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Minor in Geography

  To receive a minor in geography, students must take at least 19 credits of geography courses. Of those 19 credits, students are required to take GEO 101J (Human Geography-3 credits); GEO 102K (Physical Geography and Lab-4 credits); GEO 120J (Geography of Maine-3 credits); GEO 205 (Remote Sensing-3 credits) or GEO 208 (Cartography I-3 credits); and 6 additional hours of geography courses. Any credits earned beyond these required 19 will go towards general elective credits.

Geography Courses

GEO 103 (Human-Environmental Geography), GEO 108 (GIS Applications), GEO 203J (Urban and Regional Development), GEO 207J (Maps: Knowledge, Technology, Society, Culture), GEO 209 (Introduction to Land Use Planning), GEO 210 (Planning Maine Communities: Current Issues and Directions), GEO 211 (Middle America: Lands and Peoples), GEO 302 (Gender, Work, and Space), GEO 303 (Economic Geography), GEO 304 (Holocene Environments), GEO 307 (History of Anglo-American Cartography), GEO 308 (GIS I), GEO 309 (Tropical Biogeography and Conservation), GEO 310 (History of Geographical Thought), GEO 402 (Urban Geography), GEO 403 (Urban Physical Geography), GEO 408 (GIS II), GEO 409 (Ethnobotany: Plants and People), GEO 450 (Topics in Geography), GEO 458 (Research Applications in GIS).

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