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Geography and Planning (B.S.)

Administered by Department of Environmental, Geographical, and Geological Sciences

Effective Spring 2014

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 & 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 & 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.330 Special Topics in Field Geology

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.