Minor: Geography

Student Learning Outcomes

Students graduating from this program will:

  • Students can identify geospatial tools and technical needs to solve problems relevant to geospatial research, industry or public service.
  • Students can design, produce and interpret geospatial data using relevant technologies.

Academic minor offered in Geospatial Science (18 hours). At least nine of the hours needed for the minor must be taken at UMKC. The minor is sufficiently flexible to enable students with diverse backgrounds to choose relevant coursework from the relevant offerings. The programs are structured to ensure that students gain an appreciation of the breadth of the minor field. The minor should be declared as early as possible, but not later than the beginning of the student's senior year. Up to eight hours of coursework may simultaneously count in both the major and minor areas, where applicable. This applies to majors and non-majors.

Minor in Geography

A minor in geography may be obtained with a minimum of 18 semester hours of coursework in this discipline (at least nine of which must be at the 300- and 400-level).

GEOG 203Introduction to Geographic Information Systems4
or UPD 203 GIS For Urban Planning
GEOG 444Spatial Data Analysis4
Select 10 Elective credit hours from the following:10
GEOG 402
Environmental Remote Sensing and Digital Image Analysis
GEOG 401
Advanced Geographic Information Science
GEOG 417
Special Topics
GEOLOGY 456
Field Methods in 3D Imaging of the Environment
UPD 300
Quantitative Planning Methods And Techniques
UPD 400
Advanced GIS For Urban Planning
CIV-ENGR 401
Topics in Civil Engineering (Applied AI for NBE - will transition to new number in 2 years. )
Total Credits18

Note: GEOG 398, and ENV-STDY 499WI do not count as credit in a minor program in geospatial science.

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Prerequisite coursework may add hours to program completion if this course is selected.