Geography, Emphasis in Geographic Information Science and Technology, B.S. in Applied Arts and Sciences

Preparation for the Major

(27-28 units)

• GEOG 101 - Earth’s Physical Environment Units: 3
• GEOG 101L - Earth’s Physical Environment Laboratory Units: 1

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• GEOG 102 - People, Places, and Environments Units: 3

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• GEOG 106 - World Regional Geography Units: 3 But not both.

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• GEOG 104 - Geographic Information Science and Spatial Reasoning Units: 3

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• BIOL 100 - General Biology Units: 3 and
• BIOL 100L - General Biology Laboratory Units: 1

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• CHEM 200 - General Chemistry Units: 5 But not both.

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• PHYS 180A - Fundamentals of Physics Units: 3
• PHYS 182A - Physical Measurements Laboratory Units: 1 But not both.

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• CS 107 - Introduction to Computer Programming Units: 3
• CS 108 - Intermediate Computer Programming Units: 3

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• MATH 124 - Calculus for the Life Sciences Units: 4

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• MATH 150 - Calculus I Units: 4 But not both.

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• STAT 250 - Statistical Principles and Practices Units: 3

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• Comparable statistics course But not both.

Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement

See “Graduation Requirements ” section for a complete listing of requirements.

• Passing the Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 10

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• ENGL 508W - The Writing of Criticism Units: 3
• ENGL 581W - Writing of Fiction Units: 3
• ENGL 584W - Writing Informal Essays Units: 3 But not both.

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• RWS 305W - Writing in Various Settings Units: 3
• RWS 500W - Advanced Writing Strategies Units: 3
• RWS 503W - Professional Writing Units: 3 But not both with a grade of C (2.0) or better.

Major

A minimum of 41 upper division units in geography to include: