Widely respected in the field, Wittenberg's geography program is the only program of its kind at any private university in Ohio. The program allows you to focus in one of three areas:

Environmental studies, centering on the relationship between people and their environment; Regional studies, highlighting specific world regions such as Middle America, Southeast Asia, or former Eastern-bloc areas; or Urban planning, focusing on urban analysis and planning methods.

Complementing classroom study is hands-on work in our well-equipped on-site geography lab, internships, co-op programs and study abroad. Wittenberg graduates have gone on to rewarding careers such as regional and urban planners, environmentalists and GIS specialists. Typically nearly half of Wittenberg's geography graduates pursue further study in graduate programs.

Degrees offered
B.A.: Geography
Minor: Geography

Requirements
Major: A total of at least 32 semester hours in Geography, including Geography 101, 310, and either 304 or 305. More than one 250 course may count toward the major. Each student chooses one of three tracks: Environmental, Urban Planning, or Regional within the major. Courses required for each are:

Environmental: Geography 120, 220, 222, 305, and a statistics course. Recommended cognate courses are Biology 306, Geology 220, 240 and 290.

Regional: Geography 120; 240 or 292; two 250 courses; a cognate course from another discipline; and a statistics course.

Urban Planning: Geography 230, 330, 305, 390, 491 and statistics. Recommended courses are Urban Studies 171, Political Science 221 and 222, Economics 250, Sociology 296 and Geology 220.

Minor: Three tracks are available, and each requires 20 semester hours in geography. They are:

General: Geography 101; 120 or 220 or 222; 230 or 240 or 292; 250; and an elective.
Environmental: Geography 101, 120, 220, 222 and 305.

Urban Planning: Geography 101; 230; 330; 305 or 390; and 491.

Facilities
Our eight-station, state-of-the-art GIS lab includes scanners, a digitizer, a variety of high- quality printing options, and Windows NT connections which service MapInfo, ArcView, and ArcInfo mapping software. We also have a large collection of topographic maps, air photos, stereometers, and parallax bars in addition to the standard set of wall maps for classroom presentations.