Jordan Clayton

GTP Departmental workshop

11/20/02

Requirements for Geography undergraduate students

Workshop led by Elizabeth Pike

I. Overview of undergrad requirements

A. Core requirements: University-wide requirements (11 different areas), including:

1. natural science req. (1001 or 1011 fulfill)

a. 1 must be lab

b. must have 2 class sequence

c. this = why 1001 to 1011 is so popular (fulfills both)

2. cultural/gender diversity req. (Geog of China or Gender & Global Economy fulfill)

3. critical thinking req. (several 4000-level fulfill)

B. MAPS (Min. Academic Preparation Standards)

1. classes they should have had in high school

a. since geog is uncommon in high school à high number of students in geog MAPS classes

b. provides high # TA support to our dept.

2. geog classes: 1982, 1992, 2002, 2412

3. only need D- to fulfill MAPS req.

C. Geography majors

1. need:

a. 32 total hours

b. 18 must be upper-division

c. 1001 and 1011

d. two human geog classes

e. cartography/techniques class

f. GIS/remote sensing class

2. must get C- for credit à major

3. majors exposed to Geog from:

a. 1000-level courses

b. env. studies majors

c. intl. affairs majors

d. geology majors

D. Geography minors need:

1. 18 total hrs

2. 9 upper-division hours

3. upper-division concentration in geog specialty

II. other info re: undergrad education at CU

A. course forgiveness

1. can retake class, but new grade is only grade used

2. old grade still marked on transcript

3. can take up to 10 hrs course forgiveness

4. only get credit for class 1 time

B. probation

1. if overall GPA less than 2.0 à 1 semester probation

2. after 1 semester à dismissal from CU

3. can still take summer school/continuing ed to try to boost GPA

4. = reason why some summer school students “need” the B or A

C. drop/add

1. after 1^st drop/add deadline, can still get instructor permission

2. after 2^nd drop/add deadline, need to petition dean (not just formality)