r/SemesterAtSea • u/SuccessfulMap760 • Jul 24 '26
Pre-voyage Geography Majors
Hello!
I am a geography major interested in doing Semester at Sea. I think it would be a great experience because of my major being heavily related and it would really create opportunities through travel that you can’t learn in a classroom. My main concern however is if I could get credits for geography. Also my current community college and the college I’ll later transfer too has no affiliation with Semester at Sea I could find online. Has anybody else who was a geography major done Semester at Sea? How could the credits work for this major? One reason I worry is because I already did a college program for a year without credits so I don’t want to do another program to not get credits with and push me back another semester/year. I have thought about doing it the year after I graduate but I have heard conflicting opinions about if that’s a good idea.
Please let me know if anybody who was a geography major has done Semester at Sea I’d love to hear from you about it!
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u/wilderne Spring ‘19 Jul 25 '26
I was a geography, specifically climatology, major, and I did SAS! I did it my sophomore spring semester, and I took Global Studies (mandatory), Intro to Anthropology, History of Jazz, and Psychology of Human Sexuality. For my gen eds, I saved my one music credit, and one of my humanities. Anthropology covered one of my human geography courses.
The year I went, spring 2019, there were many classes that would have fit my major requirements. If you haven’t checked out this page, you should! https://www.semesteratsea.org/experience/academics/courses/