GEOGRAPHY

Geography serves as a bridge between the physical and social sciences. Empahsis is on the nature and distribution of environmental systems, human activities, relations between them, and their variation from place to place. Geography's uniqueness is not derived from the subject matter studied, but from the discipline's technical and methodological approach to the locational analysis of phenomena.

The geography major is performance-based with a research project required for graduation. The department offers four track options within the major and two geography minors. The track options for a geography major are general geography, geoarchaeology, geographic techniques, and cultural resource management (CRM). The two geography minors are physical geography and cultural geography. General geography provides students with the broadest choices and greatest flexibility, and serves as a firm educational foundation for students liberal arts majors and students who will continue career training in graduate school. Geoarchaeology develops specialization in the exploration of past cultures and links to the natural environment. Geographic techniques builds skills in cartography, computers, aerial photo interpretation, digital remote sensing, and geographic information systems and science (GIS), and spatial analysis to prepare students for entry into a highly technical and expanding job market. Cultural resource management combines research, excavation, interviews, and inventory to evaluate and manage historic and prehistoric human artifacts and natural and environmental resources. CRM undertakes archaeological assessment and mitigation, historic preservation, heritage resource planning, cultural heritage conservation, and site interpretation, development, and management. A minor in physical geography emphasizes the processes and forces that effect the earth's surface and the interaction between the environment and the humans living within that environment. Physical geography includes examination of the areas of meteorology, climatology, biogeography, pedology, and geomorphology. A minor in cultural geography concentrates on examining the spatial patterns of humans on earth and their demographics, distribution, economics, politics, language, religion, ethnicity, behavior, settlement patterns, transportation systems, cultural patterns, and urbanization. If you would like any additional information, please contact the department office, Mrs. Tracy Casey, or any of the faculty.

Faculty Dr. Thomas Baucom Dr. Kelly Gregg Dr. Jonathan Herbert Dr. Miriam Helen Hill	Undergraduate Programs Minor Geography Minor Major General Geography Geoarchaeology Concentration Geographic Techniques Concentration Cultural Resource Management Concentration CHECKLISTS COURSES Graduate Programs Master of Public Administration Concentration in Spatial Analysis and Management COURSES
Research Geographical Research Laboratory

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