Cartography is a field that has many applications in the public and private sectors. Geography majors who complete the course requirements for this cluster will be awarded a Departmental Certificate.  This certificate program is designed to acknowledge professional training and competence in the field.  The requirements are designed to include courses that correspond as well as possible with the current requirements for eligibility as GS-5 grade Cartographer with the Federal Government.

Participants in the Cartography cluster are required to take a sequence of courses both within and outside the Geography Department. Students wishing to specialize in Geographic Information Systems and Cartography must contact a Geography faculty member associated with this area of study prior to being accepted into the program.  The advising faculty member will work out an appropriate course sequence with you.

Entry Requirements:  To become an undergraduate in the Geography department a student should have completed TWO Geography coursed with a QPA of 2.0 or better and must have an overall (UB) QPA of 2.0 or better.  Applicants with an overall UB average of less that 2.0 will not be considered.

Grades:  It is required that all Geography courses be taken for a letter grade.  The only exception is GEO 440, Geography Internship, which must be taken as Pass/Fail (P/F) grading.  In addition, all non-departmental courses needed to complete the certificate program must be taken for a letter grade.  New majors who have previously taken any required course for S/U grades must petition for restoration of the letter grade to their transcript.

Transfer Credit:  Students who wish to transfer credit for a course taken at another institution must provide a transcript AND a course description or outline of the course.  This should be presented to the Director of Undergraduate Studies or a Geographic Information Systems and Cartography advisor for consideration and possible approval.

For more information, contact Dr. Peter Rogerson, Director of Undergraduate Studies at 645-2722, ext. 53 or an advisor from the list below.  Office hours will be posted the first week of each semester.

____ GEO 101 Physical Environmental Geography I
____ GEO 102 Intro. to Human Geography   OR   GEO 103 Geography of Economic Systems
____ GEO 120 Maps and Mapping
____ GEO 381 Cartography
____ GEO 410 Univariate Statistics in Geography  (or approved equivalent*)
____ GEO 411 Multivariate Statistics in Geography
____ GEO 481 Geographic Information Systems
____ GEO 485 Cartography and Geographic Visualization

*Approved subs for GEO410:  CEP207, PSC408, PSY207,  SOC294,  STA119, ECO480, EAS308.
** GEO 411 is offered in the Spring only.  Students should take this course after GEO 410 (or equivalent).