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Geography (Geographic Information Technology), B.S. Semester-by-semester Guide

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Freshmen

1st semester (15 hours)

ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
MAT 101 - College Algebra 3 hrs. or
MAT 100 - Quantitative Reasoning 3 hrs.
CMS 111 - Oral Communication 3 hrs. (SI)

Select 1:

2nd semester (16 hours)

HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs. or
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
Electives 3 hrs.

Select 1:

PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

Select 1:

GHY 104 - Weather and Climate 3 hrs. AND
GHY 104L - Weather and Climate Laboratory 1 hr.
OR
GHY 105 - Land and Water 3 hrs. AND
GHY 105L - Land and Water Lab 1 hr.

Sophomore

1st semester (16 hours)

ENG 203 - World Literature 3 hrs.
GHY 210 - Introduction to Map Reading and Cartography 2 hrs.
GHY 210L - Introduction to Map Reading and Cartography Lab 1 hr.
Electives 6 hrs.

Select 1:

GHY 104 - Weather and Climate 3 hrs. AND
GHY 104L - Weather and Climate Laboratory 1 hr.
OR
GHY 105 - Land and Water 3 hrs. AND
GHY 105L - Land and Water Lab 1 hr.

2nd semester (15 hours)

GHY 217 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 2 hrs.
GHY 217L - Introduction to GIS Laboratory 1 hr.
Electives or any study-abroad course for semester-abroad program or approved upper level GHY 9 hrs.

Select 1:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
COH 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

Junior

1st semester (16 hours)

Select 1 sequence:

Select 1:

Select 1:

CSS 240 - FORTRAN Programming 3 hrs.
CSS 330 - Introduction to Programming 3 hrs.

2nd semester (16 hours)

Electives 9 hrs.

Select 1 sequence:

GHY 412 - Environmental Remote Sensing 3 hrs.
GHY 412L - Environmental Remote Sensing Laboratory 1 hr.
GHY 417 - GIS Based Vector Analysis 2 hrs.
GHY 417L - Geographic Information System Laboratory 2 hrs.
GHY 418 - Spatial Analysis and Modeling 2 hrs.
GHY 418L - Spatial Analysis Laboratory 2 hrs.
GHY 467 - Design and Deployment of Geodatabases 2 hrs.
GHY 467L - Design and Deployment of Geodatabases Laboratory 2 hrs.
GHY 468 - Spatial Programming and Automation 2 hrs.
GHY 468L - Spatial Programming and Automation Lab 2 hrs.
GHY 469 - Internet Mapping 2 hrs.
GHY 469L - Internet Mapping Laboratory 2 hrs.

Select 1:

GHY 326 - Introduction to Meteorology and Weather Forecasting 3 hrs.
GHY 327 - Earth Surface Processes and Environments 3 hrs.
GHY 370 - Conservation of Natural Resources 3 hrs.
GHY 422 - Biogeography 3 hrs.
GHY 425 - Applied Climatology 3 hrs.
GHY 427 - Meteorology 3 hrs.

Senior

1st semester (16 hours)

Electives 9 hrs.

Select 1:

GHY 422 - Biogeography 3 hrs.
GHY 424 - Quaternary Environments 3 hrs.
GHY 424L - Quaternary Environments Laboratory 1 hr.
GHY 425 - Applied Climatology 3 hrs.
GHY 472 - Soils 3 hrs.
GHY 475 - Fluvial Geomorphology 3 hrs.

Select 1 sequence:

GHY 412 - Environmental Remote Sensing 3 hrs.
GHY 412L - Environmental Remote Sensing Laboratory 1 hr.
GHY 417 - GIS Based Vector Analysis 2 hrs.
GHY 417L - Geographic Information System Laboratory 2 hrs.
GHY 418 - Spatial Analysis and Modeling 2 hrs.
GHY 418L - Spatial Analysis Laboratory 2 hrs.
GHY 467 - Design and Deployment of Geodatabases 2 hrs.
GHY 467L - Design and Deployment of Geodatabases Laboratory 2 hrs.
GHY 468 - Spatial Programming and Automation 2 hrs.
GHY 468L - Spatial Programming and Automation Lab 2 hrs.
GHY 469 - Internet Mapping 2 hrs.
GHY 469L - Internet Mapping Laboratory 2 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

GHY 441 - Contemporary Issues in Geography Seminar 3 hrs.
Electives 5 hrs.
Social Science Elective 3 hrs.

Select 1 sequence:

GHY 417 - GIS Based Vector Analysis 2 hrs.
GHY 417L - Geographic Information System Laboratory 2 hrs.
GHY 418 - Spatial Analysis and Modeling 2 hrs.
GHY 418L - Spatial Analysis Laboratory 2 hrs.
GHY 467 - Design and Deployment of Geodatabases 2 hrs.
GHY 467L - Design and Deployment of Geodatabases Laboratory 2 hrs.
GHY 468 - Spatial Programming and Automation 2 hrs.
GHY 468L - Spatial Programming and Automation Lab 2 hrs.
GHY 469 - Internet Mapping 2 hrs.
GHY 469L - Internet Mapping Laboratory 2 hrs.

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