Geography - B.A. Program Requirements
- Environmental Geography concentration semester-by-semester Roadmap
- Geographic Information concentration semester-by-semester Roadmap
- Social Geography concentration semester-by-semester Roadmap
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*** | 14-20 | |||
| Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories) | 3 | |||
| Kent Core Basic Sciences |
2-3 | |||
| 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) | 3 | |||
| College General Requirement (must be from Kent Core Basic Sciences)**** |
3 | |||
| College General Requirement (must be from Kent Core Social Sciences)***** | 3 | |||
| General Electives (minimum 16 upper-division credit hours) Credits required depends on meeting minimum 121 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours |
23-30 | |||
| IV. | CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (21 credits) | |||
| Environmental Geography (21) | ||||
| Geographic Information (21) | ||||
| Social Geography(21) | ||||
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MINIMUM TOTAL
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121
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* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.
**A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.
***Fulfills College General Requirement
****One additional course taken from the Kent Core Basic Science courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Biological Sciences (BSCI), Chemistry (CHEM), Geography (GEOG), Geology (GEOL) or Physics (PHY). Students may take the courses listed in the "introductory" sequences with the restrictions noted above in the Kent Core Basic Science section. The course may not be from the student's major.
*****One additional course taken from the Kent Core Social Sciences courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Applied Conflict Management (CACM), Geography (GEOG), Criminology and Justice Studies (JUS), Political Science (POL), Psychology (PSYC) or Sociology (SOC). The course may not be from the student's major.
Environmental Geography Concentration
For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 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 SUBTOTAL
|
21 | |||
* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.
Geographic Information Concentration
For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 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 SUBTOTAL
|
21 | |||
* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.
** 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 2011-2012 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 SUBTOTAL
|
21 | |||
* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.
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