BA Geography
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Option (64 units)
I. Lower Division Required Courses (20 units)
GEOG 155 Cultural Geography (4)
GEOG 160 Physical Geography (4)
GEOG 260
Map and Air Photo Interpretation (4)
GEOG 282
Spatial Measurements and Elementary Statistics (4)
Select one of the following three courses
GEOL 150
Earth Revealed (4)
GEOL 155 Oceanography (4)
II. Upper Division Required Courses (36 Units)
Technical Core (32 units)
GEOG 369
Fundamentals of Geographic Information Sciences (4)
GEOG 395
Geographic Methodology (4)
GEOG 466
Remote Sensing (4)
GEOG 468
Computer Cartography (4)
GEOG 469
Spatial Analysis and GIS Modeling (4)
GEOG 482
Multivariate Statistics in Geography (4)
GEOG 495
Senior Thesis (4)
Plus one of the following (4 Units):
GEOG 463 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications in Urban Planning (4)
GEOG 464
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications in Political Science
GEOG 465
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications in Environmental Studies
Systematic Core (4 units)
Select one of the following:
GEOG 402
Geomorphology (4)
GEOG 407
Biogeography (4)
GEOG 410
Applied Climatology (4)
GEOG 442
Population Geography (4)
GEOG 455
Political Geography (4)
GEOG 457
Transportation Geography (4)
GEOG 476
Urban Geography (4)
GEOG 458
Urban Transportation (4)
III. Electives in Geography (8 units)
To be determined by student and advisor. It could include additional courses from the list of Systematic Core in Geography (see