Program Requirements in Geography

Frostburg State University offers a major and minor in Geography by which you can earn a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Earth Sciences. You can also earn a Geography major with a Global Systems Analysis Concentration.

Geography is the academic discipline which explains "the why of where." You will be able to map phenomena on Earth and develop evidence-based explanations for why such patterns exist. With our faculty scholars, you will explore such questions as -- how and why do places differ? What processes formed the physical, cultural and biological landscapes around us? What are the consequences of various human interactions with the natural environment? You will explore the answers to these questions on local, regional, national and global scales.

View the Geography Major in the Undergraduate Catalog.

  • Core courses for all Geography majors

    All Geography majors take the following courses:

      • Physical Geography
      • Human or World Regional Geography
      • Fundamentals of Geographic Data Handling
      • Fundamentals of Cartography
      • Research Methods in Geography
      • The Geographic Perspective
      • Geography Capstone
      • Probability and Statistics
  • The Geography Minor

    The Geography Minor gives you the opportunity to supplement your studies in another major with several courses in earth science .

    The requirements of the Geography Minor are:

    • Physical Geography
    • Human or World Regional Geography
    • Five elective courses
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