Cook College students majoring in geography also must complete a
minor or certificate program offered by the Cook College faculty.
I. College Mission: Interdisciplinary Critical Analysis (5-6 credits)
11:015:101 Perspectives on Agriculture and the Environment (2)
11:015:400 Junior/Senior Colloquium (3)
II. Introductory Life and Physical Sciences
A. Life Sciences (4-8)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.
Selection of courses may be determined by the student's choice of minor or certificate program.
B. Physical Sciences (6)
01:450:101 Earth Systems (3)
01:450:102 Transforming the Global Environment (3)
III. Humanities and the Arts (6 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.
IV. Multicultural and International Studies (6 credits)
01:450:103 Human Geography: Space, Place, and Location (3)
01:450:205 World Cultural Regions (3)
V. Human Behavior, Economic Systems, and Political Processes (9 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter. Selection of
courses may be determined by the student's choice of minor or
certificate program.
VI. Oral and Written Communication (6 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.
VII. Experience-Based Education (3 credits)
01:450:485,486 Internship in Geography (BA,BA) or 01: 450:491,492
Geographic Problems (3,3) or equivalent independent research project or
appropriate placement in cooperative education
VIII. Proficiency in Geography (54-55 credits)
A. REQUIRED COURSES (39-40)
Quantitative Skills (3)
01:960:211 Statistics I (3) or equivalent
Computer and Information Technology Competence (3)
01:450:320 Spatial Data Analysis (3)
Professional Ethics (3)
01:730:250 Environmental Ethics (3)
Additional Requirements (30-31)
01:450:330 Geographical Methods (3)
01:450:470 History and Theory of Geography (3)
One additional methods course, selected from the following (3-4):
01:450:321 Geographic Information Systems (3)
01:450:322 Remote Sensing (3)
01:450:355 Principles of Cartography (4)
01:450:356 Advanced Cartography (4)
01:450:357 Spatial Data Representation and Display (3)
One regional geography course elected from the following (3):
01:450:332 Newly Independent States and Eastern Europe (3)
01:450:334 Western Europe (3)
01:450:335 Caribbean Borderlands (3)
01:450:336 Latin America (3)
01:450:338 Africa (3)
01:450:341 South Asia and the Middle East (3)
01:450:342 East Asia (3)
A minor or certificate program offered by Cook College (18)
B. ELECTIVES (15)
At least 15 additional credits, with at least three courses at the 300
or 400 level. (See Geography 450 in the Programs of Study for Liberal
Arts Students chapter for a complete listing of courses.) Where
appropriate, majors are encouraged to substitute independent research
projects under faculty supervision for up to 6 elective credits.
IX. Unspecified Electives (31-32 credits)
