The geography major program is organized around three areas of emphasis.
- Globalization: A focus on the geographies of globalization and its political, cultural, and economic dimensions. Includes course work in geopolitics, economic and cultural globalization, international development, migration, and regional geographies.
- Community, Development, and Culture: A focus on how people living in specific places and regions experience and affect social, cultural, economic, and environmental processes. Includes course work in planning and urban geography, local development processes and policies, race and place, human-environment relationships, and regional geographies
- Nature and Society: A focus on the climatologic, geomorphic, biogeographic, and social processes that shape the natural environment and affect human life. Includes course work in physical geography, human-environment relationships, and regional geographies.
Download a pdf checksheet of the requirements for the Geography major (2019)
A list of Approved Courses in Related Fields
Requirements for the Geography major can be found in the Undergraduate Catalog
UMW Geography Major |
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Total Required Hours: 35 Minimum GPA: 2.0 |
Fall Classes: (F) |
Introductory Courses*Students must take a class from each bullet point (3 total) -GEOG 101: World Regional Geography (Y) -GEOG110: Introduction to Weather and Climate (F) -GEOG 111: Land form Processes (S) |
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Methods CoursesMust take 2 from below
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-GIS 200: Intro to GIS (Y) |
– GEOG 363: Qualitative Methods in Geography (F) -GEOG 365: Field Methods in Geography (F) -ANTH 200: Ethnography -SOCG 364: Quantitative Research Methods SOCG 365: Qualitative Research Methods |
Intermediate CourseOne 200 Level Course: |
Advanced Courses2 Courses: |
ElectivesTwo GEOG Courses, 1 must be 300 level and up, or approved courses in Related Fields |
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GEOG 490: Senior Seminar |
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