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Introduction to the BA in Global Studies- Geography Major

The BA in Global Studies- Geography Major is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on the study of the interconnections among cultural, political, economic, and ecological dimensions of social life in an age of globalization. The curriculum provides rigorous theoretical and methodological training in social science, preparing students for the changing global workforce of the 21st century.

Geography

Geography is a field of study that focuses on understanding humanity's relations with the earth. It addresses how humanity organizes the world spatially, from the level of the household to cities, countries, and the world, and explores the two-way interactions between humanity and nature. Geographic technologies, such as computer-based geographic information sciences (GIS), remote sensing, and online, interactive mapping, provide important tools for social science inquiry. Careers for geography majors can be found in fields like high-tech, real estate, public health, environmental management, education, disaster response, city and regional planning, community development, and many others.

University Requirements

• Lower division university core requirements or general education requirements (for transfer students)
• CLAST requirement
• A minimum of 120 credit hours
• The final 30 credits must be taken at FIU (with exceptions requiring the approval of the Dean's office)
• GPA 2.0 or higher

Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs Requirements

• A minimum of 48 credit hours of upper division courses
• A grade of "C" or higher in each major course
• Foreign language: equivalent of a second semester sequence foreign language course or one more advanced (with a minimum grade of C)

Major Requirements (30 credit hours)

• Introduction to Major: 3 credits
• Program Core Courses: 9 credits
• Theory: 3 credits
• Methods: 6 credits
• Disciplinary Upper Division Electives: 6 credits
• Other Upper Division Electives: 3 credits

Course Requirements

Intro to Major (3 credit hours)

• IDS 3315 Gaining Global Perspectives- GL (3)

Core Courses (9 credit hours)

• ANT 3212 World Ethnographies- GL (3)
• GEO 3001 Geography of Global Change- GL (3)
• SYP 3456 Societies in the World- GL (3)

Theory (3 credit hours)

One of the following:

• GEO 3421 Cultural Geography (3)
• GEO 3471 Political Geography (3)
• GEO 3502 Economic Geography (3)

Methods (6 credit hours)

• SYA 3300 Research Methods (3)
• GIS 3048 Applications of Geographic Information Systems (3)

Disciplinary Upper Division Electives (6 credit hours)

Two additional upper-division geography courses (GEA/GEO)

Other Upper-Division Department Electives (3 credit hours)

One additional upper-division anthropology (ANT) course; or one additional upper-division sociology course (SYA/SYD/SYG/SYO/SYP)