Updated 2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog

Geography. B.S. major
Geographic Information System Emphasis

Required Credits: 54
Required GPA: 2.25

I REQUIRED CORE COURSES

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• BUAD 2231 Business Statistics I (3 credits)
  or PSY 3401 Basic Statistics for Research (4 credits)
  orSTAT 2610 Applied Statistics (4 credits)
• ENGL 2150 Technical Writing (3 credits)
  orENGL 3150 Writing In The Disciplines (3 credits)
• GEOG 2100 Introduction to Physical Geography (3 credits)
• GEOG 2200 Introduction to Human Geography (3 credits)
• GEOG 2400 Introduction to Planning (3 credits)
• GEOG 3231 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• GEOG 4190 Qualitative Methods in Geographic Research (3 credits)
• GEOG 4265 Spatial Analysis (3 credits)

II GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM EMPHASIS

REQUIRED GIS COURSES
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• GEOG 3226 Cartography (3 credits)
• GEOG 3232 Intermediate Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• GEOG 3255 Introduction to Remote Sensing (3 credits)
• GEOG 4275 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY ELECTIVE
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• GEOG 3125 Weather and Climate (3 credits)
• GEOG 3630 Conservation Biology (3 credits)
  orBIOL 3630 Conservation Biology (3 credits)
• GEOG 4130 Biogeography (3 credits)
• GEOG 4140 Landscape Ecology (3 credits)

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY ELECTIVE
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• GEOG 2300 Economic Geography (3 credits)
• GEOG 3531 Political Geography (3 credits)
• GEOG 4120 Urban Geography (3 credits)
• GEOG 4210 The History and Development of Geographic Thought (3 credits)

REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY ELECTIVES
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• GEOG 3410 Geography of North America (3 credits)
• GEOG 3800 Regional Geography (1-3 credits)
• GEOG 3810 Geography of Europe (3 credits)
• GEOG 3820 Geography of East, South, and Southeast Asia (3 credits)
• GEOG 3840 Geography of Africa (3 credits)
• GEOG 3850 Geography of the Middle East (3 credits)
• GEOG 3860 Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean (3 credits)

COGNATE FIELD ELECTIVES
SELECT 2 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• BUAD 4385 Data Modeling and Design (3 credits)
• CS 1309 Problem Solving and Computation (3 credits)
  or
  CS 1107 Introduction to Computers (3 credits)
  and CS 1108 Introduction to Computers II (3 credits)
• CS 2270 Introduction to Web Programming (3 credits)
• CS 2321 Computer Science I (4 credits)
• CS 2322 Computer Science II (4 credits)
• CS 3270 Advanced Web Programming (3 credits)
• CS 3507 Introduction to Databases (3 credits)
• TADT 1460 2D Graphics And Laser Etching (3 credits)

III CAPSTONE PROJECT

SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• GEOG 4910 Directed Independent Study (4 credits)
• GEOG 4970 Internship (4 credits)
• GEOG 4990 Thesis (3 credits)