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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geography

The minimum number of semester credit hours required for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography, including the Core Curriculum requirements, is 120. Thirty-nine of the total semester credit hours required for the degree must be at the upperdivision level.

All candidates for this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the degree requirements, which are listed below.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students will need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements in this catalog.

Core Curriculum Requirements
Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements

Rhetoric (6 semester credit hours)

All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement:
WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I
WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II

Domain I: Mathematics and Science

Mathematics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Science (6 semester credit hours)
GRG 2613 Physical Geography satisfies the core requirement for Domain I, Level Two; however, another course must be taken to meet the requirement for Level One.

Domain II: Society and Culture

United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours)
Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Political Studies (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013 plus 3 additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 semester credit hours)
GRG 2623 Human Geography
Economics (3
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain III: Literature and the Arts

Literature (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
The Arts (3
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain IV: World Society and Issues

(3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

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Degree Requirements

A. 33 semester credit hours in the major, 24 of which must be at the upper-division level:

1. 15 semester credit hours:

9 required semester credit hours:

GRG 2613 Physical Geography
GRG 2623 Human Geography
GRG 3323 Spatial Analysis

6 additional semester credit hours selected from the following:

GRG 3113 Geography of the United States and Canada
GRG 3123 Geography of Latin America
GRG 3133 Geography of Europe
GRG 3143 Geography of Mexico
GRG 3153 Geography of Texas
GRG 3423 Geopolitics of Russia and Eurasia
GRG 3433 The Geography and Politics of the Asian Rim

2. 18 additional semester credit hours of geography electives chosen in consultation with the student's advisor. A maximum of 6 of these hours, as approved by student's advisor, may be applied to the major from selected courses in the following three areas:

Urban and economic studies
International studies
Earth science and resources

B. 6 semester credit hours of courses in the social sciences outside the major, chosen with the consent of the advisor

C. 6 semester credit hours of a single language other than English

D. 33 semester credit hours of electives

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