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Geography and Planning (B.S.)

Administered by Department of Environmental, Geographical, and Geological Sciences

Effective Fall 2012

Core Requirements (10 credits):

EGGS.100 Environmental Science

EGGS.120 Physical Geology

EGGS.242 Map Use and Analysis

Science Requirements (13 credits):

CHEM.101 Introductory Chemistry

PHYSICS.105 Energy: Source Env Eff

BIOLOGY.102 Ecology and Evolution

Choose 1 of the following three courses:

EGGS.150 Quantitative Methods in Earth Science

MATH.123 Essentials of Calculus

MATH.141 Introduction to Statistics

Requirements (39 credits):

INTSTUDY.231 Technical Writing

EGGS.102 World Cultural Geography

EGGS.105 Environ. Issues and Choices

EGGS.221 Economic Geography

EGGS.250 Elements of Planning

EGGS.301 Water Resources Management

EGGS.302 Land Resources Management

EGGS.360 Principles of GIS 1

EGGS.497/8 Internship and Seminar

Electives (choose two, 6+ credits):

*EGGS.264 Applied Cartography

EGGS.303 Soils Resources Management

EGGS.304 Environ Valuation

EGGS.305 Environ Risks/Hazards

EGGS.315 Recreation, Tourism, Sport

EGGS.350 Advanced Planning

EGGS.358 Environ Conservation

*EGGS.361 Principles of GIS 2

EGGS.370 Surface Hydrology

EGGS.380 Dams, Reservoirs, Rivers

EGGS.386 U.S. Public Lands

EGGS.390 Special Topics

EGGS.462 Tech. Geographic Meas.

*Cannot use if also getting GIS minor

Bold is the CAPSTONE course.