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. Recommended minors are Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Political Science, Anthropology, Business Administration, Plant and Soil Science, and Nature and Heritage Tourism; 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 Geography major courses include the following:

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

Required Geography core courses include the following:

Course List

• Climatology
• Water Resources
• River Basin Management
• Fluvial Processes
• Groundwater Resources
• Hydrogeology
• Water Policy
• Water Resources Planning

Required Geography elective course (3 hours) is to be selected in consultation with an academic advisor.

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.