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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: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
CLA 1001 - CLA First-Year Experience I 1.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
GEOG 1301W - Our Globalizing World : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP, WI
GEOG 3341 - Black Geographies : 3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
CLA 1002 - CLA First-Year Experience II 1.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
GEOG 3431 - Plant and Animal Geography : 3.0 cr
GEOG 3541 - Principles of Geocomputing : 3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
EPSY 3264 - Basic and Applied Statistics : 3.0 cr : MATH
ESCI 1101 - Introduction to Geology (lecture only) : 3.0 cr : ENV
Elective :3.0 cr
CLA 3002 - Career Kickstarter: Finding Internships and Other Career-Related Experiences 1.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
GEOG 4002W - Environmental Thought and Practice : 3.0 cr : WI
ESPM 3111 - Hydrology and Water Quality Field Methods : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
GEOG 5564 - Urban Geographic Information Science and Analysis : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3108 - Ecology of Managed Systems : 3.0 cr : ENV
URBS 3871 - A Suburban World : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
PMB 2022 - General Botany : 3.0 cr
GIS 5576 - Spatial Digital Humanities : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
GEOG 3371W - Cities, Citizens, and Communities : 3.0 cr : DSJ, WI
GEOG 3431 - Plant and Animal Geography : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
LE (Race, Power, and Justice US) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
GEOG 3991 - Geography Capstone : 1.0 cr
GEOG 3973 - Geography of the Twin Cities : 3.0 cr : SOCS
GEOG 3379 - Environment and Development in the Third World : 3.0 cr : SOCS, ENV
Elective :2.0 cr