How to become a Geography Major.

Get your advising file from your current advisor and take it to Rose Eavanson in Room 221 Armstrong Hall.

She will approve you to be in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences and will forward your application to us. There is nothing more you need to do.

Mentoring (Advising) Sheets

Mentoring (advising) sheet. Updated Fall 2009 (pdf)

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UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS

Objectives:

A list of courses for each Objective may be found at http://www.arc.wvu.edu/courses/GEC.html.

1. Communication (9 credits)

(English 101)

(English 102)

Writing (W) Course (Additional course completed after English 102)

2. Basic Math and Science (13-15 credits)

(Math or Stat: 3 credit)

(Lab. Science: 4 credit)

(Science: 3-4 credit)

(Math/Stat.; or Nat/

Phys. Sci. or Nat. Resource or Envt: 3-4 credit)

3. The Past and Its Traditions (3 credits)

4. Contemporary Society (3 - 4 credits)

5. Artistic Expression (3 credits)

6. The Individual in Society (4 credits)

(UNIV 101: 1 credit.)

(3 credits)

7. American Culture (3 credits)

8. Western Culture (3 credits)

9. Non-western Culture (3 credits)

General Education Curriculum (GEC) Policies

1. Minimum number of GEC credits - 41; maximum number - 43.

2. Total number of credits satisfying Objectives 2 - 9 that may be taken in the major field - 9.

3. Maximum number of courses taken in one discipline outside the major to fulfill GEC - 2.

4. Maximum number of Objectives to be satisfied by one course - 1 (Note: while most courses will satisfy two Objectives, the student will choose which of those Objectives that course will satisfy. In the interest of promoting a breadth of study, no course may satisfy more than one Objective.)

5. Courses satisfying Objectives 2 - 9 may also satisfy a course requirement for the major.

Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Requirement

1. 12 Hours Foreign Language

All 12 hours must be the same language.

Geography Program Requirements

Thirty-three (33) geography hours are needed for graduation. Forty-two hours (42) of geography, or any other university subject, is the maximum applicable toward the one-hundred twenty-eight (128) total hours needed for graduation. Geog 199 and Geog 491 courses are not counted against the maximum hours in Geography.

1. Core Courses (14 hours)

GEOG 199 Orientation, (1hr)

GEOG 102 World Regions (3hrs)

GEOG 106 & 107 Physical (4hrs)

GEOG 108 Human (3hrs)

*GEOG 150 Digital Earth (3hr)

* Note: GEOG 150 is required ONLY for majors declared for Fall 2009 or after. If you declared your  major before Fall 2009, you may still take GEOG 240 to satisfy the core requirement.

2. Elective Core Courses

(Select ONE)

**GEOG 240 US and Canada (3hrs)

** Note: GEOG 240 satisfies an elective core requirement for students who declared their major for Fall 2009 or after. If you declared your major before Fall 2009, you may still take GEOG 150 to satisfy the elective core course requirement.

GEOG 205 Nat. Resources (3hrs)

GEOG 209 Economic (3hrs)

GEOG 210 Urban (3hrs)

3. Methods (3-4 hrs)

(Select ONE)

GEOG 350 Intro GISci (4hrs)

GEOG 407 Env. Field Geog (3hrs)

GEOG 455 Remote Sensing (4hrs)

GEOG 462 Dig. Cartography (3hrs)

4. General Geography Electives (9-10 hrs)

GEOG ________ (3-4hrs)

GEOG ________ (3-4hrs)

GEOG ________ (3-4hrs)

5. Capstone

GEOG 496 Senior Thesis (3hrs)

Note: GEOG 496 is offered in FALL only.

Note: Senior Thesis should be taken AFTER completion of other requirements or the last fall semester at WVU. Geography majors with a 3.5 or greater GPA may substitute GEOG 491 (Professional Field Experience), GEOG 495 (Independent Study), or GEOG 499 (Honors Thesis) for Capstone credit with approval of the student’s undergraduate advisor and the Geography Undergraduate Committee.

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Updated 08/11/2009 by BM to reflect changes in the core and elective core requirements.