Program checklist · B.A.

Geography

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College · Erie, 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: 214591
CourseShelf checklist: CK_214591_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

EMSC 100S
(GWS) 3 PLSC 1 (GS)
As published: “Earth and Mineral Sciences First-Year Seminar 1”
3
GEOG 210
Geographic Perspectives on Environmental Systems Science
3
GEOG 220
3 300-level GEOG selection
As published: “Are we geographic? Fundamentals of Human Geography”
3
GEOG 230
Geographic Perspectives on Environment, Society
As published: “Geographic Perspectives on Environment, Society and Sustainability”
3
GEOG 260
3 BA Fields selection
As published: “Geographic Information in a Changing World: Introduction to GIScience”
3
GEOG 301
Thinking Geographically
3
GEOG 390
1 300-level GEOG selection
As published: “Professional Development Seminar in Geography”
1

Additional Courses

0 items

Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better

0 items

Engaged Scholarship:

7 items

Select 3 credits from the following:
Not resolved to a course
3
GEOG 493
Service Learning
As published: “Service Learning (1-3 credits)”
3-12
GEOG 494
/495/engaged 3 400-level GEOG selection
As published: “Research Project in Geography (1-3 credits)”
3
GEOG 494H
Research Project in Geography
As published: “Research Project in Geography (1-3 credits)”
1-12
GEOG 495B
Geography Teaching Internship
As published: “Geography Teaching Internship (1-3 credits)”
1-10
GEOG 495G
Giscience Internship
As published: “Giscience Internship (1-3 credits)”
1-10
GEOG 499
Foreign Studies
As published: “Foreign Studies (1-3 credits)”
1-3

Qualitative or quantitative methods in geography:

3 items

Select 3 credits from the following:
Not resolved to a course
3
GEOG 308
Research and Qualitative Inquiry in Geography
3
GEOG 364
3 Option elective
As published: “Spatial Analysis 2”
3

300-level geography:

16 items

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

400-level geography:

40 items

Select 12 credits, not including courses taken above:
Not resolved to a course
12
GEOG 410
Not resolved to a course
GEOG 411
Forest Geography
3
GEOG 411W
Forest Geography
3
GEOG 412
Not resolved to a course
GEOG 414
Principles and Applications in Landscape Ecology
3
GEOG 420Y
Comparative Urbanism
3
GEOG 421
Population Geography
3
GEOG 422W
Not resolved to a course
GEOG 424
US;IL
3
GEOG 424W
Geography of the Global Economy
3
GEOG 425
Geography of Race, Class, and Poverty in America
3
GEOG 426W
Gendered Worlds
3
GEOG 428W
Political Geography
3
GEOG 430
Human Use of Environment
3
GEOG 431
Geography of Water Resources
3
GEOG 432
Energy Policy
3
GEOG 433
Geographies of Justice
3
GEOG 434
Politics of the Environment
3
GEOG 436
Not resolved to a course
GEOG 438W
(Writing across the curriculum)
As published: “Human Dimensions of a Changing Climate”
3
GEOG 439
Not resolved to a course
GEOG 444
Resource Governance in Africa
3
GEOG 461W
Dynamic Cartographic Representation
3
GEOG 462
Advanced Observation of Earth and Its Environment
3
GEOG 463
Geospatial Information Management
3
GEOG 464
Advanced Spatial Analysis
1
GEOG 465
Advanced Geographic Information Systems Modeling
3
GEOG 467
Applied Cartographic Design
3
GEOG 481
Topographic Mapping with Lidar
3
GEOG 485
GIS Programming and Software Development
1
GEOG 493
Service Learning
As published: “Service Learning (1-3 credits)”
3-12
GEOG 494
/495/engaged 3 400-level GEOG selection
As published: “Research Project in Geography (1-3 credits)”
3
GEOG 495
Internship
As published: “Internship (1-3 credits)”
1-13
GEOG 495B
Geography Teaching Internship
As published: “Geography Teaching Internship (1-3 credits)”
1-10
GEOG 495G
Giscience Internship
As published: “Giscience Internship (1-3 credits)”
1-10
GEOG 496
Independent Studies
As published: “Independent Studies (1-3 credits)”
1-18
GEOG 497
Special Topics
1-9
GEOG 498
Special Topics
1-9
GEOG 499
Foreign Studies
As published: “Foreign Studies (1-6 credits)”
1-3

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