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GEORGIA
GEORGIA COLLEGE & STATE
UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY
DATE FOUNDED: 2010
DEGREES OFFERED: B. A.
GRANTED 8/22/14-8/22/15: 19 Bachelors
CHAIR: Aran MacKinnon
DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE ASST.: Amy Mimes
FOR CATALOG AND FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE
TO: Dr. Doug R. Oetter, Department of History & Geography,
Georgia College CBX 120, Milledgeville, Georgia, 31061. Telephone
(478) 445-7379. Fax (478) 445-5837.
E-mail: doug.oetter@gcsu.edu.
Internet: http://www.gcsu.edu/history/geography/.
PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH FACILITIES: The Bachelor of
Arts degree in Geography at Georgia College & State University was
created in 2010 to serve as a general geography major in the College
of Arts & Sciences at Georgia’s Public Liberal Arts University. We
have crafted a degree program with a balanced emphasis on Human
Geography, Physical/Environmental Geography, Regional Analysis,
and Geographic Techniques. Our graduates are well prepared for
several careers, from geographic education to geospatial science,
military service, or graduate school. As a public liberal arts
university, we encourage our majors to coordinate their coursework
toward minors or second majors, including history, environmental
science, and political science.
Following the completion of a core curriculum requiring two physical
geography and two human geography courses, students participate in a
sophomore-level research seminar and complete nine courses in five
major areas at the upper-level: (1) human geography; (2) physical and
environmental geography; (3) regional analysis; (4) geographic
techniques; and (5) senior capstone (e.g., thesis, research paper,
internship, study abroad, teaching practicum, or applied
study). Majors can also participate in an Honors Program and other
concentrations/minors within the College. Internships designed for
geography majors are available. The department sponsors the
Geography Club, and students participate in several other crosscampus
and community activities.
ACADEMIC PLAN, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, AND
FINANCIAL AID:
Georgia College is on a semester plan. Admission requirements are
available from: Office of Admissions, Georgia College CBX 023,
Milledgeville, Georgia, 31061 (http://www.gcsu.edu/admissions/).
Financial Aid information may be obtained from the Office of
Financial Aid, Georgia College CBX 030, Milledgeville, Georgia
31061, (http://www.gcsu.edu/financialaid/).
FACULTY:
Chuck Fahrer, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2001, Professor
— political geography, geography of health, geographic
education, Europe, Middle East.
Doug Oetter, Ph.D., Oregon State University, 2002, Professor —
remote sensing, geographic information, physical geography,
land cover change, South America.
Amy Sumpter, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2008, Associate
Professor — race and ethnicity, cultural geography, American
South.
Eric Spears, Ph.D., West Virginia University, 2004, Assistant Vice
President of International Education — political ecology, Latin
America, East Asia.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN
UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY
DATE FOUNDED: 1964
DEGREES OFFERED: B.A. and B.S. in Geology; B.A. and
B.S. in Geography; MS Applied Geography (fall 2017)
GRANTED 8/1/14-6/30/15: 22 Bachelors
MAJORS: 104
CHAIR: Dr. Jeffrey Underwood
FOR CATALOG AND FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE
TO: Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern
University, PO Box 8149, Statesboro, Georgia 30460-8149.
Telephone (912) 478-0667. Fax (912) 478-0668.
Internet: http://cosm.georgiasouthern.edu/geo/
PROGRAM AND RESEARCH FACILITIES: The Department of
Geology and Geography offers the B.S. and B.A. degrees in Geology,
the B.A. and B.S. in Geography as well as undergraduate minors in
geography, GIS, and geology. The Department will begin enrolling
graduate student for the Degree Program in Applied Geography
during fall semester of 2017. The geography major requires 126
semester hours, while a minor requires a minimum of 16 semester
hours. The new graduate program will require 36 semester hours for
completion. The multiple Geography Program offer students a broad
range of courses in human, physical, and regional geography as well
as GIS and remote sensing. The Geography Program is a campus
leader in study abroad offerings and international research.
Georgia Southern University is a Carnegie Doctoral/Research
University and is a unit of the University System of Georgia.
University enrollment is more than 23,000 students. The main campus
is located in Statesboro which is less than 50 miles northwest of
historic Savannah and 200 miles southeast of Atlanta. The Department
of Geology and Geography operates a research facility, the Applied
Coastal Research Laboratory, on Skidaway Island, Georgia, a 250 acre
field station at the Ogeechee River just east of campus, and has an
executed MOU with the Mindo Cloud Forest Reserve in Ecuador to
provide research opportunities for faculty and students.
ACADEMIC PLAN, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, AND
FINANCIAL AID: Georgia Southern University operates on the
semester system. Financial aid is available to qualified students
through the University’s Financial Aid Office. For information
concerning admission requirements, contact the Admissions Office,
Georgia Southern University, PO Box 8024, Statesboro, Georgia
30460. Telephone (912) 478-5391.
FACULTY:
Ashley R. Coles, Ph.D., Arizona, 2013, Lecturer in Geography —
society-environment interactions, hazards, natural resource
management
Christine M. Hladik, Ph.D., Georgia, 2012, Assistant Professor of
Geography — remote sensing, coastal and marsh environments,
modeling
C.J. Jackson, Ph.D., Georgia, 2010, Assistant Professor of Geology
— coastal geology, shoreline evolution, remote sensing
Jacque L. Kelly, Ph.D., Hawaii-Manoa, 2012, Assistant Professor of
Geology — groundwater geochemistry, coastal hydrology,
remote sensing
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