B.S. requirements

Major in Geography

CORE CURRICULUM

Area II: GEOG 1111& 1111L – Introduction to Physical Geography or GEOG 1112 & 1112L – Introduction to Weather and Climate and GEOG 1113 & 1113L – Introduction to Landforms. (Students who have completed GEOG 1111 may enroll in GEOG 1112 and/or 1113. Students who have completed GEOG 1112 or 1113 may not enroll in GEOG 1111. It must be taken as a general elective if not taken under Area II.)
Area IV: GEOG 1101 – Introduction to Human Geography. (It must be taken as a general elective if not taken under Area IV.)
Area V: GEOG 1103 or 1125 (preferred, not required)
Area VI: Students must take the equivalent of 18 semester hours of lower-division (1000- and 2000-level) courses that are related to (in some cases prerequisite to) advanced coursework in geography.
These must include:
1. STAT 2000 —Elementary Statistics or
  GEOG 2300 —Geographic Data Analysis
2. MATH 2200 & 2200L —Analytic Geometry and Calculus or
  MATH 2210 & 2210L0L — Integral Calculus or
  MATH 2250 & 2250L — Calculus I for Science and Engineering or
  MATH 2260 & 2260L — Calculus II for Science and Engineering
  Note: MATH 2250 & 2250L are strongly encouraged for an atmospheric science focus.
3. CSCI 1100 & 1100L —Introduction to Personal Computing or
  CSCI 1210 Introduction to Computational Science or CSCI 1301 & 1301L —Introduction to Computing and Programming
  Note: CSCI 1301 & 1301L is required for the certificates in geographic information science and atmospheric science.
4. Two lab science courses, beyond those required under Area II, in BIOL, CHEM, GEOG, GEOL, or PHYS (both courses can be from the same department).
5. If items 1, 2, or 3 above have been satisfied elsewhere in the core, students may make up the remainder of their 18 semester hours with 1000/2000-level courses in ANTH (physical), BIOL, CHEM, CSCI, ECOL, GEOG, GEOL, MATH, PHYS, or STAT.

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

A minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework must be taken in geography at the 3000-level or above.

This upper-division coursework must include the following:

GEOG 3510 & 3510L —Cartography and Graphics
At least two courses from the list of physical geography courses (see "Physical Geography" under the heading "Upper-division Curriculum Structure" below).
At least one course from the list of human geography courses (see "Human Geography" under the heading "Upper-division Curriculum Structure" below).
Four additional upper-division geography courses.

At least two of the seven selected geography courses taken at the upper-division must be 4000-level courses in physical geography or geographic techniques (see "Geographic Techniques" under the heading "Upper-division Curriculum Structure" below).

A maximum of 6 of the 24 hours of coursework required to satisfy the B.S. geography major may be from internships, independent study, field courses, or study abroad experiences. In rare circumstances, the undergraduate advisor may increase this limit to 9 hours in order to permit a student to enrich her/his coursework with additional study abroad experiences.

A minimum grade of C must be earned in each upper-division course.

UPPER-DIVISION CURRICULUM STRUCTURE

Coursework in geography can be divided into three general areas: human geography, physical geography, and geographic techniques (Georgraphic Information Science).

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Human Geography

Physical Geography

Geomorphology:
- GEOG 3010 —General Geomorphology
- GEOG 4020 — Fluvial Geomorphology
- GEOG 4030 — Geomorphology and Environmental Change in Karst and Arid Environments
- GEOG 4040 — Global Environmental Change During the Quaternary
- GEOG 4050 —The Environment of Egypt
- GEOG 4060 — Field and Laboratory Methods in Physical Geography
- (GEOG)(CRSS)(ECOL)(ENGR)WASR(GEOL) 4700L — Hydrology, Geology, and Soils of Georgia
- (GEOG)(ECOL)FORS 4250 — International Forest Management
- (GEOG)(AAEC)(ANTH)(ECOL)FORS(INTL)(RLST) 4271 — Field Studies in Natural Resources
Climatology/Meteorology:
- GEOG 3110 — Climatology
- GEOG 3120 & 3120L — Weather Analysis and Forecasting
- GEOG 3130 —Atmospheric Hazards
- (GEOG)ENGR 4111 & 4111L Atmospheric Thermodynamics
- GEOG(ENGR) 4112 Atmospheric Dynamics
- GEOG 4114/6114 Atmospheric Dynamics II
- GEOG 4120 Synoptic Meteorology/Climatology
- GEOG 4121/6121 Weather Forecasting Seminar (variable credit)
- GEOG 4140 Satellite Meteorology/Climatology
- GEOG 4150 Physical Climatology
- GEOG 4160 Applied Climatology in the Urban Environment
- GEOG 4170 Mesoscale and Radar Meteorology /Climatology (pending)
- (GEOG)ENGR 4161 & 4161L Environmental Microclimatology
- (GEOG)ENGR 4180 Special Topics in Atmospheric Science
- GEOG 4911/6911 Collaborative Research in Atmospheric Sciences
Biogeography:
- GEOG 3210 —Biogeography
- GEOG 3290 —Introduction to Mountain Geoecology
- GEOG(PBIO) 4220 —Ecological Biogeography
- GEOG(PBIO) 4240 —Plant Geography
- (GEOG)(ANTH)FORS(RLST) 4261 — Field Study in Natural Resources
- GEOG 4290 —Neotropical Mountain Geoecology
- GEOG 4810 — Conservation Ecology and Resource Management
- (GEOG)(ANTH)CRSS(ECOL)(HORT) 4930 — Agroecology of Tropical America
- (GEOG)(ANTH)CRSS(ECOL)(HORT) 4931 — Agroecology of Tropical America Field Trip

Geographic Information Science

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Dynamics of weather and climate, geoscience education, atmospheric hazards, and meteorological applications of social media data (see http://www.today.com/video/today/51330360#51330360)

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