These requirements are for students who matriculated in academic year 2024-2025. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2024 should refer to the Archives to view the requirements for their Bulletin year.

Summary of Degree Requirements

University Requirements

  • ²Ñ´¡°Õ±áÌý0701 (4 s.h.) and/or ·¡±·³ÒÌý0701 (4 s.h.), if required by placement testing.
  • All °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses as part of the major. The specific courses required for this major are ³Ò±«³§Ìý2197 and ³Ò±«³§Ìý4198.
  • Students must complete requirements of the General Education (GenEd) Program. See the General Education section of the Undergraduate Bulletin for more details.

College of Liberal Arts Requirements

  • Completion of a minimum of 123 credits, including:
    • 90 credits in CLA/CST courses;
    • 45 credits of which must be at the upper level (numbered 2000-4999).
      • For Social Science majors, 6 upper level credits (numbered 2000-4999) must be taken in Humanities Subject Areas: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek (Ancient), Greek and Roman Classics, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Philosophy, Religion, Russian, and Spanish in the College of Liberal Arts, Art History in the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, or any department in the College of Science and Technology.
    • A minimum GPA of 2.0, cumulatively, in CLA/CST coursework, and in the major.
    • Only courses in which a student receives a grade of at least C- can satisfy GenEd, major, minor, or CLA Foreign Language and Global Studies requirements.
    • Professional Development Requirement
      • All students in the College of Liberal Arts are required to take a 1 credit seminar in professional development. °ä³¢´¡Ìý1002 Professional Development for Liberal Arts Majors is the appropriate course option for this major. Other courses that fulfill this requirement may be found on the CLA College Requirements page. Only one course in this category may count towards graduation.
    • Foreign Language/Global Studies Requirements:
      • All students must complete or test out of the first and second levels of a foreign language - these courses are numbered 1001 and 1002;
      • All students must complete at least one course from the GenEd Global/World Society category; and
      • All Bachelor of Arts students must complete one of the following options:
        • Third semester of a foreign language;
        • Demonstrated proficiency beyond the third semester in a foreign language (placement exam or certification from the language department);
        • Take one Global Studies course from the list on the CLA College Requirements page;
        • Study Abroad at an approved program; or
        • Take a second General Education Global/World Society course.
      • Notes on Foreign Language Study
        • The third level of language is numbered 1003 in French, Spanish, and Portuguese and numbered 2001 in all other foreign language subjects.
        • Students are strongly encouraged to take the third level of a foreign language as it is the minimum required for election to the prestigious honor society Phi Beta Kappa. (Taking the course does not guarantee admission but not taking it guarantees exclusion.)
        • See the College of Liberal Arts Policies section of this Bulletin for more information on the Foreign Language Placement, Regression in Coursework, and guidelines for students' other experiences with language.

General Electives are typically one-third of a student's program of study and can be focused on a second major, a minor, or towards some other personal enrichment or professional goals. See an academic advisor for assistance in developing an academic plan for these courses.

Major Requirements (39 credits)

Gateway Courses
³Ò±«³§Ìý2001Cities3
³Ò±«³§Ìý2002Space and Place3
Research Methods courses
³Ò±«³§Ìý2197Research Design in Geography and Urban Studies3
³Ò±«³§Ìý3062Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems3
³Ò±«³§Ìý3161Spatial Statistics3
Research Methods elective
Select one of the following:3
³Ò±«³§Ìý3001
Images of the City in Popular Culture
³Ò±«³§Ìý3061
Fundamentals of Cartography
³Ò±«³§Ìý3063
Environmental Remote Sensing
³Ò±«³§Ìý3064
Qualitative Methods
³Ò±«³§Ìý4065
Urban Geographic Information Systems
International Course
Select one of the following:3
³Ò±«³§Ìý2032
Urban Systems in a Global Economy
³Ò±«³§Ìý2073
African Development
³Ò±«³§Ìý2074
East and South Asia
³Ò±«³§Ìý2121
Russian Cities
³Ò±«³§Ìý3021
International Urbanization
³Ò±«³§Ìý3052
Environmental Problems in Asia
³Ò±«³§Ìý3073
Geography of Travel and Tourism
³Ò±«³§Ìý3074
Sicily: The Land, People and Identity
³Ò±«³§Ìý3075
Comparative Regional Development
³Ò±«³§Ìý3076
Metropolitan Tokyo
³Ò±«³§Ìý3928
Honors Metropolitan Tokyo
³Ò±«³§Ìý4000
Special Topics in Geography and Urban Studies
Geography and Urban Studies electives 1
Select 1 GUS course numbered 0800-49993
Select 4 GUS courses numbered 2000-499912
Capstone Course
³Ò±«³§Ìý4198Senior Seminar in Geography and Urban Studies3
Total Credit Hours39
1

No electives may double-count between the Geography & Urban Studies major and either the Environmental Studies major or minor.