Geography, BS

Program Coordinator: Hong-Bing Su (221-A Brewster Building; 252-328-1040; suh@ecu.edu)

Students admitted to the Geography, BS are required to follow a core curriculum and to choose between two concentrations: geographic and environmental systems or global environment and development. The core curriculum introduces students to methodologies employed by geographers and provides a background for advanced geographic study. The concentrations offer students a broad choice of courses to ensure wide coverage of topics that geographers typically pursue. Students who select the geographic and environmental systems concentration have the opportunity to put together specific groups of courses that focus on human geography, environmental geography or geographic information science. Students interested in a more international approach select the global environment and development concentration, which requires four semesters of language study and provides students an option of applying study abroad courses to their concentration requirement

The degree requires a minimum of 120 s.h. as follows:

I. General education requirements including the one listed below - 40 s.h.

(For information about courses that carry general education credit view the General Education Program section.)

MATH 1050 - Explorations in Mathematics or higher approved general education math course

II. Core - 7 s.h.

III. Concentrations - 42 s.h.

(Choose one of the following concentrations.)

A. Geographic and Environmental Systems

1. GIS courses (9 s.h. minimum)

2. Environmental geography courses (30 s.h. maximum)

3. Internship (3 s.h.)

B. Global Environment and Development

1. Foreign language through level 2004 (12 s.h.)

(For information about the foreign language requirement see Placement Testing, Foreign Language.)

2. GEOG 2003 or GEOG 2110 (3 s.h.)

3. Geography courses (21-24 s.h.)

4. Internship or approved study abroad (3-6 s.h.)

IV. Minor and general electives to complete requirements for graduation.

ECU Minor Requirements Policy

The university’s policy regarding double counting credits between major and minor can be found in the Academic Advisement, Progression and Support Services section of this catalog. See “Minor Requirements”.

No more than 9 credit hours required for satisfying a major can count towards the credits required for satisfying a minor, excluding specified cognates (required courses but outside of the major discipline).
Individual programs may have additional restrictions.
A student may not major and minor in the same discipline as defined by the program’s 6-digit CIP code.

If you have questions, please reach out to your program coordinator or director.