Geography - A.B.

I. Foundation Courses (9 hours)

ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1101E or ENGL 1101S  ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102E or ENGL 1103 or ENGL 1050H or ENGL 1060H   MATH 1101 or MATH 1113 or MATH 1113E or MATH 2200 or MATH 2250 or MATH 2300H or MATH 2400 or MATH 2400H or MATH 2410 or MATH 2410H  or STAT 2000 or STAT 2000E

II. Sciences (7-8 hours) At least one of the physical science or life science courses must include a laboratory.

Physical Sciences (3-4 hours)

Preferred Course(s): (GEOG 1111, GEOG 1111L) or (GEOG 2110H, GEOG 1111L) or (GEOG(ATSC) 1112, GEOG(ATSC) 1112L) or (GEOG 2120H, GEOG(ATSC) 1112L) or (GEOG 1113, GEOG 1113L)

Life Sciences (3-4 hours)

Preferred Course(s): Please consider the Franklin College's Biological Sciences requirement when selecting courses from the Core Curriculum. Some courses approved for the core curriculum do not satisfy the Franklin College requirement.

III. Quantitative Reasoning (3-4 hours)

Preferred Course(s): GEOG 2011-2011L

IV. World Languages and Global Culture, Humanities and the Arts (12 hours) Note: Course credit received as a result of a score on a departmental foreign language placement test will not satisfy the General Education Core Curriculum requirements in Area IV, World Languages and Global Culture, Humanities and the Arts.

World Languages and Global Culture (9 hours)

Preferred Course(s): GEOG 1101 or GEOG 2010H

Humanities and the Arts (3 hours)

No preferred courses for this area. See Core Curriculum view.

V. Social Sciences (9 hours) Students who have not met the Georgia and U.S. Constitution requirement by examination should enroll in POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H. A passing grade on an examination on the history of the United States and Georgia is required to satisfy the United States and Georgia History Requirement for all persons receiving a baccalaureate degree from the University, unless exempted by one of the following courses: HIST 2111, HIST 2111E, HIST 2111H, HIST 2112, HIST 2112E, HIST 2112H, HIST 3080H. Examinations are given at University Testing Services. Reexamination is permitted. Contact University Testing Services at (706) 542-3183 for information.

Preferred Course(s): GEOG 1101 or GEOG 1103 or GEOG 1125 or GEOG 2010H or GEOG 2130H or GEOG 2250H

Major Requirements

A baccalaureate degree program must require at least 21 semester hours of upper division courses in the major field and at least 39 semester hours of upper division work overall.
Students in the Franklin College must earn a grade of "C" (2.0) or better in major required courses.

Required Courses (25-27 hours) (A minimum grade of "C" (2.0) must be earned in each upper-division course.) GEOG 4910 Choose two courses from Group A below Choose one course from Group B below Choose either a third course from Group A, or one course from Group C below  Choose four courses from any of the four groups listed below  (At least three of the eight selected courses must be 4000-level courses from Group A and/or Group C; no more than six (6) credit hours from Group D may be counted towards satisfying the major requirements.) Group A -- Human/Regional Geography Systematic Focus: GEOG 3620 GEOG 3630 GEOG 3630E GEOG 3640 GEOG 3660 GEOG 3690 GEOG 4610/6610 GEOG 4620/6620 GEOG 4630/6630 GEOG 4631/6631 GEOG 4632/6632 GEOG 4633/6633 GEOG(INTL)(HIST) 4634 GEOG 4635/6635 GEOG 4640/6640 GEOG 4650/6650 GEOG 4660/6660 GEOG 4670/6670 GEOG 4680/6680 GEOG 4690/6690 GEOG(INTL) 4694 GEOG 4860/6860 GEOG 4890S/6890S Regional Focus: ANTH(GEOG) 4275/6275 CMLT(AFAM)(AFST)(GEOG)(LACS) 4260/6260 GEOG(AFST) 3650 GEOG 4290/6290 GEOG 4710/6710 GEOG(LACS) 4720/6720 GEOG 4730/6730 GEOG 4740/6740 GEOG 4750/6750  Group B -- Physical Geography Geomorphology: GEOG 3010 GEOG 4020/6020 GEOG 4030/6030 GEOG 4040/6040 GEOG 4060/6060 WASR(CRSS)(ECOL)(ENGR)(GEOG)(GEOL) 4700L/6700L  Climatology: AENG(ATSC) 4111/6111 ATSC(GEOG) 3110 ATSC(GEOG) 3120-3120L ATSC(GEOG) 3130 ATSC(GEOG)(ENGR) 4112/6112  ATSC 4114/6114 ATSC 4116/6116-4116L/6116L ATSC(GEOG) 4120/6120 ATSC(GEOG) 4121/6121 ATSC(GEOG) 4140/6140 ATSC(GEOG) 4150/6150 ATSC(GEOG) 4160/6160 ATSC(GEOG) 4170/6170-4170L/6170L ENGR(ATSC)(GEOG) 4161/6161-4161L/6161L ENGR(GEOG) 4180/6180 GEOG(ATSC) 3180 GEOG 4911/6911  Biogeography: CRSS(HORT)(ANTH)(ECOL)(GEOG) 4930/6930 CRSS(HORT)(ANTH)(ECOL)(GEOG) 4931/6931 FANR(ANTH)(ECOL)(GEOG)(INTL) 4271/6271 (minimum 3 hours) FORS(ECOL)(GEOG) 4250/6250 (minimum 3 hours) GEOG 3210 GEOG 3290 GEOG(PBIO) 4220/6220 GEOG(PBIO) 4240/6240 GEOG 4290/6290 GEOG 4810/6810 Group C -- Geographic Techniques GEOG 3990 GEOG 4300/6300 GEOG 4305/6305 GEOG 4330/6330-4330L/6330L GEOG 4350/6350-4350L/6350L GEOG 4370/6370-4370L/6370L GEOG 4370E/6370E GEOG(CRSS) 4375/6375 GEOG 4380/6380-4380L/6380L GEOG 4385/6385-4385L/6385L GEOG 4410/6410-4410L/6410L GEOG 4430/6430-4430L/6430L GEOG 4450/6450 GEOG 4460/6460 GEOG 4470/6470-4470L/6470L GEOG 4570/6570-4570L/6570L GEOG 4571/6571-4571L/6571L  GEOG 4590/6590-4590L/6590L GEOG 4610/6610 GEOG 4920/6920 (minimum 3 hours) Group D -- Miscellaneous Geography Courses GEOG 3990 GEOG 4921/6921 (minimum 3 hours) GEOG 4960R GEOG 4970R GEOG 4980R GEOG 4990R

General Electives (33-35 hours) (Refer to College-wide requirements when selecting general electives.) Upper division (19-30 hours) Any level (4-17 hours)

(This total does not include the 1-hour P.E. requirement)