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Admission and Application Process:
Applications are available in the Geography main office, 105 Wilkeson Quad. To be admitted to the Minor in Geography you must have an overall (UB) QPA of 2.0. To receive a minor in Geography you must have a QPA of 2.0 in all Geography courses and a QPA of 2.0 overall (UB). You are strongly urged to apply no later that the end of your sophomore year to have sufficient time to compete the required courses. For further information visit the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dr. Peter Rogerson, 119 Wilkeson.
SIX COURSES ARE REQUIRED FOR A MINOR
General Geography
One from the following three:
GEO 101 - Earth Systems Science I
GEO 102 - Intro to Human Geography
GEO 103 - Geography of Economic Systems
ALSO:
GEO 120 - Maps and Mapping
and
FOUR 300/400 level Geography electives
Earth Systems Science
GEO 101 - Earth Systems Science I
GEO 120 - Maps and Mapping
PLUS four electives from the following:
GEO 345 - Water Resourses
GEO 347 - Climatic Geomorphology
GEO 348 - Landform Development
GEO 350 - Landform Field and Lab Techniques
GEO 352 - Introduction to Soils
GEO 356 - Forest Ecology
GEO 435 - Conservation Biogeography
GEO 444 - Advanced Earth Systems Science
GEO 445 - Restoration Ecology
GEO 449 - Fluvial Geomorphology
GEO 470 - Integrated Environmental Management
GEO 475 - Landscape Modeling
GEO 479 - GIS and Environmental Modeling
GEO 483 - Remote Sensing
International Business and World Trade
GEO 102 - Introduction to Human Geography OR GEO 103 - Geography of Economic Systems
Plus Five electives from the following:
GEO 330 - Dynamics of International Business
GEO 333 - Bases of World Commerce
GEO 334 - Int'l Environments and Commercial Problems
GEO 366 - Urban Systems Geogrpahy
GEO 419 - Transportation and Society
GEO 425 - Industrial Geography
GEO 460 - Geography of Development
Geographic Information Systems and Cartography
GEO 120 - Maps and Mapping
GEO 381 - Cartography
GEO 481 - Geographic Information Systems
GEO 485 - Cartography and Geographic Visualization
PLUS two electives from the following:
GEO 389 - Business Geographics
GEO 420 - Transportation/Spatial Info
GEO 462 - Network & Locations Analysis
GEO 464 - Mobility and Flows
GEO 475 - Landscape Modeing with GIS
GEO 479 - GIS and Environmental Modeling
GEO 483 - Remote Sensing
GEO 488 - GIS Design
GEO 489 - GIS algorithms and Data Structures
CIE 303 - Geodesy, GPS and GIS
Urban and Regional Analysis
GEO 102 - Introduction to Human Geography OR GEO 103 - Geography of Economic Systems
GEO 410 - Univariate Statistics in Geography
PLUS four Geography electives from the following:
GEO 330 - Dynamics of International Business
GEO 334 - Int'l Environments and Commercial Problems
GEO 366 - Urban Geography
GEO 367 - Urban Social Geography
GEO 412 - Geography of Health
GEO 419 - Transportation and Society
GEO 425 - Industrial Geography
GEO 460 - Geography of Development