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 | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select five courses from the following: | 20 | |
| URBANIZATION | ||
| URBAN GEOGRAPHY - EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING | ||
| SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| RACE, JUSTICE, AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT | ||
| HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF CHICAGO | ||
| COMPARATIVE URBANISM | ||
| GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS I: DIGITAL MAPPING | ||
| GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS II: COMMUNITY GIS | ||
| EARTH OBSERVATION | ||
| KNOWLEDGE, PLACE AND POWER | ||
| GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE | ||
| SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORTATION | ||
| URBAN PLANNING | ||
| URBAN/CITY DESIGN | ||
| TOPICS IN ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM | ||
| 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. Only 2 courses (GEO 241, and either GEO 242 or GEO 243) 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.