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REQUIREMENTS FOR A MAJOR IN GEOGRAPHY
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:
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Atmospheric Processes and Patterns |
4 Hours |
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Landscape Processes and Patterns |
4 Hours |
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Introduction to Human Geography |
3 Hours |
GEO 115 |
World Regional Geography |
3 Hours |
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Computer Graphs and Maps
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4 Hours |
*GEO 332 |
Remote Sensing I
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4 Hours |
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Research Methods in Geography |
3 Hours |
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Field Work in Geography (W) |
4 Hours |
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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)
Technical Geography Courses:
GEO 420 Geostatistics
*GEO 442 Remote Sensing II
*GEO 460 Introduction to GIS
*GEO 461 GIS Applications: Environmental
*GEO 462 GIS Applications Social Science
Additional requirements from other departments:
Geography majors must also take ST 210, CIS 150, one (1) additional natural science course and one (1) additional social science course.
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