A student with a major in geography must take a group of required core geography courses and elective geography courses for a total of 46 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 as listed below. Courses marked with an asterisk are required for the GIS Certificate.

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Core requirements for a geography major: 

GEO 101	Atmospheric Processes and Patterns	4 Hours
GEO 102	Landscape Processes and Patterns	4 Hours
GEO 114	Introduction to Human Geography	3 Hours
GEO 115	World Regional Geography	3 Hours
*GEO 331	Computer Graphs and Maps	4 Hours
*GEO 332	Remote Sensing I	4 Hours
GEO 435	Research Methods in Geography	3 Hours
GEO 480W	Field Work in Geography (W)	4 Hours
		29 Hours

Geography Electives (Total of 18 hours)

Human Geography Courses:
GEO 312 World Economic Geography (W)
GEO 321 National Parks Conservation (W)
GEO 365 Urban Geography (W)
GEO 370 Tourism

GEO 375 Historical Geography

GEO 381 Cultural Geography (W)

Physical Geography Courses:
GEO 310 Environmental Earth Science
GEO 340 Meteorology
GEO 341 Climatology
GEO 410 Biogeography
GEO 411 Soils

GEO 440 Coastal Zone Management

GEO 441 Coastal Climatology (cannot take both 341 & 441)

Regional Geography Courses:
GEO 313 Geography of Anglo-America
GEO 314 Geography of Europe
GEO 315 Geography of Latin America
GEO 320 Alabama Geography (W)