Global Studies and Cultural Geography, Cultural Geography Licensure, B.S.

The Cultural Geography licensure program offers a comprehensive, applicable skill set designed to understand the diversity of cultures and socio-geographic complexities found in human societies. Cultural geographers seek to understand how humans uniquely create, manipulate, and adapt to the places they inhabit by examining natural environments, cultural practices, and economic and political systems. Knowledge gained from the Cultural Geography concentration is valuable as contemporary societies are interacting globally with one another as never before. Cultural geographers identify and comprehend these changes and find solutions to a variety of sociocultural problems taking place. This marketable skill set is attractive to a wide range of employers in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.

Students in the licensure program complete the Secondary Education Minor and choose an additional minor in History, Political Science, or Economics.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Global Studies and Cultural Geography Teacher Licensure, B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements include Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

The following General Education courses are recommended for this major:

GEOL 1030/1031 (Nat Sci)
GS 2010 and/or GEOG 2000 (Soc/Beh Sci)

Major Requirements (31 hours)

GEOL 1030 - Introduction to Earth Science 3 credit hours * AND
GEOL 1031 - Introduction to Earth Science Lab 1 credit hour (4 credit hours counted in General Education)
GEOG 2000 - Introduction to Regional Geography 3 credit hours (may be counted for 3 credit hours in General Education)
GS 2010 - Introduction to Cross-Cultural Experiences 3 credit hours (may be counted for 3 credit hours in General Education)
GS 3000 - Globalization 3 credit hours
GS 4990 - Senior Seminar 3 credit hours
GEOG 4360 - Cultural Geography 3 credit hours
GEOG 4340 - Historical Geography 3 credit hours
GEOG 3402 - Cultural Geography Field Course 4 credit hours OR
GS 3010 - Field Experience and Study Abroad 1 to 12 credit hours (3 credit hours required)
PGEO 4380 - Cartography 4 credit hours
GS upper-division 3 credit hours
GEOG regional elective 6 credit hours

Secondary Education Minor (30 hours)

A Secondary Education minor is required for licensure.

Minor (15-18 hours)

Students choose a second minor from History, Political Science, or Economics.

Electives (3-6 hours)

Total hours in program: 120

Curriculum: Global Studies and Cultural Geography, Cultural Geography Licensure

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
GEOG 2000 - Introduction to Regional Geography 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci)
GS 2010 - Introduction to Cross-Cultural Experiences 3 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 6 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours
Endorsement 1 or 2 elective 3 credit hours
Mathematics 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
GS 3000 - Globalization 3 credit hours
YOED 2500 - Planning and Assessment 3 credit hours
Natural Sciences 8 credit hours
Endorsement 1 or 2 electives 6 credit hours
GEOG regional elective 3 credit hours
Choose 6 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 32 Hours

Junior

PGEO 4380 - Cartography 4 credit hours
GEOG 4360 - Cultural Geography 3 credit hours
GS 3010 - Field Experience and Study Abroad 1 to 12 credit hours (3 credit hours) OR
GEOG 3402 - Cultural Geography Field Course 4 credit hours
YOED 3000 - Classroom Management 3 credit hours
YOED 3300 - Problem-Based Instructional Strategies 3 credit hours
GS upper-division elective 3 credit hours
GEOG regional elective 3 credit hours
Endorsement 1 or 2 electives 9 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Senior

GEOG 4340 - Historical Geography 3 credit hours
GS 4990 - Senior Seminar 3 credit hours
YOED 4030 - Residency I: Grades 7-12 9 credit hours
YOED 4400 - Residency II 12 credit hours