Geography Education Minor
This minor contains course requirements designed to meet state standards. Those interested in teaching in K-12 schools must complete the education/teaching concentration of a major in a teaching content area plus the Teacher Education Program through the Department of Teaching and Learning. Additional teaching areas can be added through completion of the education/teaching concentration of a major or education/teaching minor in that content area.
To complete this minor, you need to contact the Teaching and Learning Department. Approvals for this minor must come from the Teaching and Learning Department.
Individuals completing this minor must also complete the education/teaching concentration of a major in another teaching content area.
Minor - Geography Education
W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation
Degree Specific Credits: 22
Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0
Catalog Year: 2022-23
Summary
Introduction to Geography | 7 | |
Regional Core | 3 | |
Geographic Methods | 3 | |
Upper-Division Systematic Geography | 6 | |
Geography Education Requirement | 3 | |
Total Hours | 12 | |
Introduction to Geography
Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
Complete all of the following courses: | ||
GPHY 111N | Intro to Physical Geography: Climate, Landforms, and Vegetation | 3 |
GPHY 112N | Intro to Physical Geography Lab: Climate, Landforms, and Vegetation | 1 |
GPHY 121S | Human Geography | 3 |
Total Hours | 7 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Regional Core
Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
GPHY 141S | Geography of World Regions | |
GPHY 144 | Glacier National Park in Winter | |
GPHY 241 | Montana | |
GPHY 245 | The Middle East | |
GPHY 342 | North America | |
GPHY 344 | Crown of the Continent | |
GPHY 347 | Regional Geography (Multiple Regions) | |
GPHY 348 | Field Studies in Geography | |
GPHY 444 | High Asia | |
Total Hours | 3 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Geographic Methods
Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
GPHY 284 | Intro to GIS and Cartography | |
GPHY 385 | Field Techniques | |
Total Hours | 3 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Upper-Division Systematic Geography
Rule: Complete at least 1 course from 2 of the following 3 subcategories. 6 total credits required.
Physical Geography
Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
ERTH 303N | Weather and Climate | |
GPHY 311N | Biogeography | |
GPHY 314 | Global Mountain Environments | |
GPHY 317 | Geomorphology | |
GPHY 438 | Mountain Field Study | |
GPHY 525 | Advanced Physical Geography | |
Total Hours | 3 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Geography and Society
Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
GPHY 323S | Economic Geography of Rural Areas | |
GPHY 421 | Sustainable Cities | |
GPHY 434 | Food and Famine | |
Total Hours | 3 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Human Environment Interaction
Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
GPHY 335 | Water Policy | |
GPHY 338 | Mountains and Society | |
GPHY 432 | Human Role Environmental Change | |
GPHY 433 | Community Resilience | |
Total Hours | 3 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Geography Education Requirement
Note: The EDU 497 course number is used for multiple courses. Students should register for EDU 497 Methods: 5-12 Social Studies.
Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
Complete the following course: | ||
EDU 497 | Teaching and Assessing | 4 |
Total Hours | 4 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Secondary Teaching Licensure
Note: For endorsement to teach geography, a student also must gain admission to the Teacher Education Program and meet all the requirements for secondary teaching licensure. For more information, see the Teaching and Learning Department.