The minor consists of courses that provide a strong introduction to the field of Geographic Information Science – the acquisition, evaluation, modeling and analysis of geospatial data.

The minor is offered by the Geography Department.

Requirements

Students electing this minor must complete at least fifteen credits from the following:

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
Required Courses
GSCU 2500	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	4
Select at least three credits from the following: 1		3
GSCU 2505	Applications of Geographic Information Systems
GSCU 3530	Introduction to GeoComputing
GEOG Methods
Select at least three elective credits from the following:		3
GSCU 3430	GIS and Remote Sensing for Geoscience Applications
GSCU 3500Q	Geographic Data Analysis
GSCU 3505	Remote Sensing of Marine Geography
GSCU 3510	Cartographic Techniques
GSCU 3512	Introduction to Spatial Data Science
GSCU 4515	Web GIS
GSCU 4516	Fundamentals of Spatial Database Systems
GSCU 4518	Mobile GIS
GSCU 4519	Spatial Big Data Analytics
GSCU 4981	Internship: Field Study 2
GSCU 4991	Internship: Seminar 2
GSCU 4995	Special Topics 2
GSCU 4999	Independent Study 2
Additional Courses
At least three additional credits from either the list of GSCU classes in the previous two points or the list of approved, related classes associated with the GIS Major		3

¹

Students are encouraged to take both.

²

Requires permission of the undergraduate advisor or department head.

Only two courses in the GIS minor may also be used in the GEOG major.