Northwest Missouri State University

2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

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Geography Major, 37 hours: B.S.—Minor Required

CIP: 450701

Requirements

The Northwest Core (48-52 hours)

Geography Fundamentals:

GEOG 32201Maps and Spatial Reasoning

3
GEOG 32221Economic Globalization

3
GEOG 32410Geographic Thought and Research Methods

3
GEOG 32462Digital Cartography and Geovisualization

3
GEOG 32499Senior Seminar

1

Electives in Regional Geography (6):

(Choose two)

GEOG 32340Geography of North America

3
GEOG 32441Geography of Europe

3
GEOG 32442Geography of Asia

3
GEOG 32443Geography of the Middle East

3
GEOG 32444Geography of Africa

3
GEOG 32445Geography of Latin America

3

Electives in Systematic Geography (12):

GEOG 32211Special Topics in Geography

1 to 4
GEOG 32360Dynamic and Synoptic Meteorology

3
GEOG 32361Climatology

3
GEOG 32370Natural Disasters

3
GEOG 32415Internship in Geography

1 to 6
GEOG 32501Conservation of Natural Resources

3
GEOG 32511Special Topics

1 to 3
GEOG 32520Military Geography

3
GEOG 32521Geopolitics

3
GEOG 32522Cities and Urban Design

3
GEOL 27360Environmental Geology

4
GEOL 27510Geomorphology

3
GEOL 27515Environmental Regulations

2

GEOG 32211 (6 hours maximum)

Electives in Geographic Information Science (6):

GEOG 32207GPS Fundamentals

3
GEOG 32362Web Mapping

3
GEOG 32364Image Interpretation and Analysis

3
GEOG 32365Geographic Information Systems

3
GEOG 32463Remote Sensing

3
GEOG 32465Introduction to Customized GIS

3
GEOG 32565Advanced Geographic Information Systems

3

Total Credit Hours: 37