Department of Physical Science

Geographic Information Systems Emphasis Requirements

Course Number and Title

Credits

Required Foundation Courses (13 hours)
The following courses must be completed or signature approval:
(1) MATH 1040 or equivalent (can be taken as General Education)
4
(2) CSIS 1000 or equivalent computer literacy (can be taken as General Education)
3
(3) )CSIS 1400 or equivalent programming experience
3
(4) CSIS 3200 or equivalent database experience or approved substitution course
3
GIS Certificate Requirements (20 hours):
GEOG 2900 GPS Theory, Techniques and Methods
2
GEOG 3500 Intro to Cartography
3
GEOG 3505 Intro to Cartography Lab
1
GEOG 3550 Principles of GIS
3
GEOG 3555 Principles of GIS Lab
2
GEOG 4150 Advance GIS Analysis Methods Lab
3
GEOG 4500 GIS Research Project (Capstone)
3
Choose One of The Following:
*GEOG 4890 GIS Internship
3
*GEOG 3990 Undergraduate Research in Geography/GIS
3
CSIS 1410 Object-Oriented Programming
3
Elective Requirements (6 hours)
(1) Additional elective credit hours are required to complete the GIS emphasis.  Elective course work should relate to an application area of GIS and must be approved before the course is taken.  Ideally, these elective courses should be taken after the core GIS course work and should focus on an applied component of GIS.  Instructor approval is required.  (2) A grade of "C" (2.0 or above) or better must be earned in each course requried for the major.
Total Credits
     39
Geography Education Minor (20 credit hours)   

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