John A. Kupfer, Chair

Overview

The Department of Geography offers both the Bachelor of Arts degree and the Bachelor of Science degree, each with a major in geography. Both degrees offer options in physical/environmental geography, human/economic geography, geographic information sciences, and general geography.

Minors

The Department of Geography offers a flexible general geography minor that requires 18 credit hours in geography courses. Students may not apply more than 3 credit hours from the 100 level and not more than 9 credit hours from the 200 level.

Besides the general geography minor, students may instead choose a specialized minor in the following areas: environmental geography, geographic information science, meteorology and climatology, physical geography, and regional geography. Please see a faculty advisor in the Department of Geography for more details on the requirements for specialized minors.

Programs and Courses

Programs

• General Geography Major (34-39 Hours)
• Geographic Information Science Major (34-35 Hours)
• Geography Minor
• Geography, B.A.
• Geography, B.S.
• Human/Economic Geography Major (34 Hours)
• Physical/Environmental Geography Major (32-35 Hours)

Courses

• GEOG 103 - Introduction to Geography
• GEOG 104 - Introduction to Physical Geography
• GEOG 105 - The Digital Earth
• GEOG 121 - Globalization and World Regions
• GEOG 201 - Landform Geography
• GEOG 202 - Weather and Climate
• GEOG 210 - Peoples, Places, and Environments
• GEOG 221 - Geography of South Carolina
• GEOG 223 - Geography of Latin America
• GEOG 224 - Geography of North America
• GEOG 225 - Geography of Europe
• GEOG 226 - Geography of the Middle East
• GEOG 228 - Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa
• GEOG 310 - Special Topics in Geography
• GEOG 311 - Cultural Geography
• GEOG 312 - Geography and Global Geopolitics
• GEOG 313 - Economic Geography
• GEOG 321 - Sustainable Cities
• GEOG 324 - Landscapes of the United States
• GEOG 330 - The Geography of Disasters
• GEOG 333 - Geography of Popular Music
• GEOG 337 - Psychogeography
• GEOG 341 - Cartography
• GEOG 343 - Human Impact on the Environment
• GEOG 344 - Geographies of American Cities
• GEOG 345 - Interpretation of Aerial Photographs
• GEOG 346 - Climate and Society
• GEOG 347 - Water as a Resource
• GEOG 348 - Biogeography
• GEOG 349 - Cartographic Animation
• GEOG 351 - Principles of Geographic Boundaries
• GEOG 360 - Geography of Wind
• GEOG 363 - Geographic Information Systems
• GEOG 365 - Hurricanes and Tropical Climatology
• GEOG 370 - America’s National Parks
• GEOG 371 - Air Pollution Climatology
• GEOG 378 - World Tourism Geography
• GEOG 399 - Independent Study
• GEOG 495 - Seminar in Geography
• GEOG 497 - Special Topics: Service Learning in Geography
• GEOG 498 - Undergraduate Research
• GEOG 499 - Undergraduate Research
• GEOG 510 - Special Topics in Geography
• GEOG 511 - Planning and Locational Analysis
• GEOG 512 - Migration and Globalization
• GEOG 515 - Political Geography
• GEOG 516 - Coastal Zone Management
• GEOG 521 - Landscapes of South Carolina
• GEOG 525 - Geographical Analysis of Transportation
• GEOG 530 - Environmental Hazards
• GEOG 531 - Quantitative Methods in Geographic Research
• GEOG 535 - Hazards Analysis and Planning
• GEOG 541 - Advanced Cartography
• GEOG 542 - Dynamic Cartography
• GEOG 544 - Geography of the City
• GEOG 545 - Synoptic Meteorology
• GEOG 546 - Applied Climatology
• GEOG 547 - Fluvial Geomorphology
• GEOG 549 - Water and Watersheds
• GEOG 551 - Principles of Remote Sensing
• GEOG 552 - LiDARgrammetric and Photogrammetric Digital Surface Mapping
• GEOG 554 - Spatial Programming
• GEOG 560 - Source Materials for Geographic Instruction
• GEOG 561 - Contemporary Issues in Geography Education
• GEOG 562 - Satellite Mapping and the Global Positioning System
• GEOG 563 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems
• GEOG 564 - GIS-Based Modeling
• GEOG 565 - Geographic Information System (GIS) Databases and Their Use
• GEOG 566 - Social Aspects of Environmental Planning and Management
• GEOG 567 - Long-Term Environmental Change
• GEOG 568 - Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• GEOG 569 - Environment and Development
• GEOG 570 - Geography of Public Land and Water Policy
• GEOG 571 - Microclimatology
• GEOG 573 - Climatic Change and Variability
• GEOG 575 - Digital Techniques and Applications in Remote Sensing
• GEOG 581 - Globalization and Cultural Questions
• GEOG 590 - Beach-Dune Interactions
• GEOG 595 - Internship in Geography