• A minor in geography consists of a minimum of 16 credit hours, including at least one 100-level course, one 200-level course, and two 300-level or higher courses.
• A major in geography consists of a minimum of 30 credit hours, including at least two 100-level courses, two 200-level courses, and four 300-level or higher courses.

Recommended Courses:

• GEO 101: World Human Geography
• GEO 102: Globalization and Development
• GEO 200: American Ethnic Geography
• GEO 201: Economic Geography
• GEO 210: Current Themes in Geography
• GEO 215: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
• GEO 225: Digital Cartography and GPS
• GEO 274: North American Indian on Film
• GEO 301: Regional Geographies of the World
• GEO 320: Urban Geography
• GEO 420: Rural Geography
• GEO 385: Field Study
• GEO 415: Advanced Geographic Information Systems
• GEO 470: Political Geography
• GEO 474: Historical Geography of the United States
• GEO 486: Internship in Geography
• GEO 490: Selected Topics in Geography
• GEO 492: Research in Geography
• GEO 495: Independent Study

Field Study locations include:

• Indian Mound Sites of the American South
• Yellowstone National Park and the Oregon Trail
• Biogeography of the Sonoran Desert
• Hawaii Volcanoes
• Glaciers of Alaska

Internship opportunities available at:  

• national parks and monuments
• museums
• Library of Congress
• American Indian Reservations
• U.S. Census Bureau

For information on careers in geography and on internships, visit the home page of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) and follow the Careers link.