B.S. in Geography - GIScience Concentration
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS | ||
| Academic Foundations | ||
| First Year Experience requirement | 4 | |
| English Composition requirement | 6-7 | |
| Mathematics requirement | 3-4 | |
| Interdisciplinary requirement 1 | 3 | |
| Diverse Communities requirement 1 | 3 | |
| Ethics requirement 2 | 3 | |
| Distributed Disciplinary Foundations | ||
| Science requirement 3 | 6-8 | |
| Behavioral & Social Science requirement 4 | 6 | |
| Humanities requirement | 6 | |
| Arts requirement | 3 | |
| ADDITIONAL BACCALAUREATE REQUIREMENTS | ||
| University Requirements | ||
| Writing Emphasis requirement 5 | 9 | |
| Senior Seminar In Geography | ||
| Speaking Emphasis requirement 6 | 9 | |
| Senior Seminar In Geography | ||
| Degree Requirements | ||
| Capstone requirement | 1-15 | |
| MAJOR REQUIREMENTS | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| GEO 102 | Physical Geography | 3 |
| GEO 103 | Human Geography | 3 |
| GEO 225 | Introduction to Maps and Remote Sensing | 3 |
| GEO 230 | Environmental Conservation and Sustainability | 3 |
| GEO 324 | Intro to Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| GEO 326 | Quantitative Analysis in Geography and Planning | 3 |
| GEO 385 | Field Methods in Geography | 3 |
| GEO 400 | Senior Seminar In Geography | 3 |
| GIScience Concentration | ||
| GEO 328 | Computer Cartography | 3 |
| GEO 424 | Geographic Information Systems Application | 3 |
| GEO 427 | Geodatabase System | 3 |
| GEO 316 | GIS for Climate Monitoring, Hazards, and Emergency Management | 3 |
| or GEO 401 | Internet Mapping | |
| or GEO 403 | Geodesign for Smart Cities | |
| Geography (or Planning) Electives | ||
| Choose 8 courses from the list of electives (or through advisement) | 24 | |
| Global Cities | ||
| Introduction to Urban Studies | ||
| GIS for Social Justice | ||
| Geography of Agriculture, Food & Sustainability | ||
| Fundamentals of Unmanned Aerial Systems and Image Analysis | ||
| Population Geography | ||
| Urban Geography | ||
| GIS for Climate Monitoring, Hazards, and Emergency Management | ||
| Economic Geography | ||
| Environmental Crises | ||
| Intro Business GIS | ||
| Sustainable Cities | ||
| Sustainable Living | ||
| Landscape Ecology | ||
| Environmental Geopolitics | ||
| Internet Mapping | ||
| Geodesign for Smart Cities | ||
| Internship in Geography and Planning | ||
| Business GIS Applications | ||
| Introduction to Planning | ||
| Planning for Resilient Communities and Natural Disasters | ||
| Land Use Planning | ||
| Land Development Controls | ||
| Transportation Planning | ||
| Land Conservation | ||
| Housing and Planning in America | ||
| Capstone Requirement | ||
| GEO 404 | Senior Project in Geography 7 | 3 |
| Total Minimum Credits Required 8 | 120 | |
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GEO 204 is a recommended general education course: fulfills Interdisciplinary and Diverse Communities General Education requirements. Transfer and change-of-major students may use other courses with advisor consent.
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GEO 213 is a recommended Ethics General Education course. Transfer and change-of-major students may use other courses with advisor consent.
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Geography majors take PLN 214 as a recommended Behavioral/Social Science General Education course. Transfer and change-of-major students may use other courses with advisor consent.
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Geography majors must take GEO 400 (Writing Emphasis course). GEO 310 is a recommended Writing Emphasis course. PLN 301 and ENG 368/ENG 371 are recommended Writing Emphasis electives.
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Geography majors must take GEO 400 (Speaking Emphasis course). GEO 332 and GEO 333 are also recommended.
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This course fulfills the Capstone requirement.
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Note: The number of available general electives will depend on the use of “recommended” general education GEO/PLN courses. Strategic use of general education courses allows for the addition of minors and/or sub-baccalaureate certificates.
Accelerated B.S. in Geography - GIScience Concentration to M.S. in Geography Program
Any geography major in the GIScience Track with junior-standing (a minimum of 60 completed credits) and a 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher may substitute up to 12 graduate credits to satisfy the B.S. program.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select from the courses below: | ||
| GEO 502 | Topical Seminar in Geography | 3 |
| GEO 506 | Seminar in Physical Geography | 3 |
| GEO 507 | Internet Applications of Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| GEO 521 | Suburbanization and Land Development | 3 |
| GEO 524 | Population Processes | 3 |
| GEO 526 | Metropolitan Systems and Problems | 3 |
| GEO 531 | Transportation Planning | 3 |
| GEO 538 | Environmental Modeling with Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| GEO 577 | Geodatabases | 3 |
| PLN 527 | Planning Law and Organization | 3 |
| PLN 528 | Economic Development Planning | 3 |
| PLN 536 | Environmental Planning | 3 |
| PLN 554 | Housing and Planning in America | 3 |
| Potential Graduate Course Substitutions | ||
| These courses may be substituted for similar undergraduate courses. | ||
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