MAJOR FINDER
Filter by College
Filter by Subject
Geography Education
Focus on Majors: Geography Education: youtube.com/watch?v=40Dq69xKk-4
BRING CHILDREN THE WORLD
If you want to help children understand the world around them, there is no better subject to teach than geography. Sharing the beauty and science of our natural landscapes and fascinating details about the diverse cultures around the globe, you can awaken children’s wonder and excitement for the world around them, helping them become engaged global citizens who care about our Earth. During your studies at UD, you will examine the physical properties of the natural environment (water, climate, landforms and vegetation) and the role that human beliefs, activities and decision-making has in shaping the world around us. You will also gain training in teaching and how to best reach and serve students in middle or high school.
AREAS OF STUDY
- History and political science
- Educational psychology
- Instructional design
- Physical geography
- Human geography
CAREER OPTIONS
- Middle school geography teacher
- High school geography teacher
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
- Geography
- Geography Education
- Educational Leadership
- Educational Technology
What’s special about this program?
In this major, you will combine coursework in geography and education, graduating prepared to teach Advanced Placement Geography in high school settings and bring a geographic perspective to many other classes taught in secondary schools. You will receive broad training in physical and human geography as well as education, gaining the tools and methods of both disciplines. You will also gain vital experience through teaching placement at nearby schools.
Get Involved
Students who come to UD in one of the majors in the College of Earth, Ocean and Environment start in CEOE’s Living Learning Community, a dormitory where you will live with your peers and enjoy special academic and social programming, fostering a successful college experience from the day you move in. There are also many opportunities on campus for students interested in the environment, such as serving as an EnvironMentor, going on extracurricular environmental field trips and joining registered student organizations like Students for the Environment. Geography Education majors have additional opportunities to get involved in GIS Day, Geography Awareness Week and ad-hoc activities like Humanitarian Mapathons.
Sample curriculum
ECON101
|
Introduction to Microeconomics |
ENGL110
|
Critical Reading and Writing |
| GEOG101/111 | Physical Geography: Climatic Processes with Laboratory
|
| GEOG102 |
Human Geography
|
| GEOG106 | Physical Geography: Land Surface Processes
|
GEOG203
|
Introduction to Cultural Geography |
UNIV101
|
First Year Experience |
|
MATH Requirement
|
Foreign Language Courses
|
ECON103
|
Introduction to Macroeconomics |
| GEOG2XX | Geography Electives
|
| GEOG271 |
Introduction to Geographic Data Analysis
|
| GEOG372 | Geographic Information Systems
|
HIST104
|
World History II |
HIST206
|
U.S. History Since 1865 |
POSC150
|
Introduction to American Politics
|
University Breadth Courses
|
|
Foreign Language Courses
|
| EDUC414 | Teaching Exceptional Adolescents
|
| EDUC419 | Diversity in Secondary Education
|
| EDUC413 |
Adolescent Development and Education Psychology
|
| GEOG3XX | Geography Electives
|
| HIST493 | Problems in Teaching History and Social Sciences
|
ECON Elective
|
|
HIST Elective
|
|
POSC Elective
|
|
| University Breadth Courses |
| EDUC400 | Student Teaching
|
| EDUC420 | Reading in the Content Areas
|
| GEOG445 | Method and Theory in Geography
|
| HIST493 | Problems in Teaching History and Social Sciences
|
University Breadth Courses
|
|
| POSC Elective Course |
