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.
Requirements
Students electing this minor must complete at least fifteen credits from the following:
Course List
Course |
Title |
Credits |
GEOG 2500 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 4 |
1 | 3 |
| Applications of Geographic Information Systems | |
| Introduction to GeoComputing | |
| 3 |
| Geographic Data Analysis | |
| Remote Sensing of Marine Geography | |
| Cartographic Techniques | |
| Introduction to Spatial Data Science | |
| Internship in Geography: Field Study 2 | |
| Internship in Geography: Seminar 2 | |
| Special Topics 2 | |
| Independent Study 2 | |
| Geographical Analysis of Transportation | |
| GIS and Remote Sensing for Geoscience Applications | |
| Web GIS | |
| Fundamentals of Spatial Database Systems | |
| Mobile GIS | |
| Spatial Big Data Analytics | |
| 3 |
Only two courses in the GIS minor may also be used in the GEOG major.
The minor is offered by the Geography Department.