THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

College of Education and Social Services
Geography Major Concentration
(Early Childhood, Early Childhood Special Education, Elementary and Physical Education)

Minimum of 30 credit hours required.
Select Two of the Following Courses
6 cr. hrs.
GEOG 040 Weather, Climate and Landscape
GEOG 050 World Regional Geography
GEOG 070 Space, Place and Society
Complete the following Course
GEOG 160 The United States 3 cr. hrs.
Select One Regional Course
3 cr. hrs.
GEOG 150 Geography of Africa
GEOG 152 Canada
GEOG 153 Arctic Canada
GEOG 154 Geography of Third World Development
GEOG 156 Latin America
GEOG 157 Geography of the Pacific
GEOG 159 Europe
Complete the following Course
GEOG 170 Historical Geography 3 cr. hrs.
Select Two Non-Regional Courses
6 cr. hrs.
GEOG 140 Biogeography
GEOG 143 Climatology
GEOG 171 Cultural Geography
GEOG 173 Political Ecology
GEOG 175 Urban Geography
GEOG 176 Geography of Global Economy
GEOG 177 Political Geography
GEOG 179 Cultural Ecology
Select Three Geography Electives
9 cr. hrs.
GEOG 060 Geography of Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. is recommended but not required. GEOG 081
Geotechniques is strongly recommended as an elective.
GEOG Elective
GEOG Elective
GEOG Elective
  30 cr. hrs.

Students in Early Childhood, Early Childhood Special Education, Elementary Education and Physical Education who are completing this major may eventually be interested in applying to teach this content at the Secondary Education level. This would require completing the Supplemental coursework as listed on the Secondary Education Geography major.

Revised Summer 2009