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Advising
The Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences Department faculty and staff cannot over-emphasize how important it is to meet with your academic adviser and to take personal responsibility for understanding your major plan of study. In addition to assisting students with their semester schedules, geography faculty advisers also do the following:
- Keep an updated program planning sheet on file with completed coursework and grades for a student's reference.
- Familiarize students with the concepts of course sequence, course prerequisites, major, minor and liberal studies requirements, double-counting, etc.
- Review a student's degree audit and help to resolve any discrepancies.
- Discuss internship, graduate school and career opportunities.
Winter 2013 Course Registration
Please be sure that you are prepared for Winter 2013 course registration. The following resources are available to assist you:
- Geography department winter 2013 advising notes
- 2013 scheduling book at nmu.edu/records
- Winter 2013 advising party
Programs and Courses
For complete and current course offerings and descriptions please visit our Programs and Courses page and mynmu.nmu.edu.
Have you taken the required course prerequisites for upcoming courses?
The department has prepared the following summary table of course prerequisites. If you have not completed the stated prerequisites for a course, you will need to register for the appropriate prerequisite instead of the major course.
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Course
|
Prerequisite(s)
|
|---|---|
| GC 202, Soils | GC 100 |
| GC 205, Introduction to Geo. Research | AIS 101, EN 211, and GC 100 or GC 164 |
| GC 225, Introduction to Maps | MA 100 or higher |
| GC 235, Quant. Methods | CIS 110 and MA 103 or higher |
| GC 260, Minerals and Rocks | GC 255 |
| GC 300, Regional Studies: World Cultures | EN 211 and Sophomore status |
| GC 305, Regional Studies | EN 211 and Sophomore status |
| GC 310, Urban Geography | GC 164 or GC 220, and GC 205 |
| GC 316, Geography of Tourism | GC 164 and GC 205 |
| GC 317, Geography of Food Systems | GC 205 or EN 211 |
| GC 320, Environmental Policy and Regulation | ENV 101 and Junior status |
| GC 330, Planning Theory and Practice | GC 205 |
| GC 335, Geographic Information Systems | CIS 110 and GC 225 |
| GC 337, Computer Cartography | GC 335 |
| GC 340, Land Use Controls | GC 330 |
| GC 360, Population Geography | EN 211 and Sophomore status |
| GC 365, Historical Geography | GC 255 |
| GC 370, Geomorphology | GC 100 or GC 255 |
| GC 385, Weather and Climate | GC 100 |
| GC 401, Biogeography | GC 100, BI 111 or BI 112, and Junior status |
| GC 425, Remote Sensing | CIS 110, GC 225, Statistics Course (MA 171, GC 235, BI 412) and Junior status |
| GC 428, Spatial Analysis | GC 335 or GC 425 |
| GC 435, Geography of Michigan | Junior status |
| GC 445, Advanced Aerial Photography Interpretation and Photogrammetry | GC 100, GC 225, GC 425, and Junior status |
| GC 455, Digital Image Processing | GC 225, GC 425, and Junior status |
| GC 465, Hydrology | GC 235 or MA 171, and Junior status |
| GC 470, Environmental Ethics | ENV 101 and GC 205 |
| GC 475, Environmental Impact Assessment | GC 205, GC 320, and Senior status |
| GC 485, Planning Practicum | GC 205, GC 330, GC 335, GC 340, and Senior status |
| GC 489, Human Impact on the Environment | GC 205, GC 235 and 24 GC credits, Junior status |
