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Northern Arizona University
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College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog Progression Plans are for planning purposesonly; see the catalog for official details.
Geographic Science and Community Planning, Bachelor of Science
Four Year Progression Plan Community Planning and Development - EmphasisCampus Availibility
- Flagstaff
Year 1
| Course # | Course Description | Units | Notes | ||
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| 1. | GSP130 | Mapping The World | 3 | ||
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Description: Engages students with the earth through map interpretation and emerging mapping technologies for applications in geography, location-based services, community planning, environmental management ,and land development. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Requirement Designation: Science and Applied Science Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Fall 2013 |
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| 2. | Choose one of the options below: | ||||
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| ENG105 | Critical Read/Writng In Univ | 4 | |||
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Description: Writing skills for completing university coursework. Fulfills the liberal studies requirement for English composition. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: ((English Placement Test Results (ACT 17+; Accuplacer WR 4-7; IELTS 6+; PLACE 30+; SATI 340+, TOEFL PB 525+/CB 193+/IB 70+)) or (Test Results (ACT < 7; AccuplacerWR < 4; PLACE 10; SATI < 340) and Corequisite: ENG 100)) Requirement Designation: Foundation Requirement Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| MAT114 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 | |||
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Description: Contemporary quantitative methods, especially descriptive statistics, elementary probability, examples of statistical inference, linear and exponential models of growth and decay, and applicable discrete models. Fulfills liberal studies foundation requirement. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: (MAT 102X with a grade of C or better) or Math Placement Test Results (ALEKS/MATHA 35+; MATHC 30+; PLACE 43+) or International Exchange Student Group Requirement Designation: Foundation Requirement Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 3. | LIBSTCOURSE | Liberal Studies Course | 3 | ||
| 4. | LIBSTCOURSE | Liberal Studies Course | 3 | ||
| 5. | GECOURSE | General Elective Course | 3 | ||
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| 1. | GSP150 | Physical Geography | 4 | ||
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Description: Studies the physical elements of the environment. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Requirement Designation: Science and Applied Science Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| ENG105 | Critical Read/Writng In Univ | 4 | |||
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Description: Writing skills for completing university coursework. Fulfills the liberal studies requirement for English composition. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: ((English Placement Test Results (ACT 17+; Accuplacer WR 4-7; IELTS 6+; PLACE 30+; SATI 340+, TOEFL PB 525+/CB 193+/IB 70+)) or (Test Results (ACT < 7; AccuplacerWR < 4; PLACE 10; SATI < 340) and Corequisite: ENG 100)) Requirement Designation: Foundation Requirement Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| MAT114 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 | |||
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Description: Contemporary quantitative methods, especially descriptive statistics, elementary probability, examples of statistical inference, linear and exponential models of growth and decay, and applicable discrete models. Fulfills liberal studies foundation requirement. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: (MAT 102X with a grade of C or better) or Math Placement Test Results (ALEKS/MATHA 35+; MATHC 30+; PLACE 43+) or International Exchange Student Group Requirement Designation: Foundation Requirement Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 3. | LIBSTCOURSE | Liberal Studies Course | 3 | ||
| 4. | LIBSTCOURSE | Liberal Studies Course | 3 | ||
| 5. | GECOURSE | General Elective Course | 1 | ||
Year 2
| Course # | Course Description | Units | Notes | ||
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| 1. | GSP201 | Communities, Planning & Change | 3 | ||
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Description: Urban planning, growth and land use; sustainability and the process of land use change and community development. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Requirement Designation: Social and Political Worlds Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Fall 2013 |
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| GSP240 | World Geography West | 3 | |||
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Description: Physical and cultural elements of Europe, Russia, and North and South America; areal distributions and factors influencing location, development, global processes, and international issues. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Requirement Designation: Social and Political Worlds Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| GSP241 | World Geography East | 3 | |||
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Description: Physical and cultural elements of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific regions; areal distributions and factors influencing location, development, global processes, and international issues. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Requirement Designation: Social & Political Worlds and Global Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 3. | LIBSTCOURSE | Liberal Studies Course | 4 |
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| 4. | LIBSTCOURSE | Liberal Studies Course | 3 | ||
| 5. | ENG205 | The Academic Writer's Workshop | 2 | ||
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Description: Reading and writing skills in response to academic texts. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: ENG 105 or HON 190 or HON 191 or English Placement Test Results (Accuplacer WR 8; PLACE 40+) or International Exchange Student Group Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 1. | GSP206 | Public Participation & Comm | 3 |
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Description: Gathering data and disseminating information using effective participation techniques, analysis, and appropriate communication. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Notes: offered in Spring Term ONLY |
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| 2. | LIBSTCOURSE | Liberal Studies Course | 3 | ||
| 3. | STA270 | Applied Statistics | 3 |
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Description: Graphical and quantitative description of data; binomial, normal, and t distributions; one- and two-sample hypothesis tests and confidence intervals; simple linear regression and correlation. Credit cannot be earned in both STA 270 and STA 275. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: MAT 102X or MAT 108 or MAT 114 or higher w/ grade of C or better or Math Placement Test Results (ALEKS/MATHA 40+; MATHC 40+; PLACE 46+) or International Exchange Student Group Requirement Designation: Science and Applied Science Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 Notes: Course may be multi-used as Science Applied Science or Math Foundation |
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| 4. | LIBSTCOURSE | Liberal Studies Course | 3 | ||
| 5. | LIBSTCOURSE | Liberal Studies Course | 3 | ||
Year 3
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| 1. | GSP303 | Design & Preservation | 3 |
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Description: Integrates historical patterns of land-use planning with contemporary urban design approaches and historic preservation concepts to collectively foster livable communities. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: GSP 201 Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Fall 2013 Notes: Offered in Fall Term ONLY |
