Bachelor of Arts in Geography (BA)
This degree offers students a broad liberal arts education touching on all aspects of Geography. As part of this degree students need to meet the KU Core Requirements and/or requirements set by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. College requirements are the same as those for the Bachelor of General Studies degree, and require a minimum of 33 credit hours in Geography. Course work includes 18 hours of fundamentals courses and 15 additional hours selected from four topical groups: physical, human, techniques and regional. Students taking the B.A. degrees should note that most Geography graduate programs require a statistics course, e.g., GEOG 316, and we highly recommend a basic course in GIS, e.g., GEOG 358.
College Requirements | Credit Hrs |
First Year Writing | 6 |
Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
Lab or Field Experience | Variable |
Non-English Language Study | Variable |
Geography Course Requirements |
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GEOG 104 Principles of Physical Geography (or GEOG 107) | 3 |
GEOG 105 Introductory Laboratory in Physical Geography | 2 |
GEOG 102 People, Place, and Society (or GEOG 103) | 3 |
GEOG 111 Mapping Our Changing World (or GEOG 358 Principles of Geographic Information Sciences) | 3 |
GEOG 311 Intro to Cartography and Geovisualization (or GEOG 316 Methods of Analyzing Geographical Data) | 4 |
GEOG 500 Senior Capstone in Geography | 3 |
15 additional credit hours selected from at least 3 of the 4 major categories (Physical Studies, Geographic Information Science, Human Studies, or Regional Studies): |
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Hour and GPA Requirements |
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Total Credit Hours | > 124 |
CLAS Hours | > 99 |
Junior Senior Hours | > 45 |
KU Red Hours | > 30 |
CC Transfer Credits | < 64 |
Other KU Schools | < 25 |
Hrs Music Org | < 6 |
Hrs Phys Ed | < 4 |
Overall GPA | > 2.0 |
Geography GPA | > 2.0 |