RE QUIRE MENTS FOR THE BACHE LOR OF ARTS IN GEOGRAPHY COLLEGE OF ATMOSPHERIC AND GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES

THE UNI VER SITY OF OKLAHOMA

For Stu dents En tering the Oklahoma State Sys tem for

Higher Ed u ca tion:

Sum mer 2018 through Spring 2019

GEN ERAL RE QUIRE MENTSTo tal Credit Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149To tal Up per-Di vi sion Credit Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Min i mum Re ten tion/Grad u a tion Grade Point Av er ages:Min i mum in OU Coursework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.25Min i mum in Ma jor Coursework – Com bined and OU . . . . . . . . . . 2.25Over all – Com bined and OU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.25

Geography: Physical & Social Sciences

A460-P506Bachelor of Arts in Geography/

Master of Regional & City Planning F817-Q274

OU en cour ages stu dents to com plete at least 30 hours of ap pli ca ble coursework each year to have the op por tu nity to grad u ate in four years.GEN ERAL EDU CA TION AND COL LEGE RE QUIRE MENTS

Courses graded P/NP will not ap ply.Courses re quired for maj or sup port may not also fulfill

Uni ver sity-Wide Gen eral Ed u ca tion Re quire mentsCourses for ful fill ment of Gen eral Ed u ca tion and Col lege of At mo spheric & Geo graphic Scences re quire ments must be from the ap proved Gen eral Ed u cat ion course list at http://www.ou.edu/content/gened/courses.html

MA JOR REQUIREMENTS

MA JOR SUP PORT REQUIREMENTS

CORE (18 hours, 6 courses)

Additional College Requirements

Adviser-Approved Electives (12 hours) 12 hours of adviser-approved coursework relevant to the student’s field(s) of study.

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University-Wide General Education (minimum 40 hours) and College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences Requirements

Courses graded P/NP will not ap ply

Core Area I: Sym bolic and Oral Com mu ni ca tion (9-22 hours, 3-6 courses)A. Eng lish Com po si tion (6 hours, 2 courses)

1. Eng lish 1113, Prin ci ples of Eng lish Com po si tion2. Eng lish 1213, Prin ci ples of Eng lish Com po si tion, or

EXPO 1213, Ex pos i tory Writ ing

B. For eign Lan guage (0-10 hours in the same lan guage)Stu dents who have not com pleted two years of the same for eign lan guage in high school are re quired to take two col lege courses in the same for eign language.

1. Be gin ning Course (0-5 hours) _________________________

2. Be gin ning Course, con tin ued (0-5 hours) _________________________

C. Mathematics (3 hours, 1 course). _________________________

Core Area II: Natural Science (7 hours, 2 courses) including one laboratory component.

1. _________________________

2. _________________________

Core Area III: So cial Sci ence (6 hours, 2 courses)

1. Po lit i cal Sci ence 1113, Amer i can Fed eral Gov ern ment

2. _________________________

Core Area IV: Hu man ities (12 hours, 4 courses)

a: Un der stand ing Ar tis tic Forms (3 hours, 1 course) _______________________

b. West ern Civ i li za tion and Cul ture (6 hours, 2 courses)1. His tory 1483, U.S., 1492-1865, or His tory 1493, U.S., 1865-Pres ent,

2. _________________________ (ex clud ing HIST 1483 and 1493)

c. Non-West ern Cul ture (3 hours, 1 course):__________________

Core Area V: Senior Capstone Experience (3 hours, 1 course): _________________

At least three hours of Upper-Division General Education coursework must be completed outside the major.

Additional College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences Bachelor of Arts Requirements:

Free Elec tivesElec tives to bring to tal ap pli ca ble hours to 149.

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SHARED HOURS*These 12 hours of Graduate Credit, along with GIS 5013 in the major work, count towards both the undergraduate and graduate degrees:

*RCPL 5013, History & Theory of Urban Plan.*RCPL 5053, Planning Management*RCPL 5203, Urban Land Use Controls*RCPL 5173, Urban and Regional Analysis

MRCP Component (29 hours)

RCPL 5113, Urban Planning Research Methods

RCPL 5525, Comprehensive Regional & City Planning Project

ORRCPL 5522, Comprehensive RCPL Project:

Report. & Implementation, and RCPL 5523, Comprehensive RCPL Project:

Research & Plan Making

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Three Specialization courses (9 hours) in either Physical Planning or Community & Economic Development:

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One course (3 hours) from the opposite track's breadth courses:

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Graduate-level RCPL Electives (9 hours), chosen in consultation with Graduate advisor:

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GIS 2023, Intro. to Spatial Thinking

GEOG 3213, Principles of Human Geography

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GEOG 4893, Research Methods & Professional Development

GEOG 4953, Capstone

*GIS 5013, Fundamentals of GIS 3

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GEOG 3773, Geography of the U.S. 3

Physical & Social Sciences Concentration(19 hours)

One regional geography course listed below:

GEOG 3223, British Empire and its Successor States

GEOG 4243, Geography of Asia GEOG 4253, Latin America Geography GEOG 4853, Geography of Africa

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Six hours of Geography electives:

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GEOG 3023, Principles of Physical Geography

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GEOG 3243, Principles of EconomicGeography

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GEOG 3924, Quantitative Methods 4

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Humanities and Social Science Electives (6 hours, 2 courses). To be chosen from the University-Wide General Education Approved Lists.At least one course must be completed at the upper-division level.

