Geography Undergraduate Minors and Certificates

Minor in Geography
A minor in geography requires at least 12 credit hours in geography. Any GEO course is acceptable to fulfill the minor requirement. Several courses in geography fulfill university General Education or College of Liberal Arts requirements.  You can earn the minor on campus or online! We currently offer 15+ online GEO courses from which you may choose.


Minor or Certificate in Meteorology

A minor/certificate in Meteorology requires at least 19 credit hours.  Required core courses are: GEO 230 Introduction to Meteorology (4 credits), GEO 450 Extreme Weather (4 credits), GEO 460 Weather Analysis (4 credits).  Then select at least 7 credits of electives from this list:  GEO 101 Physical Geography (4 credits), GEO 355 Aviation Weather (3 credits), GEO 425 Climatology (4 credits), GEO 426 Principles of GIS (4 credits), GEO 431 Remote Sensing (4 credits), GEO 480-483 Special Topics (1-4 credits), GLY 150 Oceanography (3 credits), GLY 150L Oceanography Lab (1 credit).  All the courses listed are available online.


Minor or Certificate in GIScience
The Geography Department participates in an interdisciplinary Minor in Geospatial Information Science.  Please see the Geospatial Information Science web site for more information.


 

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Geography Department
Harris Hall 215
Marshall University
1 John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755


Telephone: 304-696-4364


geography@marshall.edu

 

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