This specialized minor offers students an overview of the field of geography, focusing on urban geography courses with topics including urbanization, urban issues and solutions, and urban planning.
Course Requirements
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| 20 |
GEO 103 | URBANIZATION | |
GEO 133 | URBAN GEOGRAPHY - EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING | |
GEO 200 | SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT | |
GEO 203 | LAND USE PLANNING & POLICY | |
GEO 205 | RACE, JUSTICE, AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT | |
GEO 231 | HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF CHICAGO | |
GEO 233 | COMPARATIVE URBANISM | |
GEO 241 | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS I: DIGITAL MAPPING | |
GEO 242 | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS II: COMMUNITY GIS | |
GEO 243 | EARTH OBSERVATION | |
GEO 299 | KNOWLEDGE, PLACE AND POWER | |
GEO 310 | GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE | |
GEO 330 | SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORTATION | |
GEO 333 | URBAN PLANNING | |
GEO 334 | URBAN/CITY DESIGN | |
GEO 339 | TOPICS IN ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM | |
GEO 395 | SEMINAR IN SELECTED TOPICS (as applicable) | |
Courses should be selected with the consent of the student’s Geography faculty advisor.
A student completing an Urban Geography and Planning minor is eligible to simultaneously complete a GIS Certificate. No more than TWO courses from the Urban Geography and Planning Minor can also be applied to the undergraduate GIS Certificate. A student wishing to complete an Urban Geography and Planning minor and an undergraduate GIS Certificate will complete a minimum of 8 Geography courses. Please see a faculty adviser in the Department of Geography for further details.
Approved GIS Certificate Courses include GEO 241, 242, 243, 343 through 349, 391. Additional GIS courses (e.g., Special Topics; GEO 395) may be approved by the Chair of the Department of Geography & GIS
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