Geography & Geographic Information Science Minor
for the Undergraduate Minor in Geography & GIS
The minor in Geography and GIS will expose students to a comprehensive selection of courses embracing our three broad areas of study: human geography, physical/environmental geography, and geographic information science. Students select 6 hours at the 100 level, then 3 hours each from the human, physical/environmental, and geospatial sub-disciplines (as listed below), and then 3 additional hours from any of the three sub-disciplines for a total of 18 credits. At least 6 hours total must be at the 300 or 400 level.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Two courses selected from the following: | 6 | |
| Introduction to Meteorology | ||
| Global Development & Environment | ||
| Earth's Physical Systems | ||
| Social and Cultural Geography | ||
| The Digital Earth | ||
| Geographies of Globalization | ||
| Geographies of Global Conflict | ||
| One course in human geography, selected from the following: | 3 | |
| Cities of the World | ||
| Business Location Decisions | ||
| Environmental Data Science | ||
| People, Places, and Environments of the US | ||
| Sustainability and the City | ||
| Sustainable Development in South Asia | ||
| Population Geography | ||
| Geography Field Course | ||
| Green Development | ||
| Geography of Health Care | ||
| Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa | ||
| Transportation &Sustainability | ||
| Environmental Policy | ||
| Modern Geographic Thought | ||
| Urban Geography | ||
| Cities, Crime, and Space | ||
| One course in physical/environmental geography, selected from the following: | 3 | |
| Social & Environmental Issues | ||
| Big Rivers of the World | ||
| Water Planet, Water Crisis | ||
| Watershed Hydrology | ||
| Geography Field Course | ||
| Fluvial Geomorphology | ||
| Humans and River Systems | ||
| Geospatial Technologies & Society | ||
| Ecohydraulics | ||
| Climate & Social Vulnerability | ||
| One course in geographic information science, selected from the following: | 3 | |
| Spatial Analysis | ||
| Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Geographic Information Systems II | ||
| Geospatial Technologies & Society | ||
| Business Applications of GIS | ||
| Health Applications of GIS | ||
| Aerial Photo Analysis | ||
| Biological Modeling | ||
| Digital Cartography & Map Design | ||
| Environmental Remote Sensing | ||
| Introduction to Remote Sensing | ||
| Techniques of Remote Sensing | ||
| Advanced Topics in GIS | ||
| Principles of Geographic Information Science | ||
| One 200-400 level course selected from any of the above. | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 18 | |
At least 6 hours total must be at the 300 or 400 level.