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Suggested Arrangement of Courses, Geography (BA)

RequirementsHours
1st Semester
GRG 305This Human World: An Introduction to Geography (Core, Major) 0803
Visual and Performing Arts (Core) 0503
GOV 310LAmerican and Texas Government (Core) 0703
Cultural Expression, Human Experience, and Thought course (General Education)3
UGS 302First-Year Signature Course (Core) 0903
or UGS 303 First-Year Signature Course
2nd Semester
GRG 401CThe Natural Environment (Core, Major) 0304
Mathematics (Core) 0203
RHE 306Rhetoric and Writing (Core) 0103
U.S. History (Core) 0603
Social Science course (General Education)3
3rd Semester
Methods & Techniques course (Major)3
GRG course (Major)3
U.S. History (Core) 0603
Foreign Language (General Education)6
4th Semester
Physical GRG course (Major)3
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (Core) 0303
GRG Track course (Major)3
Foreign Language (General Education)6
5th Semester
GRG Track course (Major)3
Methods & Techniques course (Major)3
Natural Science and Technology, Part II (Core) 0933
Free elective (Elective)6
6th Semester
GRG Track course (Major)3
Human GRG course (Major)3
Minor/Certificate course (Major)3
Minor/Certificate course (Major)3
Free elective (Elective)3
7th Semester
Minor/Certificate course (Major)3
Minor/Certificate course (Major)3
Minor/Certificate course (Major)3
E 316LBritish Literature (Core) 0403
or E 316M American Literature
or E 316N World Literature
or E 316P Masterworks of Literature
GOV 312LIssues and Policies in American Government (Core) 0703
8th Semester
Free electives (Elective)14
Total Hours120

Four-year degree suggestion (for planning purposes only). 

Currently enrolled students should meet with their academic advisor.

Course categories: Core, General Education, Major, Elective, Opportunity

Core Component Areas010 Communication; 020 Mathematics; 030 Natural Science and Technology, Part I; 040 Humanities; 050 Visual and Performing Arts; 060 U.S. History; 070 American and Texas Government; 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences; 090 First-Year Signature Course; 093 Natural Science and Technology, Part II

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