Geography Minor

Minor Requirements

A minor in geography may be achieved by completing five courses selected in consultation with a department faculty member. One of these five courses must be GEOG 111 - Human Geography of Global Issues , GEOG 113 - World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization  or GEOG 115 - Thinking Geographically: The Fundamentals of Human Geography   Students may earn credit equivalent to GEOG 111 , GEOG 113  or GEOG 115  by scoring a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement (AP) Exam in Human Geography. Students who do so are still required to take five geography courses for the minor.

A minor in geography with an emphasis in GIS/Cartography may be achieved by completing five courses, four of which must be in the Geography department:

Required course:

• GEOG 225 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems  

Geospatial courses in Geography (Choose 3):

• GEOG 294 or 394 topics courses when GIS- or Remote Sensing-related
• GEOG 362 - Remote Sensing of the Environment  
• GEOG 364 - GIS and Community Partnerships  
• GEOG 365 - Urban GIS   
• GEOG 368 - Health GIS  
• GEOG 370 - Advanced Cartography and Geovisualization  
• GEOG 372 - Advanced Remote Sensing  
• GEOG 614 - Independent Project  (with specific GIS focus)
• GEOG 624 - Internship  (with specific GIS focus)

Geospatial-related courses in Geography or other disciplines (Choose 1):

• GEOG 378 - Statistical Research Methods in Geography  
• COMP 123 - Core Concepts in Computer Science  
• COMP 302 - Introduction to Database Management Systems  
• ART 239 - 2-D Design