Geography, Minor

Geography Minor Requirements

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Geography is a broad and integrative field and makes a valuable complement to almost any major. The geography minor consists of 18 hours of courses from a mix of human geography, physical geography, and geospatial techniques courses. At least one course is required from each of the of the following categories: human geography, physical geography and geospatial technologies. The remaining nine credits hours will consist of any 200 level or above courses from the approved course listings. These additional courses should be chosen with an advisor to best meet the student career goals.

Human Geography

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Choose at least one course within the Human Geography set of courses.

• GEOG 103 - Cultural Geography Credits: 3
• GEOG 140 - Introduction to Geography Credits: 3
• GEOG 350 - Economic Geography Credits: 3
• GEOG 440 - Explorations in Regional Geography Credits: 3, R12
• GEOG 444 - Political Geography Credits: 3

Physical Geography

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Choose at least one course within the Physical Geography set of courses.

• GEOG 300 - Weather and Climate Credits: 3
• GEOL 145 - Climate Change and Water Resources Credits: 3
• GEOL 151 - Earth: Geology, Resources, Hazards, and Environment Credits: 3
• GEOL 302 - Geomorphology Credits: 4
• GEOL 305 - Soils and Hydrology Credits: 4

Geospatial Technologies

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Choose at least one course within the Geospatial Technologies set of courses. Students may take GEOG 221 OR NRM 213 (not both) for credit.

• GEOG 221 - Introduction to Geospatial Analysis Credits: 3

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• NRM 213 - GIS for Natural Resource Management Credits: 3
• GEOG 324 - Introduction to Remote Sensing Credits: 4
• NRM 344 - Applied Geographic Information Systems Credits: 4

Electives

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Courses may be drawn from courses offerings in human geography, physical geography, and geospatial techniques listed within the minor program at the 200 level or higher. The following courses will also fulfill requirements in the Geography minor. Additional university courses related to Geography may be approved as electives for the minor by the program director.

• GEOG 424 - Advanced Remote Sensing Credits: 4
• GEOG 491 - Topics in Geography Credits: 1-3, R6
• GEOG 493 - Special Problems Credits: 1-3, R6
• NRM 444 - Applied Geographic Information Systems Credits: 4