Curriculum Requirements

First Year

•  CSC 241 Introduction to Computer Science I and  CSC 242 Introduction to Computer Science II
  or  CSC 243 Introduction to Computer Science for Programmers and one CS major elective+
•  MAT 140 Discrete Mathematics I
•  GEO 101 Environmental Geography
•  GEO 103 Urbanization
•  GEO 141 Geographic Information Systems I: Digital Mapping

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Second Year

•  MAT 141 Discrete Mathematics II
•  CSC 300 Data Structures I
•  CSC 301 Data Structures II
•  CSC 373 Computer Systems I
•  GEO 299 Knowledge, Place and Power
•  GEO 391 Statistical Data Analysis for Gis
• 3 courses (12 credit hours) fulfilling the Modern Language requirement

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Third Year

•  CSC 321 Design and Analysis of Algorithms
•  CSC 374 Computer Systems II
• One course chosen from
  •  CSC 347 Concepts of Programming Languages
  •  CSC 376 Distributed Systems
  •  SE 350 Object-Oriented Software Development
• 3 GEO major electives* (12 credit hours)
• 2 Open Electives (8 credit hours)

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Fourth Year

• 2 CS major electives+ (8 credit hours required)
• 3 GEO major electives* (12 credit hours)
•  CSC 394 Software Projects
  or  GEO 300 Geographical Inquiry
• 2 Open Electives (8 credit hours)

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+ CS major electives must be chosen from any 300-level courses labelled CSC, CSEC, DSC, or SE

* GEO major electives must be chosen from the GEO Major Elective list below; at least one of the six GEO major electives must be a 300-level course

GEO Major Elective list

•  GEO 133 Urban Geography - Experiential Learning
•  GEO 172 Cultural Geography: The Nature-Culture Interface
•  GEO 200 Sustainable Urban Development
•  GEO 201 Geopolitics
•  GEO 204 Religious Geography
•  GEO 205 Race, Justice, and the Urban Environment
•  GEO 210 International Environmental Conservation
•  GEO 211 Biogeography
•  GEO 215 International Development and Regional Inequality
•  GEO 219 Women and Science
•  GEO 220 Oceanography
•  GEO 225 Earth's Changing Climate
•  GEO 231 Historical Geography of Chicago
•  GEO 233 Comparative Urbanism
•  GEO 242 Geographic Information Systems II: Community Gis
•  GEO 243 Earth Observation
•  GEO 260 Globalization and Resources
•  GEO 266 World Economy: States, Markets and Labor
•  GEO 269 Cultural and Political Ecology
•  GEO 299 Knowledge, Place and Power
•  GEO 310 Green Infrastructure
•  GEO 316 The European Union
•  GEO 330 Sustainable Urban Transportation
•  GEO 333 Urban Planning
•  GEO 334 Urban/City Design
•  GEO 339 Topics in Architecture and Urbanism
•  GEO 340 Places, Humanities and Geographic Information Systems
•  GEO 343 Earth Observation II
•  GEO 344 Geographic Information Systems III: Spatial Analysis for Sustainability
•  GEO 346 Gis Analysis of Environmental and Public Health
•  GEO 347 Web Gis and Spatial Data Visualization on the Web
•  GEO 348 Spatial Data Science
•  GEO 350 World of Wine
•  GEO 351 Geography, Food and Justice
•  GEO 395 Seminar in SElected Topics

 

Degree Requirements

Students in this degree must meet the following requirements

• Complete a minimum of 192 credit hours (generally 48 courses)
• Earn a grade of C- or higher in WRD 103, WRD 104, and all Major and Minor courses
• Earn a grade of D or higher in all other Liberal Studies and Open Elective courses
• Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher

Students who earn a cumulative DePaul University GPA

• Between 3.500 and 3.699 will graduate cum laude
• Between 3.700 and 3.849 will graduate magna cum laude
• of at least 3.850 will graduate summa cum laude

For DePaul's policy on repeat courses and a complete list of academic policies see the DePaul Undergraduate Handbook in the Course Catalog.