Purpose

The B.A. degree is intended to provide a strong liberal arts degree focusing on the major subject areas of geography while maintaining a great deal of flexibility. This allows students to focus on a particular transcriptable concentration area while also pursuing additional majors and/or minors.

Requirements

Students must complete the following:

1. The B.A. degree requirements of the College of Arts and Sciences.
2. A minimum of 30 credit hours in Geography, including at least 18 credit hours at the 300-400 level with at least 6 credit hours at the 400 level.
3. G208.
4. G237 or G338.
5. At least one additional course in geographic methodology selected from G250, G336, G350, G388, G438, or G488. Alternatively, G338 may be chosen if not selected in item 4.
6. ASCS-Q 299 College to Career III: Market Yourself for the Job and Internship Search.
7. G498 Capstone Seminar.
8. Students may choose:
   1. the Comprehensive option. Courses are chosen from across the breadth of the Geography curriculum such that all requirements above are met, or
   2. the Concentration option. At least 15 credit hours are chosen from a single concentration area as detailed below. When the topic is relevant, X473 and X490 may be used as part of the concentration area. The selected concentration must be declared with the undergraduate advisor and will appear on the official transcript.

Concentration Areas

Students may select one of the following concentration areas. Participating faculty are listed below with the appropriate specialties. Alternatively, the comprehensive option detailed above may be chosen by students who want to draw courses from the full breadth of geography.

A. Climate, Land and Environmental Change

Select from G221 (subject to approval of topic), G250, G304, G305 (subject to approval of topic), G307, G315, G320, G336, G341, G343, G350, G405, G407, G444, G449, G451, G452, G461, X473, G477, G478, G488, G489, and X490. (Evans, Ficklin, Hwang, Maxwell, Robeson).

B. Food and Agriculture

Select from G220 (subject to approval of topic), G306 (subject to approval of topic), G315, G320, G343, G369, G380, G411, G417, G441, G448, G449, G461, X473, G478, G488, and X490. (Akhter, Dunn, Evans, Knudsen)

C. Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing

Select from G250, G305 (subject to approval of topic), G306 (subject to approval of topic), G336, G350, G436, G438, G439, X473, G488, G489, and X490. (Evans, Ficklin, Hwang, Maxwell, Robeson)

D. Globalization, Development and Justice

Select from G220 (subject to approval of topic), G306 (subject to approval of topic), G314, G315, G316, G320, G323, G325, G326, G332, G341, G343, G369, G380, G411, G415, G417, G425, G427, G428, G441, G448, G449, X473, G478, G488, and X490. (Akhter, Ashutosh, Dunn, Evans, Knudsen, Lave)

E. Water Resources

Select from G221 (subject to approval of topic), G250, G305 (subject to approval of topic), G316, G341, G343, G350, G411, G440, G449, G451, G461, X473, G478, G488, and X490. (Akhter, Evans, Ficklin, Hwang, Lave)