2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog
Geography
Programs
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Geography, B.S.
major
GIScience Emphasis -
Geography, B.S.
major
Earth Science Emphasis - Global Studies, B.A. major
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Social Studies, B.A.
major
Geography Emphasis - Sustainability and Resource Management, B.A.S. major
- Geographic Information Systems minor
- Geography minor
Geography, B.S.
major
GIScience Emphasis
Required Credits: 49
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)
or STAT 2610 Applied Statistics (4 credits) - ENGL 2150 Technical Writing (3 credits)
or ENGL 3150 Writing In The Disciplines (3 credits) - GEOG 3231 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
- GEOG 3232 Intermediate Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
- GEOG 3410 Geography of North America (3 credits)
or GEOG 3800 Regional Geography (1-3 credits)
or GEOG 3810 Geography of Europe (3 credits)
or GEOG 3820 Geography of East, South, and Southeast Asia (3 credits)
or GEOG 3840 Geography of Africa (3 credits)
or GEOG 3850 Geography of the Middle East (3 credits)
or GEOG 3860 Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean (3 credits)
or GEOG 3870 Regional Geography - World Cities (3 credits) - GEOG 4265 Spatial Analysis (3 credits)
II GIScience EMPHASIS
REQUIRED EMPHASIS CORE
Complete the following courses:
- CS 1309 Problem Solving and Computation (3 credits)
- CS 2270 Introduction to Web Programming (3 credits)
- CS 2321 Computer Science I (4 credits)
- GEOG 2100 Introduction to Physical Geography (3 credits)
or GEOG 2200 Introduction to Human Geography (3 credits) - GEOG 3226 Cartography (3 credits)
- GEOG 3255 Introduction to Remote Sensing (3 credits)
- GEOG 4275 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
- GEOG 4970 Internship (3 credits)
Select 2 of the following courses:
- GEOG 2400 Introduction to Planning (3 credits)
- GEOG 3125 Weather and Climate (3 credits)
- GEOG 3400 Economic Geography (3 credits)
- GEOG 3560 Metropolitan Land Use Planning (3 credits)
- GEOG 3580 Regional Development Planning (3 credits)
- GEOG 3630 Conservation Biology (3 credits)
or BIOL 3630 Conservation Biology (3 credits) - GEOG 4120 Urban Geography (3 credits)
- GEOG 4130 Biogeography (3 credits)
- GEOG 4140 Landscape Ecology (3 credits)
- GEOG 4190 Qualitative Methods in Geographic Research (3 credits)
- BUAD 4385 Data Modeling and Design (3 credits)
- CS 2322 Computer Science II (4 credits)
- CS 3270 Advanced Web Programming (3 credits)
- CS 3507 Introduction to Databases (3 credits)
- ECON 2000 Markets and Resource Allocation (3 credits)
- ECON 3040 Environmental Economics (3 credits)
or ENVR 3040 Environmental Economics (3 credits) - ENVR 2000 Introduction to Environmental Science (3 credits)
- GEOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
or BIOL 3120 Soils (4 credits) - GEOL 4300 Global Environmental Change (3 credits)
- STAT 3610 Time Series Analysis (3 credits)
- TADT 1460 2D Graphics And Laser Etching (3 credits)