Geography Social Science Teacher Certification Major Program

Total number of hours: 52

Geography Requirements

Core Requirements (10 hrs)

• Geo 100 Earth Science Systems (4)
• Geo 204 Goegraphic Techniques
• Geo 205 Living in the Environment

Regional Requirements (6 hrs)

• Geo 135 World Geography
• Geo 140 Human Geography

Techniques Requirement (6 hrs)

• Geo 300 Cartography
• GEO 303 Geo Infor. Systems

Teaching Methods Requirement (3 hrs)

• Geo 307 Teaching Geog/E. Science

Capstone Requirement (3 hrs)

• Geo 315 Seminar in Geography

Regional Elective (3 hrs)

• Geo 215 United States
• Geo 220 Illinois
• Geo 235.01 Africa
• Geo 235.04 Middle East
• Geo 240 Europe
• Geo 245 Former Soviet Union
• Geo 250 Africa
• Geo 265 National Parks
• Geo 306 Regional Area Studies

Electives (9 hrs)

• Geo 150 Economic Geography
• Geo 200 Physical Geography I
• Geo 201 Physical Geography II
• Geo 207 Natural Disasters
• Geo 208 Political Geography
• Geo 265 Our National Parks
• Geo 304 Geo Information Systems Applications
• Geo 308 Quantitative Methods in Geography II
• Geo 310 Field Geography
• Geo 331 Cultural Geography
• Geo 332 Historical Geography
• Geo 334 Political Ecology
• Geo 336 Urban Geography
• Geo 339 Medical Geography
• Geo 341 Climate and Global Environmental Change
• Geo 344 Biogeography
• Geo 346 Applied Climatology
• Geo 351 Cartographic Processes
• Geo 370 Urban and Regional Planning

Supporting Courses Required (16 hrs)

• History 135 and/or History 136 (U.S. History)
• History 101 and/or 102 (Western Civilization)
• Sociology 106 Introduction to Sociology
• Politics and Government 101 Citizens and Governance OR POL 106 U.S. Government and Civic Practices
• Economics 105 Principles of Economics

Professional Education Requirements (26 hrs)

• EAF 228 or 231 or 235 3 hours
• PSY 215 3 hours (prereq. Psy 110 or 111)
• C&I 212 2 hours (prereq. GPA 2.5, C or better in Com 110 & Eng 101
• C&I 214 3 hours (prereq. C or better in C&I 212, Psy 215, GPA 2.5)
• C&I 216 3 hours (prereq. C or better in C&I 212, Psy 215, GPA 2.5)
• STT 399.18 (sec. 01 & 02) 12 hours