About the Geography Bachelor’s Program
The Bachelor of Arts in Geography combines a liberal arts education with the technical skills necessary to be successful in the modern workforce. The undergraduate program also provides a solid foundation for those students who wish to pursue graduate study in geography or a related professional field.
As a discipline, Geography provides a unique framework for understanding our world based on location. Geography is concerned with where things are located, why they are located where they are, and how these work together to form a tapestry of human and physical landscapes across the surface of the Earth. The degree program emphasizes coursework in both the social and physical sciences to provide students with a broad understanding of the world’s physical environment and the human experience in that world.
Students completing the degree program will have the knowledge, tools, and technical skills necessary to understand and address many of the social and environmental problems facing society and the planet at large. This allows students in geography to pursue their interests in a wide variety of topics including social and cultural change, globalization, urbanization, impacts of climate change, natural resource management, natural hazards, food and water security, resilience, and sustainability.
Students in the geography program are strongly encouraged to pursue a minor in Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST). When taken together, the GIST minor provides students with knowledge and technical expertise in geographic information science. Courses in the minor cover geographic information systems (GIS), database design, spatial analysis, satellite remote sensing, cartographic design, and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).
The geography major consists of 31 hours of coursework in geography plus MATH 2300 or MATH 2345 . Required courses are GEOG 1401 , GEOG 2300 , GEOG 4360 , GIST 3300 , and 18 hours of junior- and senior-level GEOG courses. ATMO 3310 and GEOL 3322 may apply for 6 hours of the electives. Students majoring in geography must complete a minimum of 12 semester hours of geography courses from Texas Tech.
Communication Literacy Requirement. Communication literacy in Geography is illustrated by competence in reading, writing, oral presentation and cartography. Our faculty members endorse a project driven curriculum. Courses in the Communication Literacy Plan for the B.A. in Geography are GEOG 4360 and GIST 3300 and one from: GEOG 3337 , GEOG 3353 , or GEOG 4357 .
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