Department of Geography

Geography Education BA Four-Year Plan

FALL	SPRING
First Year
ENGL 110 - Seminar in Composition	HIST 104 - World History since 1400
Foreign Language 106 (4cr.)	Foreign Language 107 (4cr.)
Human Geography Elective	Human Geography Elective
UNIV 101 - First Year Experience I	HIST 206 (3cr.)
ECON 101 - Introduction to Microeconomics	ECON 103 - Introduction to Macroeconomics
Credits: 16	Credits: 16
Second Year
GEOG 101 & GEOG 111 or GEOG 152 - Climate and Life	GEOG 103 - Topics in Human-Environment
MATH 113 - Contemporary Mathematics or MATH 114 - College Mathematics and Statistics	Group A Breadth (3cr.)
POSC 150 - Introduction to American Politics	GEOG 200+ Elective (3cr.)
Group A Breadth (3cr.)	POSC Elective (3cr.)
GEOG 200+ Elective (3cr.)	ECON Elective (3cr.)
Credits: 16	Credits: 15
Third Year
GEOG 271 - Introduction to Geographic Data Analysis	GEOG 372 - Introduction to GIS
GEOG 300+ Elective (3cr.)	GEOG 300+ Elective (3cr.)
EDUC 413 - Adolescent Development and Educational Psychology	EDUC 414 - Teaching Exceptional Adolescents
HIST Elective (3cr.)	EDUC 419 - Diversity in Secondary Education
Group A Breadth (3cr.)	Group B Breadth (3cr.)
Credits: 15	Credits: 15
Fourth Year
EDUC 420 - Reading in the Content Areas	GEOG 445 - Capstone in Geography
HIST 491 - Planning a Course of Instruction	HIST 493 - Problems in Teaching History and Social Sciences
EDUC 400 - Student Teaching	POSC Elective (3cr.)
	GEOL 105 - Geological Hazards and Their Human Impact & GEOL 115 - Geological Hazards Laboratory
	Open Elective (3cr.)
Credits: 9-18	Credits: 16
Total Credits: 124

Disclaimer: Four-Year Plans are a Departmental suggestion of how a student could complete this degree in four years (eight semesters). Students may opt to take courses in the summer or winter sessions. These plans do not take into account additional requirements brought on by minors or other majors. A Four-Year Plan is subject to change from year-to-year given the resources and focuses of the Department. This document is not intended to replace advising. It is the student’s responsibility to meet with his or her assigned advisor at least once a semester to monitor progress and ensure that he or she is on track to graduate on time. Students can also utilize the Degree Audit in UDSIS to monitor their progress.