Geography - B.A. Program Requirements

• Environmental Geography Concentration
• Geographic Information Concentration
• Social Geography Concentration

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (23 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KSS DD	GEOG	17063	World Geography	3
KAD DD		17064	Geography of the United States and Canada	3
KBS		21062	Physical Geography	3
KBS		21063	Physical Geography Laboratory	1
		39002	Statistical Methods in Geography	3
		39161	Introduction to Cartography	3
		39162	Introduction to Cartography Laboratory	1
WIC		40191	Seminar in Geography*	3
		3/4xxxx	Regional Geography elective (upper division)	3
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (76 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Foreign Language			14-16
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			3
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			5-6
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)			9
	Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning			3-5
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			6
	General Electives (minimum 16 upper-division credit hours)			23-30
IV.	CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (21 credits)
	Environmental Geography (21)
	Geographic Information (21)
	Social Geography(21)
MINIMUM TOTAL				121

*A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

Environmental Geography Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (21 credits)Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	GEOG	49070	Geographic Information Science	3
	Choose from the following: Environmental Geography Elective			12
	GEOG	31062	Fundamentals of Meteorology (3)
		31064	Principles of Climatology (3)
		31080	Geography of Wine (3)
		41050	Polar and Alpine Environments (3)
		41052	Glaciers and Glaciation (3)
		41062	Advanced Physical Geography (3)
		41066	Climate Change and Its Impact (3)
		41073	Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
		41074	Resource Geography (3)
		41082	Geography of Soils (3)
	Choose from the following: Geographic Information Electives			3
	GEOG	44070	Spatial Analysis and Location Theory (3)
		49070	Geographic Information Science (3)
		49076	Spatial Programming (3)
		49080	Advanced Geographic Information Science (3)
		49162	Advanced Cartography (3)
		49163	Advanced Cartography Laboratory (1)
		49165	GeoMapping (3)
		49210	Earth Imagery (3)
		49211	Earth Imagery Laboratory (1)
		49230	Remote Sensing (3)
	Choose from the following: Social Geography			3
	GEOG	31070	Population and Environment (3)
		32080	Politics and Place (3)
		34070	Economic Geography (3)
		35065	Geography of Transportation/Spatial Interaction (3)
		36065	Cities and Urbanization (3)
		42040	Tourism Development and Recreational Travel (3)
		42052	Medical Geography (3)
		42064	Historical Geography of the United States and Canada (3)
		44010	Geography of the Global Economy (3)
		45085	Urban Transportation (3)
		46065	Advanced Urban Geography (3)
		46070	Urban and Regional Planning (3)
MINIMUM TOTAL				21

 

Geographic Information Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (21 credits)Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Choose from the following: Environmental Geography Elective*			3-6
	GEOG	31062	Fundamentals of Meteorology (3)
		31064	Principles of Climatology (3)
		31080	Geography of Wine (3)
		41050	Polar and Alpine Environments (3)
		41052	Glaciers and Glaciation (3)
		41062	Advanced Physical Geography (3)
		41066	Climate Change and Its Impact (3)
		41073	Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
		41074	Resource Geography (3)
		41082	Geography of Soils (3)
	Choose from the following: Geographic Information Electives			12
	GEOG	44070	Spatial Analysis and Location Theory (3)
		49070	Geographic Information Science (3)
		49076	Spatial Programming (3)
		49080	Advanced Geographic Information Science (3)
		49162	Advanced Cartography (3)
		49163	Advanced Cartography Laboratory (1)
		49165	GeoMapping (3)
		49210	Earth Imagery (3)
		49211	Earth Imagery Laboratory (1)
		49230	Remote Sensing (3)
	Choose from the following: Social Geography*			3-6
	GEOG	31070	Population and Environment (3)
		32080	Politics and Place (3)
		34070	Economic Geography (3)
		35065	Geography of Transportation/Spatial Interaction (3)
		36065	Cities and Urbanization (3)
		42040	Tourism Development and Recreational Travel (3)
		42052	Medical Geography (3)
		42064	Historical Geography of the United States and Canada (3)
		44010	Geography of the Global Economy (3)
		45085	Urban Transportation (3)
		46065	Advanced Urban Geography (3)
		46070	Urban and Regional Planning (3)
MINIMUM TOTAL				21

*Students must take one course from each and an additional course from either the Geographic Information electives or Social Geography courses.

 

Social Geography Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (21 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Choose from the following: Environmental Geography Elective			3
	GEOG	31062	Fundamentals of Meteorology (3)
		31064	Principles of Climatology (3)
		31080	Geography of Wine (3)
		41050	Polar and Alpine Environments (3)
		41052	Glaciers and Glaciation (3)
		41062	Advanced Physical Geography (3)
		41066	Climate Change and Its Impact (3)
		41073	Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
		41074	Resource Geography (3)
		41082	Geography of Soils (3)
	Choose from the following: Geographic Information Electives			6
	GEOG	44070	Spatial Analysis and Location Theory (3)
		49070	Geographic Information Science (3)
		49076	Spatial Programming (3)
		49080	Advanced Geographic Information Science (3)
		49162	Advanced Cartography (3)
		49163	Advanced Cartography Laboratory (1)
		49165	GeoMapping (3)
		49210	Earth Imagery (3)
		49211	Earth Imagery Laboratory (1)
		49230	Remote Sensing (3)
	Choose from the following: Social Geography			12
	GEOG	31070	Population and Environment (3)
		32080	Politics and Place (3)
		34070	Economic Geography (3)
		35065	Geography of Transportation/Spatial Interaction (3)
		36065	Cities and Urbanization (3)
		42040	Tourism Development and Recreational Travel (3)
		42052	Medical Geography (3)
		42064	Historical Geography of the United States and Canada (3)
		44010	Geography of the Global Economy (3)
		45085	Urban Transportation (3)
		46065	Advanced Urban Geography (3)
		46070	Urban and Regional Planning (3)
MINIMUM TOTAL				21