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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Geography B.S.
Sub-plan: Environmental Systems
Sample Plan: Environmental Systems
Total Credits: 116.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
GEOG 1301W - Our Globalizing World : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP, WI
MATH 1271 - Calculus I : 4.0 cr : MATH
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
MATH 1272 - Calculus II : 4.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
GEOG 3401W - Geography of Environmental Systems and Global Change : 3.0 cr : ENV, WI
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
GEOG 3355 - Environmental Quality : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
GEOG 3561 - Principles of Geographic Information Science : 4.0 cr
GEOG 4001 - Modes of Geographic Inquiry : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
GEOG 3361W - Geography and Public Policy : 3.0 cr : WI
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
GEOG 3381W - Population in an Interacting World : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP, WI
GEOG 5423 - Climate Models and Modeling : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
GEOG 3985W - Senior Project Seminar : 4.0 cr : WI
GEOG 5565 - Geographical Analysis of Human-Environment Systems : 3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr