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Twin Cities Campus
Geography MinorGeography, Environment, Society
College of Liberal Arts
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Geography, 414 Social Sciences Building, 267 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-625-6080; fax: 612-624-1044)
Email:
geog-dgs@umn.edu
Website: http://www.geog.umn.edu
The geography graduate program at Minnesota reflects the intellectual breadth of the discipline by maintaining strengths in the broad areas of human geography, physical geography, nature-society relationships, and geographic information science.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
Special Application Requirements:
Students interested in the minor are strongly encouraged to confer with their major field advisor and director of graduate studies, and the Geography director of graduate studies regarding feasibility and requirements.
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
The minor must be developed in consultation with a faculty advisor, who is selected in consultation with the Geography director of graduate studies.
The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.0 for minor field coursework applied to the PhD-level minor.
Coursework (9 to 12 credits)
Master's students select 9 credits, and doctoral students select 12 credits from the following in consultation with the Geography director of graduate studies:
GEOG 3362 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 5374 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
GEOG 5385 - Globalization and Development: Political Economy
(4.0 cr)
GEOG 5393 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
GEOG 5401W - Geography of Environmental Systems and Global Change
[ENV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 5426 - Climatic Variations
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 5431 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 5511 - Principles of Cartography
(4.0 cr)
GEOG 5530 {Inactive}
(2.0-7.0 cr)
GEOG 5531 - Numerical Spatial Analysis
(4.0 cr)
GEOG 5541 - Principles of Geocomputing
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 5543 - Advanced Geocomputing
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 5561 - Principles of Geographic Information Science
(4.0 cr)
GEOG 5562 - GIS Development Practicum
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 5564 - Urban Geographic Information Science and Analysis
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 5588 - Advanced Geovisualization
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 5839 - Introduction to Dendrochronology
(4.0 cr)
GEOG 5900 - Topics in Geography
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8001 - Problems in Geographic Thought
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8002 - Research Methods in Geography
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8005 - Proseminar: Population Geography
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8006 - Proseminar: Research Methods in Geography
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8007 - Proseminar: Theories of Development and Change
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8020 - Research Seminar: Economic Geography
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8101 - Proseminar: Nature and Society
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8102 - Proseminar: The State, the Economy, and Spatial Development
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8103 - Proseminar: Physical Geography
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8105 - Proseminar: Historical Geography
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8106 - Seminar: Social and Cultural Geography
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8107 - Geographic Writing
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8200 - Seminar: Urban Geography
(2.0-3.0 cr)
GEOG 8201 - Explorations in the Geography of Minnesota
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8211 - Federal Policy Research
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8212 - Africa
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8214 - South Asia
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8220 - Agrarian Change and Rural Development
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8230 - Theoretical Geography
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8240 - Medical Geography
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8260 - Seminar: Physical Geography
(2.0 cr)
GEOG 8270 - Seminar: Climatology
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8280 - Biogeography
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8290 - Seminar in GIS and Cartography
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8291 - Seminar in GIS, Technology, and Society
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8292 - Seminar in GIS: Spatial Analysis and Modeling
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8293 - CyberGIS
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8294 - Spatiotemporal Modeling and Simulation
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8301 - Advanced Qualitative Methods
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8302 - Research Development
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8336 - Development Theory and the State
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8350 - Seminar: World Population
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8405 - Seminar: Graduate Student Professional Development
(1.0 cr)
GEOG 8420 - Teaching Practicum
(1.0 cr)
GEOG 8800 - Seminar: Development of Geographic Thought
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8970 - Directed Readings
(1.0-5.0 cr)
GEOG 8980 - Topics: Geography
(1.0-3.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
Students may not complete the program with more than one sub-plan.
Masters
Doctoral
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|
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3401W/5401W |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3511/Geog 5511 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3531/5531 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3541/Geog 5541 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3561/ Geog 5561 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Prerequisites: | GIS 5571 or # |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3839/Geog 5839 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 9.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | S-N or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 -3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | S-N or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | OPT No Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 9.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | S-N or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | S-N or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | S-N or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -5.0 [max 10.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -3.0 [max 30.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |