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Program checklist · B.A.

Geography

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington · Abington, PA

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Program
Award
B.A.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Credits (computed from items)
46
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
214801
CourseShelf checklist
CK_214801_bbb49f62
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements for the Major

major core · 0 items

    Prescribed Courses

    0 items

      Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better

      7 items
      1. EMSC 100S
        Earth and Mineral Sciences First-Year Seminar 1
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. GEOG 210
        Geographic Perspectives on Environmental Systems Science
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. GEOG 220
        Are we geographic? Fundamentals of Human Geography
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. GEOG 230
        Geographic Perspectives on Environment, Society and Sustainability
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. GEOG 260
        Geographic Information in a Changing World: Introduction to GIScience
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. GEOG 301
        Thinking Geographically
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. GEOG 390
        Professional Development Seminar in Geography
        Not resolved to a course
        1

      Additional Courses

      0 items

        Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better

        0 items

          Engaged Scholarship:

          7 items
          1. Select 3 credits from the following:
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. GEOG 493
            Service Learning (1-3 credits)
            Not resolved to a course
          3. GEOG 494
            Research Project in Geography (1-3 credits)
            Not resolved to a course
          4. GEOG 494H
            Research Project in Geography (1-3 credits)
            Not resolved to a course
          5. GEOG 495B
            Geography Teaching Internship (1-3 credits)
            Not resolved to a course
          6. GEOG 495G
            Giscience Internship (1-3 credits)
            Not resolved to a course
          7. GEOG 499
            Foreign Studies (1-3 credits)
            Not resolved to a course

          Qualitative or quantitative methods in geography:

          3 items
          1. Select 3 credits from the following:
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. GEOG 308
            Research and Qualitative Inquiry in Geography
            Not resolved to a course
          3. GEOG 364
            Spatial Analysis 2
            Not resolved to a course

          300-level geography:

          16 items
          1. Select 9 credits, not including courses taken above:
            Not resolved to a course
            9
          2. GEOG 308
            Research and Qualitative Inquiry in Geography
            Not resolved to a course
          3. GEOG 310
            Introduction to Global Climatic Systems
            Not resolved to a course
          4. GEOG 314
            Biogeography and Global Ecology
            Not resolved to a course
          5. GEOG 315
            Landforms and Geomorphic Systems in the Anthropocene
            Not resolved to a course
          6. GEOG 320
            Urban Geography: A Global Perspective
            Not resolved to a course
          7. GEOG 324
            Place, Space and Culture
            Not resolved to a course
          8. GEOG 326
            Geographic Perspectives on Economic Systems
            Not resolved to a course
          9. GEOG 328
            War, Peace, and Diplomacy: Understanding Contemporary Geopolitics
            Not resolved to a course
          10. GEOG 330N
            Political Ecology
            Not resolved to a course
          11. GEOG 333
            Human Dimensions of Natural Hazards
            Not resolved to a course
          12. GEOG 361
            Cartography--Maps and Map Construction
            Not resolved to a course
          13. GEOG 362
            Remote Sensing and Image Analysis
            Not resolved to a course
          14. GEOG 363
            Geographic Information Systems
            Not resolved to a course
          15. GEOG 364
            Spatial Analysis
            Not resolved to a course
          16. GEOG 365
            Intermediate GIS Programming
            Not resolved to a course

          400-level geography:

          40 items
          1. Select 12 credits, not including courses taken above:
            Not resolved to a course
            12
          2. GEOG 410
            Not resolved to a course
          3. GEOG 411
            Forest Geography
            Not resolved to a course
          4. GEOG 411W
            Forest Geography
            Not resolved to a course
          5. GEOG 412
            Not resolved to a course
          6. GEOG 414
            Principles and Applications in Landscape Ecology
            Not resolved to a course
          7. GEOG 420Y
            Comparative Urbanism
            Not resolved to a course
          8. GEOG 421
            Population Geography
            Not resolved to a course
          9. GEOG 422W
            Not resolved to a course
          10. GEOG 424
            Not resolved to a course
          11. GEOG 424W
            Geography of the Global Economy
            Not resolved to a course
          12. GEOG 425
            Geography of Race, Class, and Poverty in America
            Not resolved to a course
          13. GEOG 426W
            Gendered Worlds
            Not resolved to a course
          14. GEOG 428W
            Political Geography
            Not resolved to a course
          15. GEOG 430
            Human Use of Environment
            Not resolved to a course
          16. GEOG 431
            Geography of Water Resources
            Not resolved to a course
          17. GEOG 432
            Energy Policy
            Not resolved to a course
          18. GEOG 433
            Geographies of Justice
            Not resolved to a course
          19. GEOG 434
            Politics of the Environment
            Not resolved to a course
          20. GEOG 436
            Not resolved to a course
          21. GEOG 438W
            Human Dimensions of a Changing Climate
            Not resolved to a course
          22. GEOG 439
            Not resolved to a course
          23. GEOG 444
            Resource Governance in Africa
            Not resolved to a course
          24. GEOG 461W
            Dynamic Cartographic Representation
            Not resolved to a course
          25. GEOG 462
            Advanced Observation of Earth and Its Environment
            Not resolved to a course
          26. GEOG 463
            Geospatial Information Management
            Not resolved to a course
          27. GEOG 464
            Advanced Spatial Analysis
            Not resolved to a course
          28. GEOG 465
            Advanced Geographic Information Systems Modeling
            Not resolved to a course
          29. GEOG 467
            Applied Cartographic Design
            Not resolved to a course
          30. GEOG 481
            Topographic Mapping with Lidar
            Not resolved to a course
          31. GEOG 485
            GIS Programming and Software Development
            Not resolved to a course
          32. GEOG 493
            Service Learning (1-3 credits)
            Not resolved to a course
          33. GEOG 494
            Research Project in Geography (1-3 credits)
            Not resolved to a course
          34. GEOG 495
            Internship (1-3 credits)
            Not resolved to a course
          35. GEOG 495B
            Geography Teaching Internship (1-3 credits)
            Not resolved to a course
          36. GEOG 495G
            Giscience Internship (1-3 credits)
            Not resolved to a course
          37. GEOG 496
            Independent Studies (1-3 credits)
            Not resolved to a course
          38. GEOG 497
            Special Topics
            Not resolved to a course
          39. GEOG 498
            Special Topics
            Not resolved to a course
          40. GEOG 499
            Foreign Studies (1-6 credits)
            Not resolved to a course
          Source. Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington, catalog 2026 — https://bulletins.psu.edu/undergraduate/colleges/earth-mineral-sciences/geography-ba/. Captured page pages/0683.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.