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2025-2026 EIU Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 EIU Undergraduate Catalog

Geography: Human Geography Option (B.S.)

Total Semester Hours required for Degree: 120 semester hours

Semester Hours required for the Geography: Human Geography Option (B.S.) Major: 52 semester hours

The Geography: Human Geography Option (B.S.) Major required students to fulfill a total of 52 semester hours. The core curriculum consists of 16 semester hours of required courses and 36 semester hours from department electives.

Required Courses: 16 hours

GEO 1100G - Cultural Geography. Credits: 3
GEO 1120G - The Natural Environment. Credits: 4
GEO 3810 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. Credits: 3
GEO 3875 - Field Methods. Credits: 3
GEO 3885 - Quantitative Methods in Geography. Credits: 3

Human/Regional Electives: 18 hours

GEO 1200G - World Regional Geography. Credits: 3
GEO 3000 - Geography of Illinois. Credits: 3
GEO 3025 - Geography of the United States and Canada. Credits: 3
GEO 3050 - Geography and Culture of Africa. Credits: 3
GEO 3055 - Geography and Culture of Asia. Credits: 3
GEO 3060 - Geography and Culture of Europe. Credits: 3
GEO 3065 - Geography and Culture of Latin America. Credits: 3
GEO 3200 - Human Impacts on the Environment. Credits: 3
GEO 3600 - Economic Geography. Credits: 3
GEO 3620 - Geography of Tourism. Credits: 3
GEO 3640 - Geography of Sports. Credits: 3
GEO 3650 - Advanced Cultural Geography. Credits: 3
GEO 3700 - Historical Geography of the United States. Credits: 3
GEO 3750 - Population Geography. Credits: 3
GEO 3775 - Urban Geography. Credits: 3
GEO 40001 - Human Geography Seminar. Credits: 1-3
GEO 44101 - Independent Study in Geography I. Credits: 1
or
GEO 44102 - Independent Study in Geography II. Credits: 2
or
GEO 44103 - Independent Study in Geography III. Credits: 3
or
GEO 44401 - Undergraduate Research in Geography I. Credits: 1
or
GEO 44402 - Undergraduate Research in Geography II. Credits: 2
or
GEO 44403 - Undergraduate Research in Geography III. Credits: 3
STA 3970 - Study Abroad: Faculty-Led. Credits: 1 to 16

Environmental/Physical Electives: 9 hours

GEO 1400G - Weather and Climate. Credits: 4
GEO 2000G - Food and Agriculture. Credits: 3
GEO 2450G - Oceanography. Credits: 3
GEO 3020 - Natural Disasters. Credits: 3
GEO 3115 - Introduction to Paleoclimate. Credits: 4
GEO 3320 - Natural Resource Management. Credits: 3
GEO 3340 - Land Change Science. Credits: 3
GEO 3400 - Broadcast Meteorology Practicum. Credits: 3
GEO 3410 - Climatology. Credits: 3
GEO 3420 - Geomorphology: Surficial Processes and Landforms. Credits: 3
GEO 3550 - Surface Water Processes and Resources. Credits: 3
GEO 40002 - Environmental/Physical Geography Seminar. Credits: 1-3
GEO 4850 - Environmental Geology. Credits: 3

Techniques Electives: 9 hours

GEO 3780 - Land Use Planning. Credits: 3
GEO 3820 - Remote Sensing I. Credits: 3
GEO 3825 - Lidar Mapping. Credits: 3
GEO 3830 - GIS: Building Geodatabases. Credits: 3
GEO 3870 - Remote Sensing II. Credits: 3
GEO 40003 - Techniques Seminar. Credits: 1-3
GEO 42851 - Internship in Geography I. Credits: 1 to 6
or
GEO 42852 - Internship in Geography II. Credits: 1 to 6
or
GEO 42853 - Internship in Geography III. Credits: 1 to 6
GEO 4810 - Cartography and Geographic Data Visualization. Credits: 3
GEO 4910 - GIS Programming. Credits: 4

Footnotes

Major GPA based on all required departmental courses taken at EIU.