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Course Requirements

Concentration Core

Course Title Quarter Hours
Choose 7 courses from the following (at least one must be at the 300-level):28
URBAN GEOGRAPHY - EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT
RACE, JUSTICE, AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF CHICAGO
COMPARATIVE URBANISM
WORLD ECONOMY: STATES, MARKETS AND LABOR
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORTATION
URBAN PLANNING
URBAN/CITY DESIGN
TOPICS IN ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM

Methods and Techniques

Course Title Quarter Hours
Choose two courses from the following list:8
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS II: COMMUNITY GIS
EARTH OBSERVATION
PLACES, HUMANITIES AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
EARTH OBSERVATION II
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS III: SPATIAL ANALYSIS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
PROGRAMMING IN PYTHON FOR GIS
GIS ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
WEB GIS AND SPATIAL DATA VISUALIZATION ON THE WEB
SPATIAL DATA SCIENCE
STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS FOR GIS

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.​​​​