Minor in Geography

This minor is available to students registered in a 120 credit hour Bachelor of Applied Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Community Design, Bachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Informatics, Bachelor of Management, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Science (Medical Science) program.

To fulfill the requirements for a Minor in Geography, students must complete 24 credit hours, including the following:

• GEOG 1030.03/ERTH 1030.03: Introduction to Physical Geography 
• GEOG 1035.03: Introduction to Human Geography
• GEOG 2000.03: Cartography

Additional 15 credit hours from the following list: at least 6 of which must be at the 3000 level or higher.

• GEOG 2006.03/PLAN 2006.03: Space, Place, and Geographic Information Systems
• GEOG 2070.03/HIST 2383.03/SPAN 2070.03: Area Studies on Mexico and Central America
• GEOG 2100.06/SOSA 2100.06: Environment and Culture
• GEOG 2201.03/INTD 2001.03: Introduction to Development
• GEOG 2202.03/INTD 2002.03: Introduction to Development II
• GEOG 2206.03/INTD 2106.03: Africa: An Introduction
• GEOG 2336.03/ECON 2336.03: Regional Development
• GEOG 2800.03/PHYC 2800.03/OCEA 2800.03: Climate Change
• GEOG 3102.03/SUST 3102.03: Coastal Change and Adaptation
• GEOG 3106.03/SUST 3106.03: The Canadian North
• GEOG 3165.03/SOSA 3165.03: Peoples and Cultures of the World: Selected Area Studies
• GEOG 3110.03/INTD 3110.03: Migration and Development
• GEOG 3114.03/INTD 3114.03: Agriculture and Development
• GEOG 3284.03/SOSA 3284.03: Living in cities
• GEOG 3400.03/ENVS 3400.03: Human Health and Sustainability
• GEOG 3440.03/ERTH 3440.03: Geomorphology
• GEOG 3500.03/ERTH 3500.03/ENVS 3500.03/ERTH 5600.03: Exploring Geographic Information Systems
• GEOG 3633.03/ENVS 3633.03/BIOL 3633.03: Spatial Information and GIS in Ecology
• GEOG 3700.03/ERTH 3700.03/ENVS 3700.03: Earth resources, sustainability, and society
• GEOG 4440.03/ERTH 4440.03: Geomorphology and Landscape Evolution
• GEOG 4450.03/ERTH 4450.03: Introduction to Landscape Simulation
• GEOG 4520.03/ERTH 4520.03: GIS Applications to Environmental and Geological Sciences
• GEOG 4530.03/ERTH 4530.03: Environmental Remote Sensing
• GEOG 4850.03/SCIE 4850.03/BIOL 4850.03/ENVS 4850.03/ERTH 4850.03: Geographic Information Science Research Project

 

Note that the following courses are not offered in upcoming terms, but may be counted toward the Minor in Geography if taken previously:

• GEOG 2001.03/PLAN 2001.03: Landscape analysis
• GEOG 3001.03/PLAN 3001.03: Landscape Ecology
• GEOG 3002.03/PLAN 3002.03: Reading the City
• GEOG 3005.03/PLAN 3005.03: Cities and the Environment
• GEOG 3006.03/PLAN 3006.03: Reading the Landscape
• GEOG 3110.03/INTD 3110.03: Migration and Development
• GEOG 3114.03/INTD 3114.03: Agriculture and Development
• GEOG 3210.03/HIST 3210.03/CANA 3020.03: Canadian Cultural Landscapes
• GEOG 3220.03/SOSA 3220.03: Coastal Communities in the North Atlantic
• GEOG 3370.03/HIST 3370.03: North American Landscapes

 

NOTE: Students in the BCD program may not select PLAN cross-listed courses that are required courses for their degree program

 

Contact Geography for more information.