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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Geography B.S.
Sub-plan: Geographic Information Science
Sample Plan: Geographic Information Science Sample Plan (4-Year Plan)
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
CLA 1001 - CLA First-Year Experience I 1.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
GEOG 1403 - Biogeography of the Global Garden : 4.0 cr : BIOL, ENV
Freshman Seminar 3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
CLA 1002 - CLA First-Year Experience II 1.0 cr
GEOG 1301W - Our Globalizing World : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP, WI
GEOG 3561 - Principles of Geographic Information Science : 4.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
GEOG 3561 - Principles of Geographic Information Science : 4.0 cr
MATH 1151 - Precalculus II : 3.0 cr : MATH
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
MATH 1271 - Calculus I : 4.0 cr : MATH
GEOG 4001 - Modes of Geographic Inquiry : 3.0 cr
GEOG 3401W - Geography of Environmental Systems and Global Change : 3.0 cr : ENV, WI
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
STAT 3022 - Data Analysis : 4.0 cr
GEOG 5563 - Advanced Geographic Information Science : 3.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
GEOG 3541 - Principles of Geocomputing : 3.0 cr
GEOG 4002W - Environmental Thought and Practice : 3.0 cr : WI
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
GEOG 3996 - Senior Project Directed Research : 3.0 cr
GEOG 5564 - Urban Geographic Information Science and Analysis : 3.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
URBS 3900 - Urban Studies Internship Seminar 3.0 cr
GEOG 3900 - Topics in Geography : 3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr