Geography (Humanities & Social Sciences) - 2009 Cohort

Students must complete 120 Credit hours to graduate.

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

ARBU1301	Arabic I	All		0
ARBU1302	Arabic II	All	click here	0
ENGU1301	English I	All		0
ENGU1302	English II	All	click here	0
ENGU1303	English III	All	click here	0
ENGU1304	ENGLISH BENCHMARK	All	click here	0
MATU1415	Algebra	All	click here	0
INTU1420	Academic Practices	All	click here	0

General Education (30 credit hours)

You have to take all of the following clusters.

Cluster : Capstone Experience (3 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours
HSR400	Integrated Capstone	All	click here	3

Cluster : The Human Community (9 CH)

You have to take all of the following clusters.

Cluster : Emirates Society (3 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours
HSS105	Emirates Society	All		3

Cluster : Humanities & Fine Arts (3 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

HSR120	Intro. to Heritage & Culture	Fall Spring	click here	3
LNG110	Language, Society & Culture	Fall Spring	click here	3
ARCH340	History and Theory of Arch.	Fall Spring	click here	3
PHI271	History and Phil. of Science	Spring	click here	3
PHI270	Philosophy of Education	Fall Spring	click here	3
MSC240	World and Arab Media	Fall Spring	click here	3
TRS200	Introduction to Translation	Fall Spring	click here	3
PHI101	Introduction to Philosophy	Fall Spring	click here	3
LNG100	Introduction to Linguistics	Fall Spring	click here	3
HSR130	Intro. to Language & Comm.	Fall Spring	click here	3
HIS133	Introduction to Art History	Fall Spring	click here	3
LIT150	Introduction to Literature	Fall Spring	click here	3
MSC200	Intro. to Mass Media	Fall Spring	click here	3

Cluster : Social & Behavioral Sc. (3 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

SOC260	Folklore	Fall Spring	click here	3
PSY100	Intro. to Psychology	Fall Spring	click here	3
HSR150	Intro. to Gov. Policy. &Urb. S	Fall Spring	click here	3
HSR140	Intro. to Society & Behavior	All	click here	3
ECON110	Principles Of Economics	Fall Spring		3
SWK200	Introduction to Social Welfare	Fall Spring	click here	3
AGRB210	Introduction to Agribusiness	Fall Spring	click here	3

Cluster : The Natural World (3 CH)

Cluster : Mathematics (3 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

MATH120	Contemporary Appl. of Math	All	click here	3
STAT101	Statistics in the Modern World	All		3

Cluster : Skills for Life (9 CH)

You have to take all of the following clusters.

Cluster : English Communication (6 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

ESPU1462	Comm Skills for Hum & SS	All	click here	3
ESPU1014	English for Humanities and Soc	All	click here	3

Cluster : Thinking Skills (3 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

PHI180	Critical Thinking	All	click here	3
PSY105	Creative & Innov.Think.Skills	All	click here	3
ITBP119	Algorithms and Problem Solving	Fall Spring	click here	3
HSS110	Scientific Research Skills	All	click here	3

Cluster : Values to Live (6 CH)

You have to take all of the following clusters.

Cluster : Ethics (3 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

PHIL120	Princ. Of Professional Ethics	All	click here	3
PHI121	Fund. of Environmental Ethics	Fall Spring	click here	3
PHI122	International Ethics	Fall Spring	click here	3
PHI226	Human Rights Theory	Fall Spring	click here	3
FOED102	Professional ethics in ED.	All	click here	3

Cluster : Islamic (3 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours
ISLM1103	Islamic culture	All		3

Major Specialization (39 credit hours)

You can take only one of the following clusters.

Cluster : Environmental Geography(24 CH)

You have to take all of the following clusters.

Cluster : Elective Courses (9 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

GEO411	Oceanography	Fall	click here	3
GEO402	Land Use	Fall Spring	click here	3
GEO341	Geo.of Population	Fall	click here	3
GEO231	Economic Geography	Fall	click here	3
GEO412	Geography of Arid Lands	Spring	click here	3
GEO431	Natural Hazards	Fall	click here	3
GEO443	Geography of Transportation	Fall Spring	click here	3

Cluster : Compulsory Courses (15 CH)

Course		Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours
You have to take tracks A and B.
A	You need to take only one course from the courses in this track.
	GEO400	Practicum	All		3
	GEO410	Research Seminar in GEO	All		3
B
	GEO413	Geomorphology	Fall Spring	click here	3
	GEO452	Climatology	Fall Spring	click here	3
	GEO462	Current Environmental Issues	Fall Spring	click here	3
	GEO211	Remote Sensing	All		3

Cluster : Geoinformatics (24 CH)

You have to take all of the following clusters.

Cluster : Elective Courses (9 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

GEO451	Digital Imaging Analysis	Fall		3
GEO443	Geography of Transportation	Fall Spring	click here	3
GEO413	Geomorphology	Fall Spring	click here	3
GEO402	Land Use	Fall Spring	click here	3
GEO382	Geography of Industry	Spring	click here	3
GEO351	Computer Maps	Fall	click here	3
GEO452	Climatology	Fall Spring	click here	3

Cluster : Compulsory Courses (15 CH)

Course		Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours
You have to take tracks A and B.
A	You need to take only one course from the courses in this track.
	GEO400	Practicum	All		3
	GEO410	Research Seminar in GEO	All		3
B
	GEO420	Cartography(2)	Fall Spring	click here	3
	GEO422	Geo. Information Systems(2)	Spring	click here	3
	GEO211	Remote Sensing	All		3
	GEO334	Spatial Analysis	Fall Spring		3

Cluster : Global &Regional Studies(24CH)

You have to take all of the following clusters.

Cluster : Elective Courses (9 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

GEO438	Regional & Urban Planning	Fall Spring		3
GEO443	Geography of Transportation	Fall Spring	click here	3
GEO461	Geography of Tourism	Fall		3
GEO412	Geography of Arid Lands	Spring	click here	3
GEO371	Geo. of Settlements	Fall		3
GEO333	Geography of the New World	Spring		3
GEO332	Geography of the Arab World	All		3
GEO341	Geo.of Population	Fall	click here	3

Cluster : Compulsory Courses (15 CH)

Course		Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours
You have to take tracks A and B.
A	You need to take only one course from the courses in this track.
	GEO400	Practicum	All		3
	GEO410	Research Seminar in GEO	All		3
B
	GEO334	Spatial Analysis	Fall Spring		3
	GEO231	Economic Geography	Fall	click here	3
	GEO432	Geography of the UAE	Fall Spring		3
	GEO471	Politcal Geography	Fall	click here	3

Cluster : Compulsory Courses (15 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

GEO201	Physical Geography	Fall Spring		3
GEO210	Human Geography	Fall Spring		3
GEO220	Principles of Cartography	Fall Spring		3
GEO221	Geographic Info. Systems (1)	Fall Spring		3
GEO200	World Regional Geography	Fall Spring	click here	3