Geography Minor

A minor in geography requires detailed study of particular places at different scales, from the Lowcountry to Africa, and teaches students to understand and appreciate the physical and social processes that shape the world we live in. Students are introduced to the discipline of geography through World Regional Geography, a required course. All declared minors also take Reading the Lowcountry Landscape, which is a field-intensive methods course that builds geographic skills by analyzing the various processes that have shaped the Lowcountry. The minor is offered by the Department of Political Science and administered by a steering committee of faculty. Additional geography electives and cognate courses may be proposed by other departments for inclusion at any time.

Students are required to take one systematic course in geography: environmental, political or urban geography. From there, students choose geography and cognate electives for a total of 18 credit hours in the discipline.

Minor Requirements

Credit Hours: 18

In addition to completing the requirements for this minor, students must also complete the minor requirements specified in the Academic Regulations section of this catalog.

The core requirement for the minor includes three courses:

Complete one of the following:

Plus any one of the following:

Students must also take 9 additional credit hours of electives

One elective must be drawn from the following list of geography courses:

The remaining two electives can be selected from the list of geography courses above and/or these cognate courses:

Notes:

A maximum of 9 credit hours in the Geography Minor may be applied towards the requirements for the major in Political Science.
No more than 9 credit hours from GEOG 119 may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 9 credit hours from GEOG 290 may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 12 credit hours from GEOG 301 may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 3 credit hours from GEOG 401 may be applied towards the program requirements.