The Economic Track provides a broad framework of ideas and theories in addition to a task-oriented approach to location analysis. Site planners articulate the needs of the community for economic space, the demands for convenient transport, the role of private enterprise, and the management of growth. This interrelated group of courses is useful to students, because economic geographers and developers are expected to analyze the interactions of concepts and variables. Market analysis for the location of new shopping centers, for example, requires understanding of economic principles, population characteristics, and the local political milieu, all in a spatial context.
For more information, see the undergraduate catalog: B.A. Geography/Economic Geographer Track
Geography B.A.
Requirement Checklist (PDF)
Departmental Requirements:
- Cartography I
- Cultural Geography
- Economic Geography
- History of Geography
- Research Seminar
- Population Geography
- Urban Geography
- Trade and Transportation
- Political Geography
- Social Geography
- Land Use Policy
- One from the following:
Geography of:
- Pennsylvania
- Latin America
- Europe
- Russia and the Soviet Sphere
- Africa
- East Asia
- South and Southeast Asia
- One of the following:
