Minor in Geography
About This Program
Geography is much more than just placing labels on a map, memorizing capitals and countries or just the natural stage upon which human history unfolds. Through the Minor in Geography students will learn how to employ the lenses of place, space, and location to better understand the dynamic nature of human-environmental relationships that shape us and our planet. Geography explores connections between the distinct cultural and physical landscapes and environmental processes of the earth’s major continents and regions. Students will learn how to map and explore the earth from their own local "sense of place," to the planetary scale where a ‘bird’s eye’ view of the earth will offer you a new perspective on its oceanic and terrestrial bodies.
Competencies
- Upon completion, minors will be able to recognize, interpret, and evaluate spatial patterns and spatial relationships from local to global scales through written, verbal, and visual modalities.
- Upon completion, minors will be able to apply geographical concepts and terminology to the analysis of contemporary environmental and social issues from local to global spaces.
- Upon completion, minors will understand geospatial technologies as a tool for the analysis of spatial patterns and relationships.
Curriculum
| Electives | ||
| Select six courses from the following with at least two (6 hours) at the 3000/4000 level: | 18 | |
| PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | ||
| WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| RESEARCH METHODS IN GEOGRAPHY | ||
| MAPS AND MAPMAKERS | ||
| GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA | ||
| GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | ||
| GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA | ||
| HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES | ||
| AMERICA'S BORDERS AND BORDERLANDS | ||
| THE SPATIAL HUMANITIES | ||
| UNDERSTANDING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS | ||
| ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL DATA | ||
| GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM | ||
| REMOTE SENSING FUNDAMENTALS | ||
| GEOGRAPHIC DATA ANALYSIS | ||
| GEOGRAPHIES OF FILM | ||
| IMAGES OF THE SOUTHWEST BORDERLANDS | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN MODERN GEOGRAPHY | ||
| Total Hours | 18 | |