Hu man i ties: ______________________________

Social Science: ______________________________

Natural Science Elective (3-4 hours, 1 course). With or without a laboratory component. To be chosen from the University-Wide General Education Approved List.

Nat u ral Sci ence: ______________________________

Foreign Language (3 hours, in course at the intermediate level). If the student successfully places beyond the second intermediate course, the 13 hours of required foreign language will become free electives.

In ter me di ate Course (3 hours) ______________________________

IN FOR MA TION CON CERN ING GEN ERAL RULES, REG U LA TIONS AND MIN I MUM RE QUIRE MENTSTO TAL HOURS: A mini mum of 120 se mes ter hours ac cept able to ward gradua tion must be com pleted.UPPER-DIVISION HOURS: A minimum of 40 upper-division semester hours acceptable toward graduation must be completed. OU courses numbered 3000 or above are upper-division. Transfer work is counted as lower-division or upper-division credit depending on the level at which it was offered at the institution where it was earned. Two-year college work is accepted only as lower-division credit.SEN IOR IN STI TU TION HOURS: A mini mum of 60 se mes ter hours ap plied to ward gradua tion must be earned at sen ior (4- year) in sti tu tions.RESI DENCY:

• A minimum of two semesters must be spent in residence in the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences.• At least 36 of the last 48 hours must be com pleted in res i dence at OU.

IN DI VID UAL STUD IES: No more than six hours of in de pend ent study or di rected read ings may be ap plied to ward de gree re quire ments.GRADE POINT AV ER AGES: Stu dents must earn a min i mum over all 2.25 for each of the fol low ing: Com bined Re ten tion GPA (all col lege grades), OU Re ten tion GPA, GPA for all ma jor courses, and GPA for all ma jor courses taken at OU.

Re fer to the OU Gen eral Cat a log for more com plete in for ma tion.Sug gested Se mes ter Plan of Study — Bach e lor of Arts in Geography/Master of Regional & City Planning: A460-P506/F818-Q274

This plan shows one possible grouping of courses that would allow students to graduate in four years. Please refer to the front of the degree checksheet for official requirements. Students must consult with College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences and/or Department of Geography academic advisers to verify that courses selected each semester fulfill the recommended plan and satisfy university, College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences, and Environmental Sustainability major requirements.

1= To be cho sen from the Uni ver sity-Wide Gen eral Ed u ca tion Ap proved Course List. Three hours of gen eral ed u ca tion must be up per-di vi sion out side the ma jor. 2= Nine hours of adviser-approved coursework relevant to the student’s field(s) of study. These hours are to be outside the student’s major School or Department.NOTE: No more than 52 hours of Geography coursework may be used to fulfill the 120 minimum total credit hours required for the undergraduate degree.

Bach e lor’s de grees re quire a min i mum of 40 hours of up per-di vi sion (3000-4000) coursework. This plan of study should not be used in lieu of ac a demic ad vise ment.

Year FIRST SE MES TER Hours SEC OND SE MES TER Hours

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AN ENGL 1113, Principles of English Comp. (Core I)

Beginning Foreign Language (Core 1)1General Education Mathematics course (Core I) 1General Education Social Science (Core III)

ENGL 1213, Principles of English Comp. (Core I), or EXPO 1213, Expository Writing (Core I) Beginning Foreign Language Cont. (Core I)P SC 1113, American Federal Government (Core III) 1General Education Natural Science (Core II)2College Elective

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GIS 2023, Intro. to Spatial ThinkingIntermediate Foreign LanguageHIST 1483, United States 1492-1865, or 1493, United States 1865-Present (Core IV) 1General Education Understanding Artistic Forms (Core IV) 1General Education Humanities elective

GEOG 3023, Principles of Physical Geography 1General Education Social Science elective1General Education Natural Science with Laboratory (Core II) 1General Education Non-Western Culture (Core IV) 1General Education Western Civilization & Culture (Core IV)

TO TAL CREDIT HOURS 15 TO TAL CREDIT HOURS 16

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GEOG 3924, Analytic Methods in GeographyGEOG 3213, Principles of Human Geography*GIS 5013, Fundamentals of GIS2College Elective1Natural Science Elective

GEOG 3243, Principles of Economic GeographyGEOG 3773, Geography of the United StatesGEOG elective*RCPL 5203, Urban Land Use Controls2College Elective

TO TAL CREDIT HOURS 16 TO TAL CREDIT HOURS 15

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GEOG 4893, Research MethodsGEOG electiveRegional GEOG course2College Elective*RCPL 5013, History & Theory of Urban PlanningRCPL 5113, Urban Planning Research Methods

GEOG 4953, Capstone*RCPL 5173, Urban & Regional AnalysisBreadth course in selected RCPL specializationFree Elective

TO TAL CREDIT HOURS 18 TO TAL CREDIT HOURS 12

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RCPL 5525 Comprehensive RCPL Project Studio or RCPL 5523 {Fa}/5522{Sp} Breadth course in selected RCPL specializationBreadth course in non-selected specializationRCPL specialization elective

*RCPL 5053, Planning ManagementBreadth course in selected RCPL specializationRCPL specialization electiveRCPL specialization elective(RCPL 5522, if not in Fall)

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*=These courses are shared between the undergraduate and graduate degrees.

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