Program: Planning and GIS Minor - University of Southern Maine

Apr 03, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

The Geography-Anthropology program offers a Minor in Planning and GIS. This minor focuses on augmenting cutting edge GIS and remote sensing skills and applying these to analyze land use and environmental planning problems and issues.

Program Requirements

The Minor in Planning and GIS consists of a minimum of 15 credits. No grades of lower then C- will be counted toward fulfillment of the major or minor requirements.

Geography-Anthropology majors may use no more than one (1) course to satisfy requirements for both the minor and the major.

Required courses:

GEO 305 - Remote Sensing Credits: 3 /GEO 505 - Remote Sensing
or
GEO 308 - GIS Applications I Credits: 3 /GEO 508 - GIS Applications I
GEO 209 - Introduction to Land Use Planning Credits: 3
or
GEO 210 - Planning Maine Communities: Current Issues & Directions Credits: 3
or
ESP 200 - Environmental Planning Credits: 3

Choice of one from:

GEO 438 - Independent Study in GIS Credits: 1-3 /GEO 538 - Independent Study in GIS
GEO 340 - Digital Mapping Credits: 4 /GEO 540 - Digital Mapping
GEO 408 - GIS Applications II Credits: 3 /GEO 518 - GIS Applications II
GEO 445 - Drone Mapping Credits: 3 /GEO 545 - Drone Mapping
GEO 448 - GIS Internship Credits: 1-3 /GEO 548 - GIS Internship

Choice of one from:

GEO 203 - Urban & Regional Development Credits: 3
GEO 204 - Coastal and Marine Geography Credits: 3
GEO 303 - Economic Geography Credits: 3 /GEO 503 - Economic Geography
GEO 304 - Arctic and North Atlantic Regions Credits: 3 /GEO 504 - Arctic and North Atlantic Regions
GEO 455 - Gender, Race, and Class in the City Credits: 3 /GEO 555 - Gender, Race and Class in the City
ESP 220 - Introduction to Environmental Policy Credits: 3
ESP 305 - Community Planning Workshop Credits: 3
ESP 308 - Global Environmental Problems and Sustainability Credits: 3

Planning and GIS Minor

Program Requirements

Required courses:

Choice of one from:

Choice of one from:

and one (1) additional course from any of those listed above to make up 15 credits minimum.