2007-2008 Undergraduate Academic Catalog - Plymouth State ...

Social Sciencecourse schedule. Courses required for the Option are shown inboldface. Course sequence is suggested but not required.Year OneCreditsEN 1200 Composition 3IS 1111 The First Year Seminar:critical Thinking and the Nature of Inquiry 3MA Mathematics Foundations 3GE 2001 Physical Geography 3GE 2002 Human Geography 3GE 2090 Computer Mapping (TECO) 3CTDI Creative Thought Directions 6PPDI Past and Present Directions 630Year TwoCreditsGE 3270 Introduction to Geographic InformationSystems 3SIDI Scientific Inquiry Directions 6–8SSDI Self and Society Directions 6DICO Diversity Connection 3GACO Global Awareness Connection 3QRCO Quantitative Reasoning in the Disciplineconnection 3electives 7–531Year ThreeCreditsField Course/Human Geography – complete two courses 6Regional Geography – complete two courses 6Group A – complete at least 15 credits, with a minimumof two courses in Geography 15–18elective 4–131Year FourCreditsGeography Information Systems – complete nine3000/4000 level credits 9INCO Integration Connection 3WECO Wellness Connection 3WRCO Writing in Discipline Connection 3electives 1230Total 122Nature and Heritage Tourism OptionThe world is filled with innumerable examples of remarkablenatural phenomena, as well as the artifacts and contemporaryproducts of cultural diversity. Each year millions of peopletravel for the purpose of appreciating natural features, historicsites, and cultural landscapes. This degree option is designedto heighten students’ knowledge of these phenomena and tohelp them comprehend the consequences of tourism. Whilethe Nature and Heritage Tourism Option focuses upon therelationship between the traveling public and the places that hostthem, its larger purpose is to foster greater understanding of theinterrelationship of the physical and cultural environments bymeans of academic courses with the Geography core.Degree RequirementsCreditsCourses required for the Option are shown in boldface.GE 2001 Physical Geography 3GE 2002 Human Geography 3GE 2090 Computer Mapping (TECO) 3GE 2730 Travel and Tourism (GACO) 3GE 3780 Nature and Heritage Tourism 3GE 3960 Internship 3–6Field Course/Human Geography – complete two of thefollowing: 6GE 3020 Cultural GeographyGE 3030 Urban GeographyGE 3040 Political GeographyRegional Geography – complete two of the following: 6GE 3470 Geography of AfricaGE 3630 Geography of Europe (WRCO)GE 3640 The United StatesGE 3650 Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific(GACO) (WRCO)GE 3660 Alaska and CanadaCulture/Heritage – complete two of the following: 6AN 3110 Cultural EcologyAN 3260 Historical ArchaeologyEN 4600 Travels (INCO)GE 3020 Cultural Geography(if not used to satisfy Human Geography)HI 3330 New Hampshire and New England HistoricalSitesSO 3350 Sociology of Popular CultureLocal Development – complete one of the following: 3AH 3450 Architects and Society Since 1900EPL 2100 Community PlanningGE 3030 Urban Geography (if not used to satisfyHuman Geography)GE 4750 Tourism DevelopmentSO 3100 Urban SociologyNature – complete one of the following: 3 or 4GE 3260 The Physical Geography of the National ParksNS 2100 Winter EcologyPopulation/Marketing – complete one of the following: 3BU 3320 E-CommerceBU 3340 Consumer BehaviorGE 3330 Population DynamicsGroup A – complete one of the following: 3AP 2010 Foundations of Adventure EducationBU 2450 Principles of Marketing200 Plymouth State University Academic Catalog 2007–2008