Geography
Requirements for a Minor in Geography
The department offers minors in geography, planning, and geographic information sciences.
Credit requirements range from 18-20 hours of required and elective courses, all of
which must be completed with a grade of C or above.
Geography
Total Credit Hours - 20
Required Courses - 11 hours
- GEOG 1010 Intro to Physical Geography (4)
- GEOG 1020 Intro to Human Geography (3)
- GEOG 2150 Foundations of GIS and Technology (4)
Electives - 9 hours chosen from:
- One 3000+ level course in human, cultural, or economic geography (3)
- One 3000+ level course in physical, environmental, or resource geography (3)
- Any other geography course(s)
Geographic Information Sciences
Total Credit Hours - at least 20
Required Courses - 8 hours
- GEOG 2150 Foundations of GIS and Technology (4)
- GEOG 4200 Geographic Information Systems I (4)
The recommended math preparation for students who wish to take the GIS minor include:
- MATH 1404 Trigonometry or MATH 1450 Algebra and Trigonometry
- MATH 2250 Elementary Linear Algebra
Electives - 12 hours chosen from:
- GEOG 4000 Terrain Analysis (4)
- GEOG 4111 Remote Sensing of the Environment (4)
- GEOG 4113 Geological Remote Sensing (4)
- GEOG 4211 Adv Remote Sensing of Environment (4)
- GEOG 4150 Cartography and Digital Map Design (4)
- GEOG 4210 Adv. Geographic Info. Systems (4)
- GEOG 4220 Spatial Modeling & Geocomputation (4)
- GEOG 4240 GISci for Business & Industry (3)
- GEOG 4280 Quantitative Methods (4)
Planning
Total Credit Hours - 18
Required Courses - 9 hours
- GEOG 4310 Foundations of Sustainable Planning (3)
- GEOG 4330 Land Use Planning (3)
- GEOG 4325 Legal Aspects of Planning (3)
Electives - 9 hours chosen from:
- GEOG 3050 Economic Geography (3)
- GEOG 4040 Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
- GEOG 4340 Natural Resource Mgmt of Western Reservations (4)
- GEOG 4370 Environmental Planning (3)
- GEOG 4390 Rural and Small Town Planning (3)
- GEOG 4400 Natural Resource Policy (3)
- GEOG 4750 Public Land Management (3)