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| 2. | GSP432 | Community And Urban GIS | 3 |
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Description: Use of basic desktop ESRI GIS and its application in planning or community situations. Includes hyper-linking, tabular data management, data presentation, and cartography, census data and introductory spatial and 3-Analyst. Co-convenes with GSP 532. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: GSP 371 Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Fall 2013 Notes: Offered Fall term ONLY |
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| 3. | GSP401 | Permitting And Review Process | 2 |
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Description: City- and county-level permit and review process for land-use planning. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: GSP 201 or International Exchange Student Group Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Notes: Offered in Fall Term ONLY |
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| 4. | GSP276 | Plan Sustainable Tourism | 3 |
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Description: Issues and methods in planning for tourism development from a sustainability perspective. Letter grade or pass-fail. Requirement Designation: Social and Political Worlds Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 Notes: Offered in Fall term ONLY |
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| 5. | GECOURSE | General Elective Course | 4 | ||
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| 1. | GSP371 | Urban Realm: Contexts/Landscps | 3 | ||
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Description: Spatial variations and patterns of urban, economic, technical activities and sustainability. Empirical and theoretical considerations of local and global city forms. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better |
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| 2. | GSP375W | Community & Global Analysis | 3 |
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Description: Emphasizes research methods and writing skills appropriate for geographic and community planning disciplines, while integrating local global perspectives of community development. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level requirement. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: Junior Status and (ENG 105 or HON 190 or English Placement Test Results (PLACE 60+)) Requirement Designation: Junior Writing Requirement Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Notes: Junior level Writing Requirement Offered in Spring term ONLY |
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| 3. | GSP406 | Data Anal & Digital Community | 3 |
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Description: The analysis of community planning data and their presentation for public meetings and online settings. Co-convenes with GSP 506. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: STA 270 or International Exchange Student Group Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Notes: Offered in Spring Term ONLY |
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| 4. | GSP389 | Cooperative Education | 3 |
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Description: Individualized preplanned cooperative employment experience related to your field of study or career objectives. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit. Fee required. Grade Required: Grade of "P" - "Pass" Notes: may substitute GSP 497, 485 or 408 with Faculty approval |
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| 5. | GECOURSE | General Elective Course | 3 | ||
Year 4
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| 1. | GSP402 | Environmental Impact Stmts | 3 |
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Description: Requirements and implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act, with emphasis on writing environmental assessments and impact statements. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: Junior Status or higher or International Exchange Student Group Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Fall 2013 Notes: Offered in Fall Term ONLY |
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| 2. | GSP421 | Land Use Law And Ethics | 3 |
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Description: Introduction to the legal and ethical aspects of public planning and land development in the U.S., including the law making processes, administrative systems and requirements, and judicial decisions that govern the planning, management, uses, and development of land. Co-convenes with GSP 521. Letter grade only. Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Fall 2013 Notes: Offered in Fall Term ONLY |
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| 3. | GSP389 | Cooperative Education | 3 |
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Description: Individualized preplanned cooperative employment experience related to your field of study or career objectives. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit. Fee required. Grade Required: Grade of "P" - "Pass" Notes: may substitute GSP 497, 485 or 408 with Faculty approval |
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| 4. | GECOURSE | General Elective Course | 3 | ||
| 5. | GECOURSE | General Elective Course | 3 | ||
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| 1. | GSP405C | Sr Project Planning & Devt | 4 |
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Description: Emphasizes the synthesis and practice of public planning through applied projects. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 8 units of credit. Course fee required. Prerequisite: GSP 401 Requirement Designation: Senior Capstone Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Notes: Offered in Spring Term ONLY Meets Senior Capstone requirement. Strongly suggest confirming with faculty the semester prior to taking this course. |
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| 2. | MAJORELECTIVE | Major Elective | 4 |
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Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Notes: Discuss course choice with faculty mentor |
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| 3. | GECOURSE | General Elective Course | 4 | ||
| 4. | GECOURSE | General Elective Course | 3 | ||
University Requirements Specified by Major
| University requirements includes 35 units of liberal studies and 6 units of diversity coursework. The courses listed below are required for the major, but may also be used to satisfy liberal studies and/or diversity. Know that if a course is used to satisfy more than one requirement it is only counted once in the cumulative totals. The sections that are blank can be satisfied with any course from the approved list of liberal studies or diversity. | |
| Foundation Requirements:English (FNRQ:ENG) (4 units) | ENG 105 (4) |
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| Foundation Requirements:Math (FNRQ:MAT) (3 units) | MAT 114 (3) |
| Aesthetic and Humanistic Inquiry (AHI) (6 units) | Student Choice (6) |
| Social and Political Worlds (SPW) (6 units) | Student Choice (6) |
| Cultural Understanding (CU) (6 units) | Student Choice (6) |
| Science/Applied Science (SAS/LAB) (7 units) | Student Choice (7) |
| Liberal Studies Elective (3 units) | Student Choice (3) |
| Diversity:U.S. Ethnic (DIV:ETHN) (3 units) | Student Choice (3) |
| Diversity:Global (DIV:GLBL) (3 units) | Student Choice (3) |
General Information
Progression Plans are intended to provide a general road map related to the sequencing of courses.
For a full description of degree requirements, review the Academic Catalog. To determine what requirements you may have already met through transfer credits, AP/IB courses, or test credits review your Academic Requirements, advisement report.
Some courses may have prerequisites and/or require appropriate placement scores in Mathematics and English. If you do not have the appropriate placement or prerequisite courses, you may have to take more courses than are presented on the Progression Plan.
Not all classes are offered every term so use caution when changing the sequencing of courses.
For further clarification, refer to the catalog (link provided at the top of this page) or speak with an academic advisor.
