Geography and Environmental Studies, B.A.

Offered by Geography & Environmental Systems .

University Requirements

Completion of Minimum University Requirements for an Undergraduate Baccalaureate Degree .

Minimum 120 credits and minimum GPA of 2.0
Completion of 45 upper-level credits, residence requirement, Writing Intensive requirement, and General Education requirement

Major Requirements

Minimum 48 credits, excluding independent studies and internships
Minimum grade of ‘C’ in courses applied to the major
Students may complete a maximum of one major or minor from Geography & Environmental Systems

Course Requirements

Required Courses (14 credits)

Complete the following:

Electives (30 credits)

Complete a minimum of 30 credits from the following or other approved courses, including a minimum of 6 credits at the 400 level:

Human Geography/Environmental Studies/Policy

Complete 12 to 24 credits from the following:

Physical Geography/Environmental Science

Complete 6 to 18 credits from the following:

Statistics Requirement (4 credits)

Complete one of the following:

Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s Programs

Qualified students may apply to an accelerated program, which allows them to share courses between a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree. Students take graduate courses as undergraduate students and later apply those courses to master’s degrees. An undergraduate may apply to participate in an accelerated program even if the desired graduate program is in a department other than the one in which the student is majoring. More information is available from the Graduate School website: https://gradschool.umbc.edu/admissions/nontraditional/accelerated/