Geography Major with a GIS Certificate

First Year
Semester 1   Semester 2
English 101 Composition and Reading 3   Geography 100 Physical Geography and the Environment 3
Mathematics 111 College Algebra 1 3   Geography 105 Contempoary Human Geography 3
Geography 110 Introduction to Geography: World Regions 3   General Education Humanities and the Arts 3
Geography 101 or DV Course Geography of American Ethnicity and Race 3   General Education Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
        General Education Natural Sciences or Computer Science 105 3
    12       15
Second Year
Semester 3   Semester 4
Geography 108 Culture and Environmental Sustainability 3   Geography 215 Economic Geography 3
Geography 250 Map Use and Analysis 3   Geography 350 Cartography and GIS 3
General Education Humanities and the Arts 3   General Education Humanities and the Arts 3
General Education Natural Sciences 4-5   General Education Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
Foreign Language Course or Elective   3   Foreign Language Course or Elective   3
    16-17       15
Third Year
Semester 5   Semester 6
Geography 300 Geographic Methods 3   Geography 300+ Advanced Physical Geography or other 300+ course 3-4
Geography 300+ Advanced Physical Geography Course 3-4   Geography 300+   3
General Education if needed or Elective   3   Electives 300+ 3
Electives   6   Elective   6
    15-16       15-16
Fourth Year
Semester 7   Semester 8
Geography 460 Introduction to GIS Analysis 3   Geography 495 S 3
Geography 300+ (or above)   3   Geography 465 Advanced GIS Applications 3
Elective 300+   3   Geography 300+   3
Electives   6   Elective 300+   3
        Electives   4-6
    15       16-18
This plan assumes that a student is ready to take English 101 and Math 111. A total of 120 credits needed to graduate. This plan allows a student to graduate in 8 semesters with a B.A. degree in Geography. The Geography major requiress a minimum of 38 credits. Several Geography courses count in more than one place in the requirements. For example, Geography 101 counts in the Geography major, towards the diversity requirement and in the Social and Behavioral Sciences portion of the General Education requirements. / / This plan will meet all of the requirements for graduation. However, variations and substitutions are possible and meeting with your advisor is essential.

The bachelor's degree at UW-Parkside is comprised of 120 credit hours which include the following:

  1. Reading/Writing, and Computational Skills (7 credits)
  2. UW-P Distribution Requirements - General Education 36 credits to include 12 credits each from Humanities and Fine Arts (HU), Social and Behavioral Science (SB) and Natural Science (NS)
  3. Foreign Language* and Diversity Requirements (DV) (3-11 credits)

    *Foreign Language: It is assumed the student completed two years of the same foreign language in high school with a C or better average in the second year. Two semesters of the same foreign language at UW-P will be required if student did not complete requirement in high school.

  4. 36 credits are required at the 300 level or higher
  5. The English, math, foreign language competencies must be completed by 60 credits
  6. The information literacy requirement must be completed by 30 credits
  7. Any developmental courses (e.g., ACSK) or courses that are repeated more than once, do not count towards the 120 credit hours required for graduation and,
  8. All specific program major requirements as included in the above four year plan.