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What are the requirements to minor in Geography?
A minor must contain 15 to 18 semester hours of course work
with at least 9 hours of upper division course work. Courses
taken to satisfy Core Areas A through E (1998 core curriculum) or Areas I though V (2008 core curriculum) may not be counted
as course work in the minor. Courses taken in Core Area F or Area VI may
be counted as course work in the minor.
Required Courses: (15 hours)
Fifteen hours of GEOG courses (Nine hours must be upper division).
All courses used to satisfy the minor requirement must be
passed with a grade of "C" or better.
To add a Geography minor, please complete this form (Click to see the form) and contact Dr. Andrew Grundstein at andrewg@uga.edu.
Why Minor in Geography?
How do you know if you want to be a geographer?
1. Are you curious about places?
If so, geography channels this interest into a rigorous study
of the makeup of places and what makes them tick.
2. Do you like to study maps?
The geographer's first inclination is to put information on
a map in order to see how it looks spatially.
3. Do you prefer the window seat on airplanes?
Geography tries to explain the constantly-changing patterns
of human activity and natural phenomena on the landscape.
4. Are you interested in foreign areas?
Many geographers specialize in a particular part of the world
such as Latin America, Europe, Asia, or Africa.
5. Do you like to work outside?
Many geographers obtain their basic data from field investigation
in environments that range from wilderness areas to cities.
6. Are you a problem solver?
As scientists, geographers are naturally curious about how
the world is arranged. They ask lots of questions about why
things are located the way they are and then they try to
answer those questions.
7. Are you good at seeing connections among
seemingly unrelated processes?
One of geography's strengths is its ability to integrate ideas
about human behavior, social institutions, and the natural
environment.
8. Can you adapt to rapid technological change?
Geography has been buffeted by monumental changes in technology.
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have revolutionized
the way geographers collect, store, analyze, and present
spatial information.
9. Do you try to see the big picture?
Geographers look at how places interact with each other, and
how they are influenced by larger, more global forces. Geographers
think big!
10. Are you interested in connections between people and the environment?
Geographers see the world as the human habitat, one that we
have transformed and that has transformed us.
If you answer yes to a majority of these questions,
you may have a bright future in geography.
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