Geography

Geography focuses on understanding humanity's relations with the earth. One perspective addresses how humanity organizes the world spatially, from the level of the household to cities, countries, and the world. This includes questions of how we give meaning to places and how we create territory. Another approach addresses the two­ way interactions between humanity and nature. This includes questions of nature's effects on human societies and of humanity's role in transforming the earth. Geographic technologies provide important tools for social science inquiry. These include computer­ based geographic information sciences (GIS), remote sensing, and online, interactive mapping. People with geography majors often develop careers in fields like high-tech, real estate, public health, environmental management, education, disaster response, city and regional planning, community development, and many others.

University Requirements

• Lower division university core requirements or (for transfer students) general education requirements
• CLAST requirement
• A minimum of 120 credits hours
• The final 30 credits must be taken at FIU (with exceptions requiring the approval of the Dean’s office)
• GPA 2.0 or higher

Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs

• A minimum of 48 credit hours of upper division courses
• A grade of “C” or higher in each major course
• *Foreign language: equivalent of a second semester sequence foreign language course or one more advanced. (with a minimum grade of C)