Geography Urban and Regional Planning

General Requirements

1. The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number.
2. This major requires students to select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors offered at Texas State. Students interested in entering the professional planning field are strongly advised to consider a minor in Public Administration, Business Administration, or Construction Science and Management; however, other minors may be appropriate depending on a student's interests and career goals. Students are encouraged to meet with an academic advisor to review minor options and degree requirements.
3. This major requires a minimum of 36 semester credit hours of Geography courses.
4. To satisfy graduation requirements, students must have at least a 2.50 major GPA for Geography and at least a 2.25 Texas State GPA. Students must make a grade of "C" or better in all Geography courses that are to be counted for credit toward their major.
5. Required major courses include the following:

• Introduction to Cultural Geography
• World Geography
• Introduction to Physical Geography
• Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems
• Research Methods in Geography

Required Urban and Regional Planning core courses include the following:

Course List

• Urban Geography
• Community and Regional Planning
• Maps and Mapmaking
• Cities and Urban Design
• Planning Practicum

Required Geography techniques courses include at least one course from the following:

Course List

Select one of the following:

Maps and Mapmaking

Remote Sensing and Earth Observation

Advanced GIS

Internship in Geography

Field Methods

This major also requires an additional three hours of ENG 303 with a grade of “C” or higher.

Geography electives to bring the required Geography hours to 36 should be selected in consultation with an advisor from the following courses:

Course List

• Economic Geography
• Researching the City
• Political Geography
• Remote Sensing and Earth Observation
• Advanced GIS4
• Transportation Systems
• Urban Infrastructure Management
• Internship in Geography
• Race, Class, and the American City
• Field Methods

Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).

The minimum number of hours required for this degree program is 120. The number of free elective hours a student will complete depends on the number of hours a student may need to achieve the required 120 total or 36 advanced hours.

Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation