Computer Science + Geography
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
Liberal Studies Requirements
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
Liberal Studies Requirements
Third Year
- CSC 321 Design and Analysis of Algorithms
- CSC 374 Computer Systems II
- One course chosen from
- 3 GEO major electives* (12 credit hours)
- 2 Open Electives (8 credit hours)
Liberal Studies Requirements
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)
Liberal Studies Requirements
+ 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.