Program Overview

Program Overview

The university program is designed to cultivate high-quality talents with all-round development in morality, intelligence, and physique. The program aims to equip students with basic knowledge, fundamental theories, and skills in human geography and urban-rural planning.

Goals and Requirements for Major Training

Goals for Training

The program seeks to cultivate students who can master the basic knowledge, fundamental theories, and skills of human geography and urban-rural planning. Students should possess abilities to discover problems, analyze problems creatively, and solve problems. They should also have abilities of professional learning, interpersonal communication, and social adaptation.

Requirements for Training

Students in this major mainly study the fundamental theories and basic skills of geography and urban-rural planning. They should accept the scientific thinking of geography, urban-rural planning, and relevant skills, and master the collection, analysis, and application of regional social economic, resource, and environmental information.

Academic System and Degree

Implement Flexible Schooling

The basic system of this major is 4 years. Students can complete their studies within 3-7 years.

Degree Award

The student completes credits within the required flexible academic system and meets the requirements for degree award, granting a Bachelor of Science degree.

Graduation Requirements

The total credit for graduating is 164 credits, including:

• 98 credits for required courses
  • 38 credits for basic public platform courses
  • 35 credits for basic academic platform courses
  • 25 credits for professional basic platform courses
• 44 credits for elective courses
  • 36 credits for professional electives
  • 8 credits for public elective courses
• 22 credits for concentrated practical teaching links

Course Setting and Credit Assignment

The course setting and credit assignment are as follows:

• Basis Platform Class: 38 credits
• Subject Basic Platform Class: 35 credits
• Professional Basic Platform Class: 25 credits
• Total required course credits: 98 credits
• Major optional course credits: 36 credits
• Public optional course credits: 8 credits
• Total elective course credits: 44 credits
• Professional practice credits: 9 credits
• Graduation thesis (design) credits: 6 credits
• Special credit credits: 7 credits
• Total concentrated practical teaching credits: 22 credits

Main Subjects

The main subjects of the program are:

• Geography
• Urban-rural planning

Main Courses

The main courses of the program include:

• Human Geography
• Economic Geography
• Urban Geography
• Physical Geography
• Remote Sensing Image Processing
• GIS Software Application
• Quantitative Geography
• Regional Planning
• Urban Planning Principles
• Urban Detailed Planning
• Urban Master Planning
• Village Planning
• Urban Design
• Urban Planning Drawings