BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY

CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING CONCENTRATION -EFFECTIVE SPRING 2008

For the Geography major, a minimum of 36 semester hours are required, with at least 18 semester hours at the 300 and 400 level. For minor requirements in this track, contact a Geography advisor. The City and Regional Planning Concentration focuses on the skills necessary to plan for human interactions with the social and physical environments in urban and regional settings. Students have greater flexibility in this track to focus on a suite of courses that prepare the student for employment in a variety of government and non-government areas. The Department recommends strongly that students take GEOG300 at the end of the sophomore or beginning of the junior year. Students should view and download the Department's 4-year Program guidelines, which detail suggested courses for students to take each semester in order to graduate in four years. You can also view online the course rotation schedule for Winter 2007 through Fall 2008.

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS

COURSE

 32 HOURS
Geography 100 Introduction to Physical Geography 3 hours
Geography 101 OR Geography 110 Human Geography (101) OR World Regional Geography (110) 3 hours
Geography 240 Introduction to Planning 3 hours
Geography 316 Fundamentals of GIS (old 217) 4 hours
Geography 300 Geographic Research Methods 3 hours
Geography 317 Geographic Information Systems 3 hours
Geography 391 Geostatistics (Data Analysis) 3 hours
Geography 484 Planning Theory and Application 3 hours
Geography 488 Rural Planning 3 hours
Geography 475 OR Geography 495 Internship, Study Abroad, or Research Project 3 hours
Geography 499 Professional Preparation 1 hour

ELECTIVES

 CHOOSE FROM MINIMUM 4 HOURS
Geography 208 Floods and Drought 1 hour
Geography 209 Natural Disasters 1 hour
Geography 350 Economic Geography 3 hours
Geography 360 North America 3 hours
Geography 414 Remote Sensing Fundamentals 4 hours
Geography 417 GIS Analysis and Modeling 3 hours
Geography 419 GIS Application Development 3 hours
Geography 423 Transportation Planning 3 hours
Geography 451 Geography of Kentucky 3 hours
Geography 474 Environmental Planning 3 hours
Geography 480 Urban Geography 3 hours
Geography 487 Environmental Law and Policy 3 hours

ADDITIONAL COURSE

 REQUIREMENTS* 5-6 HOURS
Math 118 (or 116 + 117) Algebra and Trigonometry 5 (or 6) hours

* Additional Course Requirements are NOT part of the geography major. They are outside corequisites required for this track.

Other Requirements: Students who wish to major in Geography are also encouraged to take the University College Freshman Seminar, GEOG 175 for Geography and Geology majors. See any Geography advisor for more information on this course.

For more information about this track, contact your geography advisor, visit the Department office (EST 304), or call (270) 745-4555.

To send an email message to request more information, just click on: david.keeling@wku.edu

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This page last updated on 8/28/07.