GEOGRAPHY, BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are a set of important new technologies that can be used to analyze both the human and physical environments. The Geographic Information Systems Option in Geography introduces students to the potential of this type of analysis. While learning about GIS using specific software and hardware, students will come to understand the legal and organizational context of this powerful communications tool. Students will develop an understanding of how GIS works, what its possibilities and limitations are and some of the different fields in which GIS can be applied.

YEAR ONE                                                                                                             

IS1111 - The First Year Seminar: Critical Thinking and the Nature of Inquiry (3)

EN1200: - Composition (3)

GE2001: - Physical Geography (3)

GE2002 - Human Geography (3)

GE2090 - Computer Mapping (3)

MA Mathematics Foundations (3)

CTDI Creative Thought Directions (6)

PPDI Past and Present Directions (6)

YEAR TWO                                   

GE3270 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3)

GE2730 - Travel and Tourism (3)

Quantitative Reasoning in the Discipline Connection - Complete one of the following (3)

MA2300 - Statistics I

SS3700 - Social Statistics

SIDI Scientific Inquiry Directions (6 - 8)

SSDI Self and Society Directions (6)

DICO Diversity Connection (3)

Electives (6 - 7)

YEAR THREE

Human Geography - Complete one of the following (3)

GE3020 - Cultural Geography

GE3030 - Urban Geography

GE3040 - Political Geography

Field Course - Complete one of the following (3)

GE3280 - The White Mountain Region

GE3290 - Ecotourism in Acadia National Park

Regional Geography - Complete two of the following (6)

GE3570 - Geography of Africa

GE3630 - Geography of Europe

GE3640 - The Geography of United States

GE3650 - Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific

GE3660 - Alaska and Canada

Complete 15 credits from the following, with a minimum of two courses in Geography and Environmental Planning (15-18)

CS2010 - Computing Fundamentals

CS2080 - Visual Basic

CS2370 - Programming in Java

EN3090 - Technical Communication

GE3350 - Introduction to Airphoto Interpretation and Remote Sensing

GE3960 - Internship (maximum of three credits)

GE4270 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems

GE4280 - GIS Applications: Computer Mapping

GE4750 - Tourism Development

MA3300 - Statistics II

NS4200 - Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing in the Sciences

Elective (3 - 4)
 

YEAR FOUR                                                                                                          

Geography Information Systems - Complete nine 3000/4000 level credits in the following disciplines (9)

          Computer Science

          Earth Science

          Geography and Environmental Planning

          Mathematics

          Meteorology

INCO Integration Connection (3)

WECO Wellness Connection (3)

WRCO Writing in the Discipline Connection (3)

Electives (12)

 * All course information is from the 2005 – 2006 Academic Catalog.