Geosciences, Physical Geography Concentration (Geospatial Analysis), B.S.

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

• MATH 1530  and MATH 1710  (Quant Lit)
• GEOL 1030 /GEOL 1031  or GEOL 1040 /GEOL 1041  (Sci Lit)
• GEOG 2000  (HSSR)

Major Requirements (41 hours)

A minimum GPA of 2.00 is required in the major.

• GEOL 1030 - Introduction to Earth Science 3 credit hours AND
• GEOL 1031 - Introduction to Earth Science Lab 1 credit hour

• OR

• GEOL 1040 - Physical Geology 4 credit hours AND
• GEOL 1041 - Physical Geology Lab 0 credit hours

• (may be counted in the True Blue Core)

•  

• PGEO 1030 - Physical Geography 4 credit hours
• PGEO 3401 - Field Studies in Physical Geography 4 credit hours
• PGEO 4000 - Climatology and Climate Change 3 credit hours
• PGEO 4380 - Cartography 3 credit hours
• PGEO 4490 - Remote Sensing 4 credit hours
• PGEO 4511 - Advanced Remote Sensing 3 credit hours
• PGEO 4530 - Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours
• PGEO 4560 - Intermediate Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours
• PGEO 4570 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours
• GEOL 4020 - Geomorphology 4 credit hours

•  

• PGEO or GEOL electives 3-5 credit hours

Cognate (18 hours)

• MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours
• MATH 1710 - College Algebra 3 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core)
• Mentor-approved College of Basic and Sciences electives 12 credit hours

Supporting Courses (6 hours)

• GEOG 2000 - Introduction to Regional Geography 3 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core)
• GEOG 4360 - Cultural Geography 3 credit hours

Electives (14-24 hours)

• Geosciences mentor-approved electives

Freshman

• Written Communication 3 credit hours
• Information Literacy 3 credit hours
• Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
• Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
• GEOG 2000 - Introduction to Regional Geography 3 credit hours (HSSR)
• MATH 1710 - College Algebra 3 credit hours (Quant Lit)
• PGEO 1030 - Physical Geography 4 credit hours

•  

• GEOL 1030 - Introduction to Earth Science 3 credit hours (Sci Lit) AND
• GEOL 1031 - Introduction to Earth Science Lab 1 credit hour

• OR

• GEOL 1040 - Physical Geology 4 credit hours (Sci Lit) AND
• GEOL 1041 - Physical Geology Lab 0 credit hours

Sophomore

• Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
• History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
• General elective 3 credit hours
• MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours
• PGEO 4000 - Climatology and Climate Change 3 credit hours
• PGEO 4380 - Cartography 3 credit hours
• PGEO 4490 - Remote Sensing 4 credit hours
• PGEO 4530 - Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours

Junior

• GEOG 4360 - Cultural Geography 3 credit hours
• PGEO 4511 - Advanced Remote Sensing 3 credit hours
• PGEO 4560 - Intermediate Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours
• Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
• Cognate electives 6 credit hours
• General electives 9 credit hours

NOTE:

PGEO 3401  (4-hour field course) is required and offered only during summer.

Senior

• GEOL 4020 - Geomorphology 4 credit hours
• PGEO 4570 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours
• PGEO or GEOL elective 3-5 credit hours
• Cognate electives 6 credit hours
• General electives 12-14 credit hours