This program provides a well-rounded and useful education and marketable skills to students with interests in the spatial patterns of society and the environment. It focuses on the interactions of humans with the natural and physical environments of Earth from a spatial perspective. Toward this end, the program’s graduates will have a fundamental understanding of human social dynamics and physical patterns and processes at the Earth’s surface, such as globalization, climatic variation and natural disasters, within the context of places, landscapes, and regions. Graduates will also be trained in the use of geospatial technologies as tools in addressing many modern concerns. The program is founded on the principle that geographical knowledge of place, space, and scale can provide essential insights into contemporary social and environmental issues and the variation in human cultures and behaviors, and promotes the idea that such insight is critical to managing the Earth at local, regional and global scales.
Three Introductory Courses
Introduces students to the major subfields of the discipline.
GES 1001 – International Approaches to
Geography
World regional course focusing on societal issues
GES 1500 – Physical
Geography
Introduction to global environmental patterns
GES xxxx (new proposed course)– Introduction to Geotechniques
Introduction to the important methods, techniques, and tools of
Geography (e.g., GIS, Remote Sensing, etc.)
One Regional Course
Shows how human/environmental processes play out in particular regions. Importance of place and region in understanding current issues.
GES 3500 – North America
GES 3600 – Europe
GES 3700 – Africa
GES 3800 – Islamic World
GES 3900 – Geography of Asia
One Additional Techniques Course
Provides advanced course on tools of geography
GES 4050 – Air Photo Interpretation (currently being revised to also include GPS)
GES 4101 –
Geography Information Systems
GES 4250 – Remote Sensing
GES 4300 – Advance Cartography
Sophomore (Junior?) Research Seminar
New course to fulfill the new College requirement
GES xxxx –
One Senior Seminar or Independent Study Course
Allows student to pursue a topic of their own interest. Considered capstone course
GES 6000 – Geography Seminar
GES 6001 – Seminar in Geography Education
GES 6100 – Geography Seminar
GES 6200 – Independent Study
Three Additional Geography Courses
Allows flexibility for students to pursue areas of interest.
Any three courses including any of the above and/or……
Human Geography
GES 2000 – Political Geography
GES 2100 – Economic Geography
GES 2200 – Urban Geography
GES 2300 – Population Geography
Physical Geography
GES 5100 – Resource Management and Conservation
GES 5200 – Geography of Land Use Management
GES 5300 – Disasters: Natural Hazards
