General Requirements

1. The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number.
2. This major requires students to select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors offered at Texas State. Students interested in entering the professional planning field are strongly advised to consider a minor in Public Administration, Business Administration, or Construction Science and Management; however, other minors may be appropriate depending on a student's interests and career goals. Students are encouraged to meet with an academic advisor to review minor options and degree requirements.
3. This major requires a minimum of 36 semester credit hours of Geography courses.
4. To satisfy graduation requirements, students must have at least a 2.50 major GPA for Geography and at least a 2.25 Texas State GPA. Students must make a grade of "C" or better in all Geography courses that are to be counted for credit toward their major.
5. Required major courses include the following:

• Introduction to Cultural Geography
• World Geography
• Introduction to Physical Geography
• Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems
• Research Methods in Geography

Required Urban and Regional Planning core courses include the following:

Course List

• Urban Geography
• Community and Regional Planning
• Maps and Mapmaking
• Cities and Urban Design
• Planning Practicum

Required Geography techniques courses include at least one course from the following:

Course List

Select one of the following:

Maps and Mapmaking

Remote Sensing and Earth Observation

Advanced GIS

Internship in Geography

Field Methods

This major also requires an additional three hours of ENG 303 with a grade of “C” or higher.

Geography electives to bring the required Geography hours to 36 should be selected in consultation with an advisor from the following courses:

Course List

• Economic Geography
• Researching the City
• Political Geography
• Remote Sensing and Earth Observation
• Advanced GIS4
• Transportation Systems
• Urban Infrastructure Management
• Internship in Geography
• Race, Class, and the American City
• Field Methods

Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).

The minimum number of hours required for this degree program is 120. The number of free elective hours a student will complete depends on the number of hours a student may need to achieve the required 120 total or 36 advanced hours.

Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation