GEOGRAPHY MAJOR
- To be admitted, retained, and approved for graduation as an approved
geography major or minor, you must have a minimum cumulative grade point
average of 2.50 (2.75 to student teach in geography) for all courses taken
within the major or minor, including collateral courses and regardless of a
declaration of academic bankruptcy.
- You must complete Geography 101 and 120 before you declare your major or
minor.
- If you transfer and have no credits earned at UW-SP in the major or
minor, you will be a provisional major or minor until you complete the
minimum requirements.
- If you do not meet the minimum requirements, you must have written
approval of the department chair to be a provisional major or minor.
- You will be admitted as an approved major or minor once you meet the
minimum requirements.
- Majors must have an adviser in the department. Any department faculty
member may advise a geography major. You must file a major declaration form
in the department office, keep it current, and confer with your adviser
every semester.
- You may repeat a course in the major only if you follow the policy on
repeating courses found in Academic
Information.
- Geography courses taken at the 300 or 400 level on a pass/fail basis do
NOT count toward the major or minor.
- If you do not maintain a 2.50 GPA, you will be placed on geography
probation and will have two semesters to restore your GPA or be dropped from
the major or minor. The department will attempt to notify and consult with
students who are at or below a 2.50 GPA. However, it is your responsibility
to know your own GPA status.
All three options of the Geography Major require the same core of courses
, as
follows. It is recommended that students follow the preferred scheduling sequence as
closely as possible since some courses are prerequisites for upper division courses or are
offered only on a rotational basis.
FRESHMAN YEAR
Students should take Geography 101 The Physical
Environment and Geography 120 Cultural Geography during
their freshman year.
SOPHOMORE YEAR
First Semester
Second Semester
JUNIOR YEAR
First Semester
Second Semester
SENIOR YEAR
Second Semester
or
In addition to the above required core courses, each geography major must elect one or
more of the geography options listed below.
Physical Environment Option
Cartography Option
Regional Analysis and Community Development
Revised January 27, 2005 by Ben Ofori-Amoah bofori@uwsp.edu
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