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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. Sean Bennett, 126 Wilkeson
General Geography
____ GEO 101 - Earth Systems Science I____ GEO 102 - Intro to Human Geography OR ____ GEO 103 - Geography of Economic Systems____ GEO 120 - Maps and Mapping
Five additional GEO courses at the 200, 300 or 400 level
Earth Systems Science
____ GEO 101 - Earth Systems Science 1 ____ GEO 120 - Maps and Mapping
Four additional courses from the following:
____ GEO 106 - Earth Systems Science II ____ GEO 200 - The Ocean World ____ GEO 201 - Disasters: A Study of Hazards ____ 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 444 - Advanced Earth Systems Science ____ GEO 449 - Fluvial Geomorphology ____ GEO 454 - Soils Laboratory Methods ____ GEO 470 - Integrated Environmental Management ____ GEO 475 - Landscape Modeling ____ GEO 479 - GIS and Environmental Modeling ____ GEO 483 - Remote Sensing ____ GEO 496 - Geography Internship ____ GEO 499 - Independent Study
International Business and World Trade
____ GEO 103 - Geography of Economic Systems ____ GEO 330 - Dynamics of International Business ____ GEO 333 - Bases of World Commerce ____ GEO 334 - Int'l Environments and Commercial Problems ____ GEO 419 - Transportation and Society ____ GEO 425 - Industrial Geography
Geographic Information Systems and Cartography
____ GEO 120 - Maps and Mapping ____ GEO 381 - Cartography ____ GEO 481 - Geographic Information Systems ____ GEO 485 - Cartography and Geographic Visualization
Two courses from the following:
____ GEO 389 - Business Geographics ____ GEO 420 - Transportation/Spatial Info ____ GEO 462 - Network & Locations Analysis ____ GEO 464 - Mobility and Flows ____ GEO 479 - GIS and Environmental Modeling ____ GEO 483 - Remote Sensing ____ GEO 488 - GIS Design ____ GEO 489 - GIS Algorithms and Date Structures ____ CIE 303 - Geodesy, GPS and GIS
Two courses in college math selected from:
____ MTH 121 - Survey of Calculus and Its Applications I and ____ MTH 122 - Survey of Calculus and Its Applications IIOR____ MTH 141 - College Calculus I and ____ MTH 142 - College Calculus II
Urban and Regional Analysis
____ GEO 102 - Introduction to Human Geography ____ GEO 103 - Geography of Economic Systems ____ GEO 410 - Univariate Statistics in Geography
Four additional courses 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