2022-2023 University Catalog

Nov 26, 2024

2022-2023 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Geography, B.S.

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This program is part of the Air University Associates to Baccalaureate Cooperative (AU-ABC). Please review the AU-ABC website for further details.

Requirements For: B.S. Major – 34-40 Hours, 2.0 GPA

The skills obtained by studying geography make graduates in demand for a wide range of employment opportunities. The geography curriculum will prepare students for business and academics while encouraging life long learning skills. The link between geography and the world (cultural and physical) makes a varied list of careers. Geographic skills are essential to understanding physical patterns, human patterns, and Earth’s processes. These skills are important for anyone critically thinking about the global community. The Department of Natural and Physical Sciences welcomes partnerships with appropriate businesses and government agencies to place students into internship positions in their major or a related field. The Department of Natural and Physical Sciences actively encourages students to work in such internship positions and considers internships to be an integral part of the curriculum.

Core Curriculum 16 cr.

GGH110 - Cultural Geography Credits: 3
GGH200 - Geography of North America Credits: 3
GGP115 - Physical Geography Credits: 4
GGP120 - Global Sustainability Credits: 3
GGP350 - GIS I Credits: 3

Major Electives: 18-24 cr.

At least six courses designated as GGH, GGP or GO; three courses (9 credits) must be 300-level or above

Required Minor: 18-24 cr.

Any of the minors offered by the university or successful completion of a second major.

*Only one course (3 credits) completed for the major requirements may also be counted as satisfying part of the minor requirements.

Capstone Assessment:

A capstone assessment is required to be completed during the first half of the final semester/term of coursework. The capstone assessment relates directly to the content of the program’s five core required courses and is designed to evaluate our graduating students’ abilities in regard to the program competencies. Students must contact the Geography Program Coordinator at the beginning of their final semester/term in order to make arrangements for completing this requirement.

Liberal Education Requirements 40 CR.

Writing Seminar 6 cr.

EN105 and EN106

Math Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

MA120 , MA135 , or higher math course excluding MA208

Science with a lab Requirement 4 cr.

Select one of the following:

BI101 , BI111 , BI211 , BI212 , BI223 , BIO221 , BIO225 , BIO325 , BIO327 , BIO330 , BIO337L and BIO337 , BIO350 , BIO400 , BIO410 , BIO411 , BIO417 , CH101 , CH105 , CH107L and CH107 , CH108L and CH108 , CH317L and CH317 , CH318L and CH318 , CH328 , CH329 , CH337L and CH337 , CH405 , CH440 , GGP115 , GGP205 , GO130 , GO141 , GO151 , GO200 , GO310 , GO320 , GO330 , PY155 , PY156 , PY205 , or PY206

Ethics Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

AC435 , CA302 , CS300 , EDU310 , MG495 , NS306 , PA380 , PH102 , PH221 , PH224 , PH308 , PS220 , SO220 , SW492

Communications Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

CA103 , CA105 , or TH105

Citizenship Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

PO200 , PO210 , HIS111 , , or

Humanities Requirement 6 cr.

Select one of the following Art or English:

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Natural Science Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

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Social Science Requirement 6 cr.

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Seminar: Integrative & Interdisciplinary Learning 3 cr.

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Graduation Requirements

Student Seminar 3 cr.

(required for all incoming first-time freshman and highly encouraged for transfer students)

Upper Division Hours 36 cr.

36 hours upper division (300 - 400) level course work

Writing Across the Curriculum 9 cr.

3 credit hours of Professional Writing ( or equivalent from the list below) plus 6 credit hours of Writing Intensive coursework are required.

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6 credit hours to fulfill the Writing Intensive requirement must be chosen from among the courses designated in the catalog as “WI” (), composed as follows:

3 of the credit hours must come from a WI course outside the student’s major(s); that is, the course must be offered by a program other than the one(s) that house(s) the student’s major area of study at the time the course is taken.
3 of the credit hours must come from a WI course that is offered by the student’s major program; that is, the course must be offered by the same program that houses the student’s major at the time the course is taken.

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Additional Requirements

Park University grants the Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Bachelor of Public Administration, Bachelor of Science in Education, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and the Bachelor of Music Degree upon completion of the following requirements:

Completion of a minimum of 120 semester hours with a cumulative 2.0 GPA (or higher dependent on major).
A minor for and majors.
Satisfaction of all requirements for a major.
Completion of degree specific requirements.
Completion of Liberal Education requirements.
Completion of residency requirement, 30 hours of earned and graded (A, B, C, D) college hours at Park University. At least 15 of these 30 hours must be in the major.
Submission of an Application for Graduation.