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The Geography Department offers a broad-based undergraduate program that prepares its majors for either further studies at the graduate level, or for entry into the ever-expanding job market.
The course of study for majors has three parts:
- All
majors are required to take a core of courses that provide an
introduction to the discipline, exposure to the technical side of the
field, and a capstone course that emphasizes individual research.
- Additionally,
students are required to take a minimum of two offerings from the
department's list of regional area studies to give them an expanded,
global outlook in keeping with the goals set forth in the university's mission statement.
- Finally
majors are required to select a track in either physical geography of
human/cultural geography and follow a program of study that will
emphasize that sub–discipline.
Two other options are also available to students having an interest in geography:
- The first of these is aimed at students who have an interest in teaching social studies with
a particular interest in geography at the secondary level. These
students pursue a dual degree in Secondary Education: Social Studies
and Geography. This program, which has a total requirement of 134
credits to be graduated, will result in certification in the area of
Social Studies with a concentration in Geography.
- The second option is for a student to minor in geography while
majoring in another course of study. The minor requires the completion
of 21 credits of specific courses and is particularly popular with
students who are majoring in Earth Space studies and Environmental
Studies whose programs include a significant number of geography
courses as requirements.
Persons
interested in learning more about the department and its programs are
invited to telephone the departmental secretary at (570) 422-3285.
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