BA Geography: Guidance from Undergraduate Geography Advisor

 

Re: Changes in GEOG 25000 requirement

Dear Students, Please note that one of the required courses, GEOG 25000 (Geographic Research Methods) has been replaced by GEOG 35000 (Geographic Research Methods), carries a pre-requisite of one 200-level course in our department, and will be taught in the spring rather than fall semester. It is advised for Geography majors to take this course during their Junior year so that they have it prior to working on their independent study projects (for students under the "new" major requirements that began in Fall, 2020) or capstones (for students under the "old" major requirements).


Re: Major Requirements

Students at Hunter College are required to fulfill their major requirements as they stand at the time that the student declared the major. In the Department of Geography and Environmental Science, any student who is subject to requirements that have been changed has the choice of remaining under the older requirements or switching to the current requirements. For more guidance on this issue please see the link at the bottom of this page: "Information for students under the old major requirements."

Information on the requirements for the Geography major (October 23, 2022).

Research experience, Capstone, and Independent Study Work Guide (May 3, 2023)


Major in Geography - Beginning Fall 2020
Total credits required: 52-53 credits

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cr

Requirement
Categories

 

13

Department of
Geography and Environmental Science Core Requirements

Choose one course from each category to fulfill the departmental requirement

3

Intro Geography /
Environment

GEOG 10100 People and Their Environment
GEOG 15000 World Regional Geography

4

Intro GIS

GTECH 20100 Introduction to Geographic Information Science

3

200 level Population /
Environment

GEOG 22600 Environmental Conservation: Resource Management
GEOG 24100 Population Geography

3

Intro Statistics

STAT 11300 Elementary Probability and Statistics
STAT 21300 Introduction to Applied Statistics

 

 

 

21 - 22

Geography Major
Requirements

Choose one course from each category to fulfill the Geography
Major requirement

3
or
4

Intro Earth Science
lecture

PGEOG 13000 Weather & Climate (lec and lab 4 cr)
GEOL 10000 Intro to Geology (3 cr)
GEOL 10500 Intro to Environmental Geosciences (3 cr)
GEOL 18000 Intro to Oceanography (3 cr)

3
or
4

Intro Earth Science lab

PGEOG 13000 Weather & Climate (lec and lab 4 cr)
GEOL 10100 Intro to Geology (lab 3 cr)

3

Human Geography

GEOG 24300 Urban Geography
GEOG 22100 Economic Geography

3

Geographic Research
Methods

GEOG 25000 Geographic Research Methods

3

Regional Geography

Any GEOG 2xxxx regional geography
Any GEOG 306xx Special Topics in Contemporary Regional Geography

3

Field Geography

GEOG 35700 Geography of New York City and Vicinity
GEOL 38333 Geology of New York City and Vicinity
PGEOG 38367 Field Ecology of NYC
PGEOG 38306 Ecology of Global Change
PGEOG 38363 New York City Water Supply

3

Independent Research

GEOG 39xxx Independent study in Geography
PGEOG 39xxx Independent study in Physical Geography

 

 

 

18

Geography Major
Electives

Choose any of these courses to fulfill the Geography Major electives

15

300-level

GEOG 3xxxx 300-level Geography course
PGEOG 3xxxx 300-level Physical Geography course
GTECH 3xxxx 300-level Geography Technology course

3

200-level

GEOG 2xxxx or 3xxxx 200 or 300-level Geography course
PGEOG 2xxxx or 3xxxx 200 or 300-level Physical Geography course
GTECH 2xxxx or 3xxxx 200 or 300-level Geography Technology course

 


Older Geography Major Requirements