Contact: Patrick Pease Phone: 319-273-2772
Department of Geography email: patrick.pease@uni.edu
University of Northern Iowa http://www.uni.edu/geography/
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0406
(97A-97D)
Bachelor of Science (126 hrs)
LAC: 45 hrs; Major: 56 hrs; Minor and/or university electives: 25
Required Core (30-32 hrs)
GEOG 1120 Human Geography (3)
GEOG 1210 Physical Geography Lecture (3)
GEOG 1211 Physical Geography Lab (1)
GEOG 3310 GIS 1: Introductory GIS (3)
GEOG 3598 Research Experience in Geography (1-3)
GEOG 4310 GIS Applications in: variable topics (3)
GEOG 4320 GIS 2: Advanced GIS (3)
GEOG 4350 Global Positioning System Field Survey Methods (3)
GEOG 4360 Thematic Cartography (3)
GEOG 4370 Remote Sensing of the Environment (3)
GEOG 4550 Senior Seminar (3)
GEOG 4560 Professional Seminar (1)
Geospatial Science Electives (6 hrs)
GEOG 1310 Maps and Map Interpretation (3)
GEOG 4340 Spatial Data Analysis (3)
GEOG 4380 Satellite Image Processing (3)
Other geospatial science electives as offered and approved by the department
Statistics Cognates (3 hrs)
STAT 1772 Introduction to Statistical Methods (3)
SOC 2020 Statistics for Social Research (3)
Computer Science Cognates (3 hrs)
GEOG 4390 GIS Programming (3)
CS 3140 Database Systems (3)
Application Focus: Select One area and take classes only from that focus (12 hrs)
Application Focus on Environmental Science and Policy (97A) :
GEOG 2210 Recent Climate Change
GEOG 3210 Natural Hazards and Disasters
GEOG 3220 Environmental Geography
GEOG 4210 Climatology
GEOG 4220 Soils & Landscape
GEOG 4230 Rivers
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GEOG 4240 Reconstructing Ice Age Environments
GEOG 4250 Laboratory Methods in Environmental Geography
HPE 4666 Environmental and Occupational Health Regulations
EARTHSCI 3230 Air Quality
Other Geography courses or courses from other departments as approved
Application Focus on Economic Geography and Business
(97C)
:
GEOG 3110 Economic Geography
GEOG 4110 Cultural Geography
GEOG 4180 Locational Analysis for Business
GEOG 4190 Transportation Planning and Policy
MGMT 3153 Organizational Management (check sections for non-business majors)
MGMT 3919 Leadership and Human Relations
Other Geography courses or courses from other departments as approved
Application Focus on Planning and Policy (97D) :
GEOG 3110 Economic Geography
GEOG 3120 North American Cities
GEOG 4110 Cultural Geography
GEOG 4120 Demography and Population Geography
GEOG 4130 Political Geography
GEOG 4190 Transportation Planning and Policy
POL AMER 1048 Introduction to Public Administration
Other Geography courses or courses from other departments as approved
Electives as needed to reach a minimum of 56 hours
GEOG 1110 World Geography
GEOG 3179 Cooperative Education
STAT 3771
STAT 4773
Applied Statistical Methods for Research
Design and Analysis of Experiments
TECH 1017 Computer-Aided Design and Drafting
TECH 1055 Graphic Arts Technology (4)
MGMT 3153 Organizational Management (if not taken above)
Other Geography courses or courses from other departments as approved
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