A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- B.A.
- Credential class
- ceterms:BachelorDegree
- CIP
- 45.0701
- Catalog edition
- 2025-2026
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 165820
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_165820_1a9d7da9
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Environmental, Geographic, and Public Health Sciences
0 items
Geographic Science and Technology Major
13 items
- Each Geographic Science and Technology graduate should have a well-rounded understanding of geographic knowledge and skills. With this intent, the program requires the students to take a series of courses that include the following essential elements of geography:Not resolved to a course
- The use of maps to present and interpret patterns of physical and human characteristics on the Earth’s surface;Not resolved to a course
- The distinctiveness of places and regions with respect to the integration of physical and human characteristics;Not resolved to a course
- Description and explanation of human characteristics and their spatial distribution on the Earth’s surface, including composition of population, cultural complexes, economic interdependence, settlement and political patterns;Not resolved to a course
- Human-environment interactions, including the perception, distribution and use of natural resources.Not resolved to a course
- As published: “Earth Systems Science 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “Principles of Human Geography 3 Credit(s) ***”3
- As published: “Introduction to Geospatial Technologies 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “Computer Cartography 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “Geographic Information System 3 Credit(s) or”3
- As published: “Geographic Information Systems II 3 Credit(s)”3
- (one of the two could count as a major elective if both are taken)Not resolved to a course
- As published: “Remote Sensing of the Environment 3 Credit(s)”3
A Minimum of 18 Elective Credits
24 items
- As published: “Water Resources and Society 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “Climate Change and Human History 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “Environmental Science Data Visualization 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “Economic Geography 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “Environmental Health 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “GIS for Criminal Justice 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “Environmental Policy 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “Political Geography 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “Climatology 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “U.S. and Canada 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “Urban Geography 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “Population Geography 3 Credit(s)”3
- 3
- As published: “Geographic Information System 3 Credit(s) or”3
- As published: “Geographic Information Systems II 3 Credit(s)”3
- (unless used as a major requirement)Not resolved to a course
- As published: “Geomorphology 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “Geographic Perspectives on Conservation 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “Teaching Practicum in Geography 1-3 Credit(s)”1-3
- As published: “Independent Study in Geoscience 1-3 Credit(s)”1-3
- As published: “Internship in Geography 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “Internship in Geography 6 Credit(s) or”6
- As published: “Internship in Geography 12 Credit(s)”12
- (maximum 12 credits counting toward major)Not resolved to a course
Required Cognate Courses
2 items
- As published: “Computer Science I 3 Credit(s)”3
- As published: “Precalculus 4 Credit(s) (or above)”4
Note
0 items
Source. Fitchburg State University, catalog 2025-2026 — https://catalog.fitchburgstate.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=53&poid=12767. Captured page pages/0238.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.