and Climate Change	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

3 credits from the following:

GEOG 220	Human Geography	3
GEOG 223	Geography of the Popular Music Industry	3
GEOG 244	Economic Geography	3
GEOG 290	Geography of Tourism	3
GEOG 291	National Parks and World Heritage Sites	3
GEOG 333	Political Geography	3
GEOG 451	Tourism Development in Southern New England	3
GEOG 453	Recreation and Resort Planning	3
GEOG 454	Geography of Tourism Marketing	3
GEOG 455	New Directions in Tourism	3
GEOG 470	Geography of Health & Disease	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

3 credits from the following:

GEOG 241/AMS 241/AMS 241	Introduction to Planning	3
GEOG 439	Urban Geography	3
GEOG 440	Rural Land Planning	3
GEOG 441	Community & Regional Planning	3
GEOG 445	Environmental Planning	3
GEOG 450	Tourism Planning	3
GEOG 483	Topics in Planning	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

3 credits from the following:

GEOG 256	Maps & Map Reading	3
GEOG 266	Air Photo Interpretation	3
GEOG 276	Elementary Cartography	3
GEOG 378	Geographic Information Systems	3
GEOG 442	Field Methods in Geography	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

6 credits from the following:

GEOG 330	United States and Canada	3
GEOG 434/LAS 434	Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean	3
GEOG 435	Japan and Korea	3
GEOG 436/LAS 436	South America	3
GEOG 437	China	3
GEOG 446	Sub-Saharan Africa	3
GEOG 448	Russia and Neighboring Regions	3
GEOG 452	European Union	3
GEOG 459	Field Studies in Regional Geography	3 TO 6
GEOG 481	Topics in Regional Geography	3
Total Credit Hours:		6

All elementary education students selecting this program will take GEOG 414 as one of their 3-credit electives in geography.

Acceptable substitutes for GEOG 430 will be jointly determined by student and advisor. When approved in advance by the student's advisor, up to 6 credits of cognate courses in one or two other disciplines may be applied toward the major in geography.