GEO Curriculum

Curriculum for the Geography Major

Geography Core Requirements

Class Number	Course Description	Sem. Hours
GEO 101/101L	Intro to Environmental Geography	4
GEO 102/102L	Earth and the Environment	4
GEO 114	People, Places, Environment	3
GEO 115	World Regional Geography	3
GEO 201	Geography Orientation	1
GEO 331*	Computer Graphs and Maps	3
GEO 332*	Remote Sensing I	4
GEO 435	Research Methods in Geography	3
GEO 485W	Seminar: Geographic Thought	3
Min. 18 Hours with at least one course from each of the following categories		18
Total Hours:		46

Geography Electives

(Minimum of 18 Hours from Geography Electives in all categories)

Human Geography

Class Number	Course Description	Sem. Hours
GEO 312	World Economic Geography	3
GEO 321	National Parks Conservation	3
GEO 370	Geography of Tourism	3
GEO 414	Urban Geography and Planning	3
GEO 417	Health and Place	3

Physical Geography

Class Number	Course Description	Sem. Hours
GEO 405	Natural Hazards and Disasters	3
GEO 409	Environmental Earth Sciences	3
GEO 410	Biogeography	3
GEO 411	Soils	3
GEO 443W	Climatology	3

Regional Geography

Class Number	Course Description	Sem. Hours
GEO 313	Geography of US and Canada	3
GEO 314	Geography of Europe	3
GEO 315	Geography of Latin America	3
GEO 320	Geography of Alabama	3
GEO 404	Geography of Alcohol	3
GEO 480	Field Work	3

Technical Geography

Class Number	Course Description	Sem. Hours
GIT 420*	Computer Apps in Earth Science	3
GIT 442*	Remote Sensing II	3
GIT 460*	Introduction to GIS	4
GIT 461*	Environmental GIS	4
GIT 462*	GIS Applications: Social Science	4
GIT 463*	GIS for Business and Urban Analysis	4

Variable Topics in Geography

Class Number	Course Description	Sem. Hours
GEO 490	Special Topics	1-4
GEO 492	Seminar	1-3
GEO 494	Directed Research	1-4
GEO 496	Internship	1-3

(W) - Denotes a writing-intensive course.

* - Denotes a course required for the GIS Certificate

Additional Information for Geography Majors:

A student with a major in geography must take a group of required core geography courses and elective geography courses for a total of 48 semester hours. Students must take six (6) upper division geography electives from at least three (3) of the following categories: Human, Physical, Regional, and Technical. Geography 101 and 102 are prerequisites to all physical geography courses and Geography 114 and 115 are prerequisites to all human geography courses listed below. Courses marked with an asterisk are required for the GIS Certificate. Only two technical geography courses may be counted toward the Geography major.

Geography Minor Curriculum:

A student must take at least 20 semester hours of Geography, including the following list:

GEO 101
GEO 101L
GEO 102
GEO 102L
GEO 114

To complete the minor, a student must take at least three Geography courses at the 300 or 400 level.

Degree Requirements:

If a minor is required in your degree program, at least 9 (lower and/or upper-division) hours of courses in the minor must be completed at the University.

Geographic Information Science and Technology Minor (GIST)

(Minimum of 22 hours of Geographic Information Technology related classes)

Core Courses

Class Number	Course Description	Sem. Hours
GIT 460	Intro to GIT	4
GIT 461 or GIT 462	Environmental GIS or GIT Apps II-Business/Soc Sci	4
MET/GIT 420 or CIS 110	Computer Apps in Earth Science	4

Electives-select three from the following list

Class Number	Course Description	Sem. Hours 11-12
GEO 331	Computer Graphs and Maps
GEO 332 or MET 370	Remote Sensing I or Satellite Meteorology
GY 301	Geomorphology
GIT 442	Remote Sensing II
GIT 461	Environmental GIS
GIT 462	GIT Apps II-Business/Soc Sci
Other GIT electives
Total Hours		23-24