Boulder,
CO,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Geography - Geographic Information Science in Boulder United States | University of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado Boulder
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Boulder United States
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
19,743
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
48 months
Geography examines human activities and their interaction with the natural environment. Its distinctive spatial viewpoint on both the natural world and human societies connects it to disciplines across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Geographers explore diverse phenomena and frequently collaborate in interdisciplinary groups to address environmental transformation, global progress, socioeconomic challenges, and resource management in our increasingly interconnected and complex global context.
This specialization focuses on techniques for gathering, analyzing, mapping, and presenting geographical information, methodologies, and results. Key areas encompass cartography, geographic information systems, remote sensing, and geography instruction. The program also emphasizes cultivating fundamental communication abilities—whether written, spoken, symbolic, or visual—that will prove valuable throughout a geographer's professional journey. Topics include quantitative approaches, cartographic design, computer-assisted mapping, digital geographic information systems, and analyzing environmental information through imagery captured from airborne and space-based sensors.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.5
Qualification Requirements
For review and decision purposes only, we will accept academic records unofficially from you. If you receive an admission decision and choose to attend CU Boulder, you will be expected to provide your final official transcripts. If you are admitted while still attending classes, your final academic records will be required upon completion of the course work or program. Academic records written in languages other than English must be accompanied by a literal certified English translation. If school policy provides that all transcripts are issued in English, a native language transcript is not required.
For your secondary school attendance (grade 9 through grades 11, 12 or 13): submit all official academic records, transcripts, marksheets, or grade reports, and any certificates (including I/GCSE, AS, A level, Indian exam certificates), degrees, diplomas, or statements of graduation or completion. If you are currently attending secondary school, send all available records at this time, including a list of your courses in progress.
TOEFL: 75
IELTS: 6.5
Duolingo: 120
Total scores must include a TOEFL writing subscore of 19 or higher or an IELTS writing subscore of 5.5 or higher. Scores may not be combined.
Tuition
USD
19,743