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School of Sciences and Social Sciences

20 credits

A minor in Geography strengthens a liberal arts education. A geographic perspective provides a complement to majors such as Environmental Studies, History, and Sociology. In this 20-credit minor, students will take a course in both of the major subfields of geography: physical and cultural. Students will also select from regional, systematic, and geographic skills courses.

MINOR REQUIREMENTS

  • ISGEOG 203 The Human Cultural Mosaic
  • ISGEOG 204 Physical Geography
  • Select one of the following regional courses:
    • GEOG 340 Topics in Regional Geography
    • GEOG 341 Geography of the U.S. and Canada
    • GEOG 371/571 Geography Field Studies
  • Select one of the following systematic fields of geography courses:
    • GEOG 303 The Politics of Place
    • GEOG 304 Population Geography
    • GEOG 305 The Global Economy
    • GEOG 307 Urban Geography and Planning
    • GEOG 330 Natural Resource Management
    • GEOG 332 Global Water Resources
  • Select one of the following geographic skills courses:
    • GEOG 321 Geospatial Technology for K-12 1
    • GEOG 323 Land Surveying and Cartography
    • GEOG 324 Vector GIS
    • GEOG 325 Cartographic Design and Analysis
    • GEOG 326 Raster GIS
    • GEOG 327 Environmental Remote Sensing

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