The Department aims for excellence in teaching, research and creative activity, and strives to service the university, local, regional, and global communities through its research, degree programs, certificates, course offerings, professional training, mentoring, outreach, and creativity.All B.S. in Geography students must complete a science core (20 credits), geography core (18 credits), and geoscience electives (27 credits) as listed below. Total credits for the B.S. in Geography are 65.