2009-2010 University Catalog

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2009-2010 University Catalog

Geography, BS

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Banner Code: SC-BS-GEOG

Students must fulfill all requirements for bachelor’s degrees including university general education requirements . In addition, candidates for a BS degree in geography must complete the following with a minimum GPA of 2.00 in the 46 credits of of geography courses in the first group.

Degree Requirements

46 credits in geography, including:

16 credits of core courses:

GEOG 102 - Physical Geography Credits: 3
GEOG 103 - Human Geography Credits: 3 (fulfills the university requirement in social science)
GEOG 300 - Quantitative Methods for Geographical Analysis Credits: 3
GEOG 310 - Introduction to Digital Cartography Credits: 4
GEOG 415 - Seminar in Geography Credits: 3

12 credits of systematic and regional courses, chosen from:

(Some of the regional courses fulfill the college-level, non-Western culture requirement.)

GEOG 301 - Political Geography Credits: 3
GEOG 303 - Conservation of Resources and Environment Credits: 3
GEOG 304 - Geography of Population Credits: 3
GEOG 305 - Economic Geography Credits: 3
Regional GEOG courses at the 300 level or above

12 credits of applications and regional courses:

GEOG 311 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Credits: 3
GEOG 411 - Advanced Digital Cartography Credits: 3
GEOG 412 - Aerial Photography Interpretation Credits: 3
and one of the following two courses:
GEOG 416 - Satellite Image Analysis Credits: 3
or
GEOG 463 - Applied Geographic Information Systems Credits: 3

6 credits of electives:

6 additional credits of geography electives, which may also include an internship (GEOG 480) approved by the program advisor before enrollment

25 or 26 credits of required science, mathematics, statistics, and computer science courses:

MATH 113 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I Credits: 4
MATH 114 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus II Credits: 4
(fulfills the university quantitative reasoning requirement)
STAT 250 - Introductory Statistics I Credits: 3
IT 103 - Introduction to Computing Credits: 3
(fulfills the university information technology proficiency requirement)
plus either:
GEOL 101 - Introductory Geology I Credits: 4
GEOL 102 - Introductory Geology II Credits: 4
GEOL 317 - Geomorphology Credits: 4
or
BIOL 103 - Introductory Biology I Credits: 4
BIOL 104 - Introductory Biology II Credits: 4
BIOL 377 - Applied Ecology Credits: 3
(fulfills the university general education requirement in natural science)

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