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2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Geographic Science, Applied Geographic Information Science Concentration, B.A.

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Degree and Major Requirements

Degree Requirements

Required Courses

  • General Education  41 Credit Hours 1
  • Foreign Language classes (intermediate level required) 0-14 Credit Hours 2
  • Philosophy course(s) (in addition to General Education  courses) 3 Credit Hours
  • Major requirements 53 Credit Hours
  • Electives 18-22 Credit Hours
Footnotes

1 The General Education  program contains a set of requirements each student must fulfill. The number of credit hours necessary to fulfill these requirements may vary. ISAT 251  for the math requirement in Cluster 3  is strongly recommended, as is GEOG 200  in Cluster 4 .
2 The foreign language requirement may be satisfied by successful completion of the second semester of the intermediate level of the student’s chosen language (typically 232) or by placing out of that language through the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures’ placement test.

Total: 120 Credit Hours

Major Requirements

Core Courses

Footnotes

1 For Honors students, the advanced sequence is GEOG 499A , GEOG 499B , and GEOG 499C .
2 Students may opt for a capstone experience that entails three or six hours of independent research (GEOG 490 ), with the approval of and in close consultation with a project adviser.

Total: 53 Credit Hours

Additional Information

In addition to the geography core courses, students must choose one of two concentrations, listed in the “Concentrations” section. All courses for the major must be taken on a graded basis. Students must earn a “C” or better in each of the core courses as they are prerequisites to most concentration courses.

Concentration Requirements

Required Courses

In addition to the geography core requirements, students in the AGIS concentration must complete the following course work.

Choose nine credit hours from the following electives:

Courses from the ISAT program, the Department of Computer Science  and the College of Business  may be used as electives, as approved by the GS program operations coordinator.

Cognate Course: 3 Credit Hours

(three credit hours selected from the following)

Total: 21 Credit Hours

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