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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Geography B.S.
Sample Plan: Geography BS - Environmental Interest (2-Year Plan)
Total Credits: 116.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
CHEM 1061 - Chemical Principles I : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1065 - Chemical Principles I Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Freshman Composition :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
STAT 3011 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis : 4.0 cr : MATH
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
BIOL 1001 - Introductory Biology: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives : 4.0 cr : BIOL
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
GEOG 3371W - Cities, Citizens, and Communities : 3.0 cr : DSJ, WI
GEOG 1403 - Biogeography of the Global Garden : 4.0 cr : BIOL, ENV
GEOG 3381W - Population in an Interacting World : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP, WI
GEOG 3561 - Principles of Geographic Information Science : 4.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
GEOG 3401W - Geography of Environmental Systems and Global Change : 3.0 cr : ENV, WI
GEOG 3511 - Principles of Cartography : 4.0 cr
GEOG 3xxx : 3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
GEOG 3431 - Plant and Animal Geography : 3.0 cr
GEOG 3996 - Senior Project Directed Research : 3.0 cr
GEOG 4001 - Modes of Geographic Inquiry : 3.0 cr
SOIL 2125 - Basic Soil Science : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
GEOG 3379 - Environment and Development in the Third World : 3.0 cr : SOCS, ENV
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr