ABSTRACT
American geographers have been involved in a serious re-evaluation of their undergraduate college and university curricula. They are attempting to restructure their geography programs to meet the demands of the times. When examining the differences in geography curricula which exist among American universities and colleges, it is most useful to differentiate those institutions which do offer graduate work in geography from those which offer an undergraduate program only. Compared to British universities, American universities tend to require their undergraduates to take more general educational survey and enrichment courses while a smaller proportion of the undergraduate’s time is allocated to courses in his field of specialization. Up until World War I, American university geography was strongly oriented in the direction of physical geography and cartography, but after World War I emphasis on physical geography declined while greater emphasis was placed on cultural, economic, and regional geography.
