Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Major in Geography Water Resources

Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours

General Requirements

  1. The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses.
  2. This major requires students to select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors offered at Texas State. Recommended minors are Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Political Science, Anthropology, Business Administration, Plant and Soil Science, and Nature and Heritage Tourism; however, other minors may be appropriate depending on a student's interests and career goals Students are encouraged to meet with an academic advisor to review minor options and degree requirements.
  3. This major requires a minimum of 36 semester credit hours of Geography courses.
  4. To satisfy graduation requirements, students must have at least a 2.50 major GPA for Geography and at least a 2.25 Texas State GPA. Students must make a grade of "C" or better in all Geography courses that are to be counted for credit toward their major.
  5. Required Geography major courses include the following:
    GEO 1309Introduction to Cultural Geography3
    or GEO 1310 World Geography
    GEO 2410Introduction to Physical Geography4
    GEO 2426Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems4
    GEO 3301Research Methods in Geography3
  6. Required Geography core courses include the following:
    GEO 3305Climatology3
    GEO 3434Water Resources4
    GEO 4314River Basin Management3
    GEO 4325Fluvial Processes3
    GEO 4334Groundwater Resources3
    or GEOL 4421 Hydrogeology
    GEO 4341Water Policy3
    or GEO 4317 Water Resources Planning
  7. Required Geography elective course (3 hours) is to be selected in consultation with an academic advisor.
  8. Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
  9. The minimum number of hours required for this degree program is 120. The number of free elective hours a student will complete depends on the number of hours a student may need to achieve the required 120 total or 36 advanced hours.
  10. Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation.

Course Requirements 

Freshman
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
Communication Component Code 0103Communication Component Code 0103
Mathematics Component Code 02013Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 0303
Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 0303American History Component Code 0603
Government/Political Science Component Code 0703Government/Political Science Component Code 0703
GEO 1309 or 1310 (TCCN GEOG 1302 or 1303)3GEO 24104
US 11001 
 16 16
Sophomore
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
American History Component Code 0603Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 0403
Modern Language 1410 (if required) or Elective4Modern Language 1420 (if required) or Elective4
GEO 24264GEO 33013
GEO 33053GEO 34344
 14 14
Junior
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 (not to include GEO 1310)3Creative Arts Component Code 0503
ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094)23Component Area Option Code 090/0913
ENG 3303 (BS Literature or Technical Writing)3GEO 43143
GEO 43253Minor6
Minor3 
 15 15
Senior
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
GEO 4334 or GEOL 44213-4GEO Elective3
GEO 4341 or 43173Minor3
Minor6Electives (as needed)9
Elective (as needed)3 
 15 15
Total Hours: 120
1

One course from the following may be chosen to satisfy the Mathematics Component Code 020: MATH 1315 (TCCN 1314), MATH 1317 (TCCN 1316), MATH 1319 (TCCN 1324), MATH 1329 (TCCN 1325), MATH 2321 (TCCN 2313), MATH 2417 (TCCN 2412), or MATH 2471 (TCCN 2413).

2

An ENG Literature course may be selected from the following: ENG 2310 (TCCN ENGL 2322), ENG 2320 (TCCN ENGL 2323), ENG 2330 (TCCN ENGL 2332), ENG 2340 (TCCN ENGL 2333), ENG 2359 (TCCN ENGL 2327), ENG 2360 (TCCN ENGL 2328), ENG 2371