Apr 26, 2024

2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog

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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Geosciences, B.A., Geography Concentration

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Geography Concentration Courses (27 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 (14-18 Hours)

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

GEOG 4050 - Natural Environment of Georgia 4 Credit Hours
GEOG 4550 - Field School in the Geosciences 3 to 9 Credit Hours
GEOG 4832 - Geosciences Internship 1 to 6 Credit Hours
or another approved course focused on field, lab, or research experience as available including study abroad

Group II (14-18 Hours)

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 (14-18 Hours)

Select one course from the following (3)

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 4644 - Environmental Conservation 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4646 - Water Resources 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4784 - Global Climate Change 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4800 - Environmental Justice 3 Credit Hours

Group IV (3-4 Hours)

Select one course from the following

GEOG 4050 - Natural Environment 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 4650 - Surface Water Hydrology 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 4245 - Urban Hydrology 3 Credit Hours

Group V (3-4 Hours)

Select one course from the following

GEOG 4530 - Introduction to Remote Sensing 4 Credit Hours
GEOG 4532 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 4 Credit Hours
GEOG 4534 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems 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

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