Undergraduate students have the option of completing a Certificate or Minor in Geospatial Information Science (GIScience).
Certificate in Geospatial Information Science
An undergraduate Certificate in GIScience consists of a minimum of 18 hours in courses designated as GIScience. Students must take courses from at least two different departments. Either GEO 426 Principles of GIS (cross-listed as ANT402) or NRE 423 GIS and Data Systems is required; students are encouraged to take both. Students must have a B (3.0) average in their GIScience courses and no grade below a C (2.0) in their GIScience courses to earn the certificate. Students may not earn a GIScience minor and a GIScience undergraduate certificate.
Download the Undergraduate Certificate Completion Form (.docx)
Minor in Geospatial Information Science
An undergraduate Minor in GIScience consists of a minimum of 18 hours in courses designated as GIScience. Students must take courses from at least two different departments. Either GEO 426 Principles of GIS (cross-listed as ANT402) or NRE 423 GIS and Data Systems is required; students are encouraged to take both. Students must have a B (3.0) average in their GIScience courses and no grade below a C (2.0) in their GIScience courses to earn the minor. Students may not earn a GIScience minor and a GIScience undergraduate certificate.
Undergraduate GIScience Courses
- BSC 410/PS 410 Remote Sensing with GIS Applications (4 credit hours)
- BSC 410/PS 411 Digital Image Processing and GIS Modeling (4 hrs.)
- CE 241 Introduction to Geomatics (3 hrs.)
- CIT 365 Database Information Management (3 hrs.)
- *GEO 110 Basic GIS (1 hr.)
- *GEO 111 Air Photos and Satellite Imagery (1 hr.)
- *GEO 112 Introduction to GPS (1 hr.)
- GEO 113 Web GIS (1 hr.)
- GEO 223 Digital Earth (4 hrs.)
- *GEO 423 Cartography and GIS (3 hrs.)
- *GEO 426 Principles of GIS (4 hrs.)
- *GEO 427 Programming GIS (4 hrs.)
- *GEO 429 Location Analysis and GIS (4 hrs.)
- *GEO 430 Environmental Raster GIS (4 hrs.)
- *GEO 431 Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry (3 hrs.)
- GEO 432 Enterprise GIS (3 hrs.)
- GEO 433 GPS and Mobile Geospatial Technologies (3 hrs.)
- *GEO 434 Flood Hazards and GIS (3 hrs.)
- *GEO440 Spatial Statistics and GIS (4 hrs.)
- *GEO 490 Internship (1-6 hrs.; must be GIScience approved in advance)
- GLY 212 Geological Field Mapping (2 hrs.)- Sanderson syllabus
- IST 150 Spreadsheet and Database Principles. (3 hrs.)
- NRE 322 Terrestrial Systems (4 hrs.)
- NRE 323 Aquatic Ecology (4 hrs.)
- NRE 423 GIS and Integrated Data Systems (3 hrs.)
- IST 428 CAD and Terra Modeling (3 hrs.)
- IST 470 Internship (1-4 hrs.; must be GIScience approved in advance)
- IST 491 Senior Project II (3 hrs.; must be GIScience approved by adviser to qualify)
- MIS 340 Database Management Systems (3 hrs.)
- NRRM 433 GIS and Remote Sensing in Natural Resources (3 hrs.)
- Special Topics courses as approved by the GIScience Curriculum Committee
- Independent Study courses as approved by the your GIScience advisor
*Also available as an online course.