Undergraduate Programs

Global, International, and Regional Studies

The Department has long been known for its faculty expertise on major world regions. The track provides an overview of issues affecting our planet, and prepares students for leadership in an increasingly interconnected world.

Faculty Subcommittee

Professor Adams, Knapp, Skop. For advising, please see undergraduate advisor.

Note: track requirements were changed in September, 2001. Students may still complete the track using the former requirements, but the new requirements are easier to fulfil.

To fulfil the track requirement, students should take one course in global or world geography:

GRG 305 This Human World
GRG 309 or 356T Topics (where topic is appropriate, ie Globalization)

Plus one course on a major world region:

GRG 309 Topics (where topic is a world region, such as Russia or Polar Lands)
GRG 319 Geography of Latin America
GRG 326 Regions and Cultures of Europe
GRG 327 Geography of the Former Soviet Union
GRG 328 Geography of the Middle East
[GRG 331 Geography of Asia]
GRG 341K Geography of Mexico and Caribbean America
[GRG 348C Geography of South Asia]
GRG 350L Oxford Summer Study I: British Landscapes
GRG 356T Topics (where appropriate)

plus one course on major world issue or problem (see undergraduate advisor for a current list of courses):

GRG 306C Conservation
GRG 309 Topics (where topic is a major world issue)
[GRG 326K Feast or Famine? Food Supplies in a Crowding World]
GRG 328C Pathways toward Extinction
GRG 334 Conservation, Resources, and Technology
GRG 334C Environmental Hazards
GRG 336 Contemporary Cultural Geography
GRG 339K Environment, Development, and Food Production
[GRG 342C Rural Development in the Third World]
GRG 346 Human Use of the Earth
GRG 356 or 356T Topics (where appropriate)
GRG 357 Medical Geography
[GRG 358 Cities in Developing Countries]

Note: In addition to the above, all geography majors must also complete the core requirements in Human Geography, Physical Geography, and Techniques, and take GRG 374, Frontiers in Geography.

Study Abroad

Although all Geography majors should try to study abroad, it is particularly important for students in this track to do so. Please consider the Department's Oxford program as well.