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
PLN 325 Map & Air Photo Interpretation

Choose one of the following regional courses:
GEG 357 Geography of Buffalo & the Niagara Frontier
GEG 359 Arctic Geography
GEG 360 Geography of Asia
GEG 362 Geography of US & Canada
GEG 363 Geography of Middle America
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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