Program: Geosciences, B.S., Geography Concentration - Georgia State University

Apr 10, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Degree Requirements (120 Hours)

Major Area (39 Hours)

Required Course to Fulfill CTW Requirement (3 Hours)

GEOG 4830 - Senior Seminar CTW 3 Credit Hours

Required courses (10 Hours)

GEOG 3000 - Foundations in Geosciences: Skills, Careers, and Navigating the Major 1 Credit Hours
GEOG 4515 - Qualitative Methods in Geography 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4518 - Digital Cartography 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4520 - Quantitative Spatial Analysis 3 Credit Hours

Required selection of courses (14-18 Hours)

Group I: Experiential Learning

Select one field experience or internship course from the following (2-4 Hours)

GEOG 4050 - Natural Environments of Georgia 4 Credit Hours
GEOG 4055 - Experimental Methods in Environmental Science 4 Credit Hours
GEOG 4533 - Community GIS 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4550 - Field School in the Geosciences 3 to 9 Credit Hours
GEOG 4832 - Geosciences Internship 1 to 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 4121 - Applied Field Methods in Environmental Geosciences 3 to 4 Credit Hours
GEOL 4125 - Measurement Techniques in Hydrology 4 Credit Hours
or another approved course focused on field, lab, or research experience as available including study abroad.

Group II: Human Geography

Select one course from the following (3 Hours)

GEOG 4762 - Economic Geography 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4764 - Urban Geography CTW 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4768 - Metropolitan Atlanta 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4774 - Contemporary Urban Theory and Issues 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4778 - Political Geography 3 Credit Hours

Group III: Human-Environmental

Select one course from the following (3 Hours)

GEOG 4012 - Sustainable Development: Practice and Policies 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4020 - Urban Environments 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4051 - Introduction to the Environmental History of Georgia 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4402 - Geography of Africa 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4460 - Water, Food, and Waste Systems 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4644 - Environmental Conservation 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4646 - Water Resources 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4776 - Geography of Food and Eating 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4784 - Global Climate Change 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4786 - Climate Change Perception and Communication 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4800 - Environmental Justice 3 Credit Hours

Group IV: Physical Geography

Select one course from the following (3-4 Hours)

GEOG 4050 - Natural Environments of Georgia 4 Credit Hours (if not taken in Group I)
GEOG 4640 - Geomorphology 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4642 - Advanced Weather and Climate 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4648 - Biogeography 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4680 - Oceanography & Climate Change 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 4245 - Urban Hydrology 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4650 - Surface Water Hydrology 3 Credit Hours

Group V: Techniques

Select one course from the following (3-4 Hours)

GEOG 4510 - Geospatial Data Analytics and Visualization 4 Credit Hours
GEOG 4530 - Introduction to Remote Sensing 4 Credit Hours
GEOG 4532 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 4 Credit Hours
GEOG 4533 - Community GIS 3 Credit Hours (if not taken in Group I)
GEOG 4534 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems 4 Credit Hours
GEOG 4535 - Enterprise GIS 4 Credit Hours
GEOG 4536 - GIS Programming 4 Credit Hours
GEOG 4538 - Urban Geographic Information Systems 4 Credit Hours
GEOL 4123 - Geoinformatics 3 Credit Hours

Remaining Geography or Geology courses

Remaining Geography or Geology courses selected in consultation with advisor. Students are encouraged to choose courses from Groups I-V that exceed the required number of courses.