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UWM Geography Department or Administration
Program Associate Niko Papakis
Profile: Niko Papakis
Email: npapakis@uwm.edu
Quick Links
Undergraduate Program Overview & Application
Undergraduate program: https://uwm.edu/geography/undergraduate/
Declaration of Major or Minor
Declare Geography as a major: https://uwm.edu/geography/undergraduate/declare-a-major-in-geography/
Declare Geography as a minor: https://uwm.edu/geography/undergraduate/declare-a-minor-in-geography-or-gis/
Declare Geographic Information Science (GIS) as a minor: https://uwm.edu/geography/undergraduate/declare-a-minor-in-geography-or-gis/
Graduate Program Overview & Admission
Graduate program: https://uwm.edu/geography/graduate/
Geography Courses Offered:
Fall 2022 GEOG Courses
Course Code | Course Title and Section Details |
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GEOG 120 | Our Physical Environment |
GEOG 140 | Our Urban Environment: Introduction to Urban Geography |
GEOG 199 | Independent Study |
GEOG 215 | Introduction to Geographic Information Science |
GEOG 247 | Quantitative Analysis in Geography |
GEOG 289 | Internship in Geography, Lower Division |
GEOG 296 | UROP Apprenticeship |
GEOG 304 | Human Impact on the Environment |
GEOG 306 | Natural Hazards |
GEOG 309 | Nationalities and Nations of the World |
GEOG 310 | General Climatology |
GEOG 350 | Conservation of Natural Resources |
GEOG 441 | Geography of Cities and Metropolitan Areas |
GEOG 441G | Geography of Cities and Metropolitan Areas |
GEOG 450 | Climates of the Past and Climate Change |
GEOG 450G | Climates of the Past and Climate Change |
GEOG 464 | Environmental Problems |
GEOG 464G | Environmental Problems |
GEOG 489 | Internship in Geography, Upper Division |
GEOG 525 | Geographic Information Science |
GEOG 540 | Globalization and the City |
GEOG 540G | Globalization and the City |
GEOG 625 | Intermediate Geographic Information Science |
GEOG 696 | Independent Work in Physical Geography |
GEOG 698 | GIS/Cartography Internship |
GEOG 699 | Independent Work |
GEOG 726 | Geographic Information Science |
GEOG 798 | GIS/Cartography Internship |
GEOG 826 | Intermediate Geographic Information Science |
GEOG 834 | GIS and Society |
GEOG 870 | Contemporary Geographic Approaches: |
GEOG 888 | Candidate for Degree |
GEOG 889 | Internship in Geography |
GEOG 890 | Research and Master Thesis |
GEOG 990 | Research and Doctoral Dissertation |
GEOG 999 | Independent Work |
Spring 2023 GEOG Courses
Course Code | Course Title and Section Details |
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GEOG 105 | Introduction to Human Geography |
GEOG 114 | Geography of Race in the United States |
GEOG 120 | Our Physical Environment |
GEOG 125 | Introduction to Environmental Geography |
GEOG 199 | Independent Study |
GEOG 215 | Introduction to Geographic Information Science |
GEOG 289 | Internship in Geography, Lower Division |
GEOG 296 | UROP Apprenticeship |
GEOG 306 | Natural Hazards |
GEOG 330 | Europe: East and West |
GEOG 340 | Biogeography |
GEOG 350 | Conservation of Natural Resources |
GEOG 381 | Honors Seminar: |
GEOG 403 | Remote Sensing: Environmental and Land Use Analysis |
GEOG 464 | Environmental Problems |
GEOG 464G | Environmental Problems |
GEOG 489 | Internship in Geography, Upper Division |
GEOG 496 | UROP Apprenticeship, Upper Level |
GEOG 525 | Geographic Information Science |
GEOG 547 | Spatial Analysis |
GEOG 600 | Perspectives on Geography |
GEOG 696 | Independent Work in Physical Geography |
GEOG 698 | GIS/Cartography Internship |
GEOG 699 | Independent Work |
GEOG 704 | Remote Sensing: Environmental and Land Use Analysis |
GEOG 726 | Geographic Information Science |
GEOG 747 | Spatial Analysis |
GEOG 798 | GIS/Cartography Internship |
GEOG 804 | Advanced Remote Sensing |
GEOG 888 | Candidate for Degree |
GEOG 889 | Internship in Geography |
GEOG 890 | Research and Master Thesis |
GEOG 905 | Seminar: Selected Topics in Geography: |
GEOG 990 | Research and Doctoral Dissertation |
GEOG 999 | Independent Work |