BUSINESS
GEOGRAPHY
Winter 2007 Guest Speaker
Dr. Steve Laposa
Business
Geography includes contemporary corporate real estate location analysis
for marketing,
strategic management, spatial economics, and urban planning - its all about
business decisions for location, location, location
The
business geography "stream" is housed entirely within the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and benefits from access to the superior
technology of the Geospatial Computer Laboratory facilities of the Department
of Geography
The Business Geography stream is supervised by Professor Grant Ian Thrall. Dr. Thrall is Member of the Academic Board of the Appraisal Institute, Member of the Board of Directors of the American Real Estate Society, and former co-editor of the Journal of Real Estate Literature. More on Dr. Thrall at here. See here for an interview with Dr. Thrall in the January 2006 issue of Florida Trend Magazine, who referred to him as "Dr. Location."
course
stream for advisement purposes
(Web
page last revision, November 03, 2007)
| Grant Ian Thrall Ph.D. | Professor,
Department of Geography, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Affiliate, Miller Center For Retail, Department of Marketing, College of Business |
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Hours Spring: Tuesday period 4 (10:00 - 10:40), Thursday period 5 (10:00 - 10:40) and by appointment & email |
Office
Hours Fall: Tuesday period 4 (10:40 - 11:30), Thursday period 7 (2:00 - 3:00), and by appointment & email |
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www.clas.ufl.edu/users/thrall/ Office: 3121 Turlington Hall |
E-mail: thrall@ufl.edu |
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NEW - As of January 2007, the Department of Geography offers the Certificate In Business Geography Certificate
Requirements are online at NEW
- Bachelor of Arts
in Business Administration Information
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Business Geography students are advised to obtain a minor in a program offered in the College of Business Administration, Urban Planning in the College of Architecture, or other relevant field on a case by case basis. Students majoring in a business subject, urban planning, or other related field are welcome and encouraged to pursue a minor in geography including completing the stream of courses in Business Geography. |
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M.S. Concentration in Applications of Geographic Technologies With Emphasis In Business Geography Admission Requirements: Undergraduate Grade Point Average (UGPA) above 3.0 and combined GRE scores of 1000 points in verbal and quantitative sections. The M.S. concentration in "Applications of Geographic Technologies" meets the university, college and departmental standards which are: A minimum of thirty credit hours. At least 50% of courses must be in geography at no lower than the 5000 level At least 6 credit hours at the 5000 level or above in a related minor. Written thesis describing a practical application project. Registration for a minimum of 3 hours of GEO 6971 in the semester of defense. Curriculum:: It is expected that the candidates for an M.S. with concentration in Geographic Technologies will complete the course work and defend their theses within 4 to 5 full-time semesters. During this period students will enroll in the following courses: Courses required of all master’s students in geography: (4 credits)
Additional Geography Courses: Advanced Quantitative Methods (GEO 5166C.3)
Concentration
in Business Geography / Geography Major / Business Minor The University has a minor in Geography: http://www.geog.ufl.edu/undergrad/minor.html FORTUNATELY, students interested in merging the two fields of geography and business can substitute the Business Geography core curriculum for the general geography classes. Note: your transcripts will show the Business Geography courses by name, but will only declare Geography (not Business Geography) as your major or minor.
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