About the Program

Geography is the study of location and temporal and spatial relationships between humans and their environment. The Geography B.A. provides students with a basic foundation of the discipline. Students can take a variety of courses to experience breadth in the field, or they can focus on a subfield in geography to gain depth.

About the Geosciences Department

160 Science and Math Complex
1300 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14222
Phone: (716) 878-6731
Fax: (716) 878-4009
https://geosciences.buffalostate.edu/

Learning Outcomes

Students will:

1. demonstrate the ability to answer questions by synthesizing geographic knowledge (i.e., Six Elements of Geography: A spatial world view; place and regions; physical systems; human systems; environment and society; and the uses of geography).
2. be able to acquire geographic information and assemble ideas and information from geographic literature and scholarship, and from primary and secondary sources.
3. be able to organize geographic information into maps, graphs, and other visual representations and analyze geographic information to seek patterns, relationships, and connections.
4. be able to prepare and deliver clear and convincing written presentations.
5. be able to prepare and deliver clear and convincing oral presentations.

Program Requirements

General Education 23 Requirements
33 credit hours

Required Courses (18 cr)
GEG 101 WORLD NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS 3
GEG 102 HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 3
GEG 325 MAPS AND MAPMAKING USING GIS 3
GEG 390 QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN GEOSCIENCES 3
or MAT 311 INTRODUCTORY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
GEG 396 RESEARCH METHODS

Select one course from the following:
GEG 300 WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
GEG 359 ARCTIC GEOGRAPHY FROM AN INUIT PERSPECTIVE
GEG 360 GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA
GEG 362 GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA

Electives (21 cr)
Seven additional courses in Geography. Students may, in consultation with their advisor, use these electives to develop a specialty concentration.
GEG/GES 241 METEOROLOGY
GEG 300 WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
GEG 305 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
GEG 307 CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
GEG 309 URBAN GEOGRAPHY
GEG 310 URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
GEG 359 ARCTIC GEOGRAPHY FROM AN INUIT PERSPECTIVE
GEG 360 GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA
GEG 362 GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
GEG 365 SOIL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
GEG 383 EXTREME WEATHER
GEG 385 PAST CLIMATES AND ENVIRONMENTS
GEG 386 WEATHER AND SOCIETY
GEG 416 GEOGRAPHIES OF DEVELOPMENT
GEG 418 REMOTE SENSING
GEG 421 WATERSHED ANALYSIS
GEG 423 BIOGEOGRAPHY
GEG 425 FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS
GEG 428 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING APPLICATIONS IN GIS
GEG 429 ADVANCED TOPICS IN GIS
GEG 478 GLOBAL CHANGE
GEG 485 INTERACTIVE AND WEB-BASED MAPPING
PLN 350 PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

All College Electives 48
Total Credit Hours 120