Buffalo State

Geography (Minor)

About the Geography and Planning Department

A213 Classroom Building
1300 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14222
Phone: (716) 878-6216
Fax: (716) 878-4009
www.buffalostate.edu/geography/

Contact Faculty and Staff in the Geography and Planning Department

Program Requirements

Total Required Credit Hours: 18 credits

A. Required Courses (12 credits)
GEG 101 World Natural Environments
GEG 102 Human Geography
GEG 325 Maps and Mapmaking using GIS

Choose one of the following regional courses:
GEG 300 World Regional Geography
GEG 359 Arctic Geography
GEG 360 Geography of Asia
GEG 362 Geography of U.S. and Canada
GEG 364 Geography of Europe

B. Electives (6 credits)
Two upper-division geography courses selected by advisement.

More information about this minor may be obtained through the Geography and Planning Department.

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