Possible future school schedule

I still haven't talked to anyone in the Geography department about this yet. I've been waiting for finals week to get over. I will try to get this done early next week. Anyway, I'm trying to see what my schedule might be if I decide to get the minor in Geology: Geographic Information Systems (GIS). There is a total of 29 credits for the minor, with 4 required classes and 3 electives from a list of 12 choices. The required classes are GEOG 210 Physical Geography or GEOG 230 Environment and Society (I'll be taking this one);GEOG 380 Maps and Geographic Information; GEOG 488 GIS I - Introduction; and GEOG 492 GIS II - Advanced. There are 4 of the electives that I'm interested in, but I only need 3 of them. I'm pretty sure I'll take GEOG 485 Map Design and Production and GEOG 495 Maps, Models, and GIS. I'm not sure which of these last two I should take - either GEOG 484 Cartographic Applications of GIS or GEOG 489 Building a GIS Database with GPS.

If I decide to go forward with this I will may have to take classes over both this summer and next. And I may have to take one final class in the fall of 2013. I'm pretty sure I'm going to take EC 312 Macroeconomics over this summer no matter what I decide. The class is only 4 weeks long (July 23 - August 19) but meets 4 times a week (MTWTh) from 9:15 - 11:35. That's a pretty compact schedule, but it's only one class. And that still gives me a month off before and 3 weeks after to be lazy and enjoy the summer.

So, the next 18 months might look something like this:

• Summer 2012 - EC 312
• Fall 2012 - GEOG 230, GEOG 380, EC 460
• Winter 2013 - GEOG 485, GEOG 488, 400-level EC (may not need this?) or cluster class (lots of choices)
• Spring 2013 - GEOG 484 or 489; GEOG 492, GEOG 495
• Summer 2013 - Senior capstone
• Fall 2013 - if earlier 400-level EC is required (see Winter 2013), then I will take the cluster class here

I should graduate with either 182 or 186 credits (180 min. required) with a major in economics and a minor in GIS.