Honors Bachelor of Arts in Geography Education Undergraduate Programme By University of Delaware |TopUniversities

Honors Bachelor of Arts in Geography Education

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Programme overview

Main Subject

Education and Training

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

In this program students must maintain a GPA of 3.00 to take Honors courses and remain in the Honors Program. All Honors Program students will be reviewed yearly. Any Honors students falling below a 3.00 GPA at the end of any year of study will be contacted and removed from the Honors Program. They are also required to complete the requirement for bachelor's degree. Geography has been described as "why what is where." Students may come into the field remembering a middle-school course that catalogued the countries of the world in a litany of place names, capital cities, primary exports, and so on. Such data are the raw material of geography, but they become much more useful and interesting when the "why" aspects are added in. Geography topics including climate change, energy supply, water availability, land degradation, urban design, and place identity. We look at how changing weather patterns and climate impact society and natural systems. We examine links and processes between the natural environment and human societies. We explore water, including hydrology, watershed management, ecosystem dynamics, and biogeography. And we do this through the use of geographic information systems, remote sensing, and other technology.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Education and Training

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

In this program students must maintain a GPA of 3.00 to take Honors courses and remain in the Honors Program. All Honors Program students will be reviewed yearly. Any Honors students falling below a 3.00 GPA at the end of any year of study will be contacted and removed from the Honors Program. They are also required to complete the requirement for bachelor's degree. Geography has been described as "why what is where." Students may come into the field remembering a middle-school course that catalogued the countries of the world in a litany of place names, capital cities, primary exports, and so on. Such data are the raw material of geography, but they become much more useful and interesting when the "why" aspects are added in. Geography topics including climate change, energy supply, water availability, land degradation, urban design, and place identity. We look at how changing weather patterns and climate impact society and natural systems. We examine links and processes between the natural environment and human societies. We explore water, including hydrology, watershed management, ecosystem dynamics, and biogeography. And we do this through the use of geographic information systems, remote sensing, and other technology.

Admission Requirements

6.5+
110+
79+
53+
Other English Language requirements: International students must have secured a minimum score of 570 in TOEFL paper based test.

Jan-2000

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