Minor in Geography
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Level
Intermediate
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Online
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Flexible
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Graduates with a minor in geography can bring expertise to a variety of careers, from market researchers to health services officials.
The minor may be combined with many Columbian College majors, making it an ideal option for students interested in studying issues as diverse as geopolitics, migration and language, community planning and climate change.
Students complete 19 credits for the general geography minor, drawing from across four geographical subject areas. Elective topics include water resources, military geography, sustainability and cartography.
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Subjects
- Military
- Cartography
- Planning
- Systems
- Climate
- Human Geography
- Physical Geography
- Arctic Systems
- Geography
- Techniques
- Information
- GIS
- Intermediate
Course programme
The following requirements must be fulfilled: 19 credits, including 7 credits in required courses and 12 credits selected from among four groups.
Required
- Introduction to Human Geography
- Introduction to Physical Geography
Group A: Physical Geography
- Biogeography
- Energy Resources
- Water Resources
- Environmental Hazards
- Weather and Climate
- Geomorphology
- Special Topics in Physical Geography
- Urban Transportation
- Transportation Systems and Networks
- Population Geography
- People, Land, and Food
- Cities and Societies
- Cities in the Developing World
- Explorations in Historical Geography
- Military Geography
- Economic Geography
- Cultural Geography
- Political Geography
- Special Topics in Human Geography
- Planning Cities
- Introduction to Cartography and GIS
- Field Methods in Geography
- Techniques of Spatial Analysis
- Intermediate Geographic Information Systems
- Introduction to Remote Sensing
- Special Topics in Techniques
- Digital Image Processing and Analysis
- Programming for Geospatial Applications
- GIS for Emergency Management
- Geovisualization and Cartography
- Open Source Solutions for Geospatial Project Management
- Society and Environment
- World Regional Geography
- Environmental Quality and Management
- Urban Sustainability
- Geography of the Middle East and North Africa
- Geography of Latin America
- The Geography of Africa
- Geography of South Asia
- Environmental Law and Policy
- Special Topics in Regional Geography
- Arctic Systems
Minor in Geography