Bloomsburg University Academic Programs
Geography - Urban and Regional Planning (B.A.)
Administered by Geography and Geosciences
Effective Fall 2009
In addition to 54 semester hours of general education requirements, a total of 30 to 60 semester hours is required for a major in geography. The balance of hours toward the 120-hour university requirement for a bachelor's degree is made up of elective courses
Core Courses: All Required
- 41.101 Introduction to Physical Geography (3)
- 41.221 Economic Geography (3)
- 41.250 Elements of Planning (3)
- 41.350 Advanced Planning (3)
- 41.360 Principles of GIS I (3)
- 41.497 Internship in Planning (12)
- 41.498 Applied Planning Seminar (3)
Electives (choose 3 from the following courses)
- 41.258 Environmental Conservation (3)
- 41.301 Water Resource Management (3)
- 41.302 Land Resources Management (3)
- 41.303 Soil Resources Management (4)
- 41.304 Environmental Valuation (3)
- 41.315 Geography of Recreation, Tourism and Sport (3)
- 41.363 Urban Geography (3)
- 51.100 Environmental Geology (3)
Skills and Tools (15 or 16 credits total)
- 25.103 Public Speaking (3)
- 41.240 Writing for Environmental Careers (3)
- 53.141 Introduction to Statistics (3)
- Choose two from the following four courses:
- 41.242 Map Use and Analysis (3)
- 41.264 Applied Cartography (4)
- 41.361 Principles of GIS II (3)
- 51.350 Remote Sensing of the Earth (3)
Cognate Areas (12 credits total)
Economics (choose at least one from the following four courses)
- 40.121 Principles of Economics I (3)
- 40.122 Principles of Economics II (3)
- 40.316 Urban Economics (3)
- 40.410 Public Finance (3)