Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Major in Human Geography
Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours
General Requirements
- 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.
- In addition to the general education core curriculum requirements, the Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) requires three additional hours of English literature, three hours of math/science/logic/computer science courses, six hours of 2000-level modern language courses, and a minor.
- This major requires students to select a minor area of study from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors offered at Texas State. Recommended minors are Nature and Heritage Tourism, Geographic Information Science, Geology, Anthropology, Sociology, Political Science, History, and Sustainability Studies; 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.
- To satisfy graduation requirements, students must have at least a 2.50 Geography major GPA 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.
- This major requires a minimum of 32 semester credit hours of Geography courses.
- Required Geography major courses include the following 14 hours:
Course List Code Title Hours GEO 1309 Introduction to Cultural Geography 3 or GEO 1310 World Geography GEO 2410 Introduction to Physical Geography 4 GEO 3301 Research Methods in Geography 3 Choose 4 hours from the following: Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems Maps and Mapmaking Remote Sensing and Earth Observation Field Methods - Required Human Geography core (6 hours):
Course List Code Title Hours Choose 6 hours from the following: GEO 3303 Economic Geography 3 GEO 3310 Urban Geography 3 GEO 3340 Political Geography 3 GEO 3349 World Population 3 - Required Regional Geography course:
Course List Code Title Hours Choose 3 hours from the following: GEO 3307 Geography of Europe 3 GEO 3308 Latin America 3 GEO 3309 United States and Canada 3 GEO 3328 Geography of North Africa and the Middle East 3 GEO 3329 Geography of Texas 3 GEO 3332 Geography of South and Southeast Asia 3 GEO 3333 Geography of East Asia 3 GEO 4306 Geography of the Southwest 3 GEO 4310 Regional Field Studies 3 GEO 4328 Geography of the Russian Realm 3 - Additional Human Geography Requirements:
Course List Code Title Hours Choose 6 hours from the following: GEO 2310 Global Environmental Change 3 GEO 3323 Researching the City 3 GEO 3351 Health Geography 3 GEO 3353 American Ethnic Geography 3 GEO 4309 Cultural and Political Ecology 3 GEO 4331 Geography of Food and Agriculture 3 GEO 4393E Race, Class, and the American City 3 *Students may also choose courses from the Human Geography Core and Required Regional Geography lists that were not taken to satisfy those requirements. -
Geography required elective courses (3 hours) are to be selected in consultation with an academic advisor.
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Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
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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.
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Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation.
Course Requirements
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Communication Component Code 010 | 3 | Communication Component Code 010 | 3 |
| MATH 1315, 1317, 1319, 1329, 2321, 2417, or 2471 (Mathematics Component Code 020 [TCCN MATH 1314, 1316, 1324, 1325, 1323, 2412, or 2413]) | 3-4 | Creative Arts Component Code 050 | 3 |
| Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 | American History Component Code 060 | 3 |
| Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 | Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 |
| GEO 1309 or 1310 (TCCN GEOG 1302 or 1303) | 3 | GEO 2410 (BA Science, Math, Computer Science, or Logic) | 4 |
| US 1100 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 |
| American History Component Code 060 | 3 | ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094)2 | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 (not to include GEO 1310) | 3 | Modern Language 14201 | 4 |
| Modern Language 14101 | 4 | GEO 2426, 3411, 3416, or 4430 | 4 |
| GEO 3301 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 14 | ||
| Junior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Component Area Option Code 090/091 | 3 | BA ENG Literature | 3 |
| Modern Language 23101 | 3 | Modern Language 23201 | 3 |
| Human Geography Core | 6 | Required Regional Geography Course | 3 |
| Minor | 3 | Minor | 6 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Additional Human Geography Courses | 6 | Minor | 6 |
| GEO Elective | 3 | Electives (as needed) | 6 |
| Minor | 3 | ||
| Electives (as needed) | 4 | ||
| 16 | 12 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
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Students must complete 6 hours of the same modern language (2310 and 2320). Most students complete 1410 and 1420 as prerequisites before attempting 2310.
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ENG Literature Courses: 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), or ENG 2371
