DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY
GEOGRAPHY PROGRAM
Program Links: MED in Elementary Education, MED in Secondary Education, Course Descriptions
The graduate program in Geography is designed for those students seeking the M.Ed. degree. It serves as a minor teaching field on the Master of Education degree.
Areas of Concentration for the Comprehensive Examination:
- Regional Geography
- Systematic Geography
Degree Plans
Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction (Elementary Education). This degree plan is designed primarily for the elementary teacher. All such degrees originate in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Students pursuing this plan should either hold elementary teacher certification or complete it prior to being awarded the degree. The degree plan requires the completion of a minimum of thirty-six hours of graduate credit, thirty hours of which must be in courses numbered 500 or above.
The major consists of eighteen to twenty-four semester hours in Education which are approved in conference with the elementary graduate advisor.
The minor consists of twelve to eighteen semester hours in Geography, in which the student has at least eighteen undergraduate hours.
A comprehensive examination covering course work in Education and Geography must be taken and passed prior to graduation. Students should be enrolled the semester in which they take comprehensive examinations.
Master of Education in Secondary Education. This degree plan is designed primarily for the secondary teacher. All such degrees originate in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and require the completion of a minimum of thirty-six hours of graduate credit, thirty of which must be in courses numbered 500 or above. Twelve to twenty-four hours of professional education course work are required (twelve hours minimum for minor and 6 hours minimum for a second minor). A comprehensive examination is required. Students should be enrolled the semester in which they take comprehensive examinations.
Senior Courses Open to Graduate Students
GEO 433 Field Studies (Credit 3)
GEO 437* Urban Geography
GEO 439* Population Geography
GEO 434/444 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (Credit 3)
GEO 435 Applied Geographic Information Systems (Credit 3)
GEO 442 Geomorphology (Credit 4)
GEO 461 Conservation of Natural Resources (Credit 3)
GEO 464 Studies in Geography (Credit 3)
GEO 471 Texas (Credit 3)
GEO 475 Readings in Geography (Credits 1-3)
A maximum of six hours of 400-level courses may be taken toward the completion of the master’s degree. Course requirements in 400-level courses will be appropriately modified for graduate credit.