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Department of Geography

Concentration in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing (Bachelor of Arts in Geography)

Students on Summer 2019, Fall 2019, or Spring 2020 requirements GEOGISRCON

Requirements

The concentration requires at least 15 credit hours (including at least 12 credit hours at the 300–499 level), including the requirements listed below.
  1. Select from the following:
    • GEOG-G 237 Mapping our World: From Mercator to Mashups
    • GEOG-G 250 Computing in the Geospatial Sciences
    • GEOG-G 305 Current Issues in Climate, Land and Environmental Change (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • GEOG-G 306 Current Issues in Globalization, Development and Justice (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • GEOG-G 336 Environmental Remote Sensing
    • GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Systems
    • GEOG-G 397 Social and Historical Geographic Information Systems
    • GEOG-G 436
    • GEOG-G 438 Advanced Geographic Information Systems
    • GEOG-G 439 GIS and Environmental Analysis
    • GEOG-G 481 Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling
    • GEOG-G 485 Geospatial Programming
    • GEOG-G 488 Applied Spatial Statistics
    • GEOG-G 489 Geospatial Analysis of Big Data in Python
    • GEOG-X 473 Internship in Geographical Analysis (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • GEOG-X 490 Undergraduate Readings and Research in Geography (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • One (1) additional course from the Geographic Methods course list
  2. Concentration GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. At least 9 credit hours in the concentration must be completed at the 300–499 level.
    2. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the concentration.
    3. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the concentration—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
    4. Exceptions to concentration requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.