The contents of the minor reflect the wide variety of geography sub-fields and thus each student may tailor his or her minor to their own interest. For example, students interested in urban planning may wish to take courses in geographic information systems and urban geography. This minor will give students the opportunity to obtain a geographic or spatial perspective on a variety of issues. Students who understand geography are capable of evaluating the complicated relationship between human communities and the natural environment. Three of geography s major themes are human-environmental interaction, regions of the world, and questions of location.
Geographers analyze processes, systems, and behaviors that have spatial expression.
Students will learn to apply their knowledge of patterns, distributions, allocations, and circulations towards solving problems in their chosen field of endeavor, be it in the public sector, private sector, or the academe. Practicum in Geographic Information Systems GEOG 4405 and permission of GIS Program Coordinator GEOG 4490 Special Topics in Geography Approval of Instructor and Department Chair Faculty Dr. Harry Trendell , Assistant Professor of Geography. Ph.D., Georgia State University, 1996. Political Geography, Urban Geography, and Population Geography. Ph.D., University of California at Davis, 1995.