Nov 03, 2024

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Global Studies and Human Geography, Human Geography Concentration, B.S.

Global Studies and Human Geography
615-898-5656
Amy Atchison, interim chair

The Human Geography concentration offers a comprehensive, applicable skill set designed to understand the diversity of cultures and socio-geographic complexities found in human societies. Human 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 Human Geography concentration is valuable as contemporary societies are interacting globally with one another as never before. Human 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.

Academic Map

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

Global Studies and Human Geography, Human Geography, B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education	41 hours
Major Requirements	36 hours*
Supporting Courses	7 hours
Professional Skills Cognate	12 hours
Minor	15-18 hours
Electives	6-9 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the General Education curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill General Education requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

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 courses required by the program meet General Education requirements:

GS 2010 and/or GEOG 2000 (Soc/Beh Sciences)

Major Requirements (36 hours)

GS 2010 - Introduction to Cross-Cultural Experiences 3 credit hours
GEOG 2000 - Introduction to Regional Geography 3 credit hours
NOTE: Either GS 2010 or GEOG 2000 may be counted in General Education
GEOG 4360 - Cultural Geography 3 credit hours
GEOG 4990 - Senior Seminar in Human Geography 3 credit hours
GS 3000 - Globalization 3 credit hours
GEOG 4572 - Geography Internship 1 to 12 credit hours OR (3 credit hours required)
GEOG 4600 - Field Experience in Geography 3 to 6 credit hours (3 credit hours required)

Regional Geography (9 hours)

Select three courses from the following:

GEOG 3120 - Geography of Tennessee and the South 3 credit hours
GEOG 3410 - Cultures and Landscapes of the United States and Canada 3 credit hours
GEOG 3420 - Latin America in the 21st Century: Challenges, New Opportunities 3 credit hours
GEOG 3430 - Geographical Approach to Contemporary Europe 3 credit hours
GEOG 3440 - Geography of Asia and Pacific Rim 3 credit hours
GEOG 3470 - Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa 3 credit hours
GEOG 3999 - Independent Study in Geography 3 credit hours
GEOG 4500 - Geography of the Middle East and North Africa 3 credit hours

Topical Geography (9 hours)

Select three courses from the following:

GEOG 3720 - Cultural Ecology 3 credit hours
GEOG 3999 - Independent Study in Geography 3 credit hours
GEOG 4300 - Military and Conflict Geography 3 credit hours
GEOG 4325 - Global Geo-Political Economics 3 credit hours
GEOG 4340 - Historical Geography 3 credit hours
GEOG 4370 - Urban Geographies: Key Trends, Problems, and Solutions 3 credit hours
GEOG 4470 - Rural Settlement and Agricultural Landscapes 3 credit hours
GEOG 4480 - Recreational and Tourism Geography 3 credit hours
GEOG 4540 - Geography of Indigenous Peoples 3 credit hours
GEOG 4572 - Geography Internship 1 to 12 credit hours
GEOG 4772 - Field Course in Historical Geography/Archaeology 3 to 6 credit hours

Supporting Courses (7 hours)

PGEO 1030 - Physical Geography 4 credit hours
PGEO 3000 - Maps and Mapping 3 credit hours OR
PGEO 4000 - Climatology and Climate Change 3 credit hours OR
PGEO 4380 - Cartography 3 credit hours OR
PGEO 4490 - Remote Sensing 4 credit hours OR
PGEO 4530 - Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours

Professional Skills Cognate (12 hours)

COMM 2140 - Introduction to Organizational Communication 3 credit hours
COMM 3250 - Communication in Nonprofit Organizations 3 credit hours
COMM 3500 - Communication for Organizational Effectiveness 3 credit hours
COMM 4200 - Communication in the Global Workplace 3 credit hours
ENGL 4640 - Advanced Topics in Technical Writing and Communication 3 credit hours
GEOG 4572 - Geography Internship 1 to 12 credit hours
GEOG 4600 - Field Experience in Geography 3 to 6 credit hours
INFS 2400 - Web Development 3 credit hours
JOUR 2710 - Media Writing 3 credit hours
JOUR 2720 - Digital Media Skills 3 credit hours
LEAD 3000 - Leadership Tools and Self-Assessment 4 credit hours
LEAD 3010 - Leadership Skills and Development 3 credit hours
LEAD 4125 - Leadership Development for Women 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
MGMT 3800 - Managing Change and Conflict in Organizations 3 credit hours
MGMT 3890 - Managerial Decision Making 3 credit hours
PGEO 4530 - Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours
PGEO 4560 - Intermediate Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours
PGEO 4570 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours
PHOT 1050 - Basic Digital Photography 3 credit hours
PS 3250 - Public Management 3 credit hours
PS 4275 - NGOs and Non-Profits 3 credit hours
SOC 3040 - Research Methods 3 credit hours
SOC 3050 - Data Analysis 4 credit hours

Minor (15-18 hours)

Electives (6-9 hours)

Curriculum: Global Studies and Human Geography, Human Geography Concentration

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)
NOTE: Either GS 2010 or GEOG 2000 may be counted in General Education
GEOG 2000 - Introduction to Regional Geography 3 credit hours
GS 2010 - Introduction to Cross-Cultural Experiences 3 credit hours
Mathematics 3 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 6 credit hours
Natural Sciences 8 credit hours

Subtotal: 32 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 - World Literatures 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
Social/Behavioral Sciences 6 credit hours
Minor courses 6 credit hours
Professional Skills Cognate 6 credit hours
PGEO 1030 - Physical Geography 4 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
HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours
HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Junior

GS 3000 - Globalization 3 credit hours
Major core courses 12 credit hours
Professional Skills Cognate 6 credit hours
Supporting course 3 credit hours
Minor courses 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

GEOG 4360 - Cultural Geography 3 credit hours
GEOG 4990 - Senior Seminar in Human Geography 3 credit hours
Major core courses 6 credit hours
Minor course 3 credit hours
Electives 9 credit hours
GEOG 4572 - Geography Internship 1 to 12 credit hours OR (3 credit hours required)
GEOG 4600 - Field Experience in Geography 3 to 6 credit hours (3 credit hours required)