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Degree Requirements for B.S. in Geographic Science and Community Planning
Community Planning & Development Emphasis
(Updated May 2011)
Liberal Studies (35 units total)
Foundations (7)
Major Requirements (43 units)
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1b.
ENG 105 or
ENG 101/102
4 or
6
2.
MAT 114
3
Lab Science (4)
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Science/Applied Science (3-6units)
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Units
ENG 205: The Academic Writer’s Wkshp. 2
STA 270: Applied Statistics
3
GSP 130: Mapping the World
3
GSP 150: Physical Geography
4
GSP 201: Community Planning & Change 3
GSP 206: Public Participation & Comm.
3
GSP 240: World Geography West
3
OR GSP 241: World Geography East
GSP 303: Comm. Design and Preservation 3
GSP 371: Urban Realm: Context and Lsp. 3
GSP 375W: Community & Global Analysis 3
GSP 432: GIS for Urban Environments
3
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6 experiential learning units from the following selected with advisor consent:
Social and Political Worlds (3-6units)
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GSP 389: Cooperative Education
GSP 408: Internship
GSP 485: Undergraduate Research
GSP 497: Independent Study
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Aesthetic and Human Inquiry (3-6 units)
Capstone Requirement:
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GSP 405C: Senior Professional Project
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Cultural Understanding (3-6 units)
Emphasis Requirements (18 units)
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MUST MAX OUT 3 OF 4 (3-6) BLOCKS
Diversity Requirement
Ethnic
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Global
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Liberal Studies Elective (3 units) (You take one
GSP 276: Planning for Sustainable Tourism
GSP 401: Permitting & Review Process
GSP 402: Environ. Impact Statements
GSP 406: Data Analysis & Digital Comm.
GSP 421: Land Use Planning Law & Ethics
4 Additional units in Community Planning or related fields selected with advisor
consent.
additional elective course from any liberal studies
requirements.)
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Students must have a 2.5 or better overall grade point average
to earn this degree and a C or better in all classes applied to
the major. Also, at least 30 units of courses taken for the
degree must be upper division, and 30 units must be taken at
NAU.
ADDITIONAL ELECTIVE UNITS FROM ANY
ACADEMIC AREA FOR 120 TOTAL UNITS
Course suggestions for the Global Learning Initiative and Liberal Studies
Liberal Studies
CM120 Building the Human Environment (3) (S, G)
FOR 240 Introduction to Conservation Biology (3)
(D)
FOR250 AZ Forests and Wildlife (3) (S, D)
FOR255 International Wildlife Issues (3) (S, G)
COM150 Environmental Communication (3) (S)
ECO 284 Principles of Economics: Micro (3) (x)
ECO 285 Principles of Economics: Macro (3) (x)
HUM 376 Visions of Utopia (3) (S)
PHI 331 Environmental Ethics (3) (S)
POS 231 Politics and the Humanities (3) (D)
POS 250 Introduction to Public Policy Making (3) (x)
ANT 103 Culture in Communication (3) (D)
ANT 320 American Indian Politics and Policy (3) (D)
PRM 350 Cultural Recreation (3) (D)
DIS 304 Introduction to Universal Design (3) (D)
ES 215 Racial and Ethnic Relations (3) (D)
FOR 222 Environmental Conservation (3) (S)
FOR 230 Multicultual Perspectives on Natural
Resources Management (3) (D, S)
HIS 373 The City in U.S. History (3) (S)
HUM 395 Public Humanities (3) (S)
PRM 300 Ecotourism (3) (G, S, D)
SC 151 Introduction to Interpersonal
Communication (3) (D)
SC 323 Intercultural Communication (3) (D)
CU
SAS
SAS
SAS, Global
SPW
SPW
SPW
AHI
AHI
AHI
SPW
CUG
CU, Ethnic
CU
SPW
SPW, Ethnic
SPW
SPW, Ethnic
SPW
SPW
Global
SPW
CU
Global Learning Initiative:
G- GLOBAL AWARENESS AND ENGAGEMENT
S- SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTS AND COMMUNITIES
D- OUR DIVERSE WORLD