Develop professional skills in an emerging field
Do you wish to develop technical skills in a growing professional field? Would you like to acquire specialized training to meet current or future job requirements calling for GIS knowledge? If so, then consider adding a GIS & Technology minor to your degree program.
By using geographical data and today’s leading computer technology, students will learn to assemble, manipulate, analyze, and visualize spatial data in order to solve problems and make decisions. Students gain familiarity with cartography, spatial and statistical analysis, computer science, remote sensing, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and visualization.
Course Requirements
Minor Requirements (18 cr.)
- GC 225 Introduction to Maps (2 cr.)
- GC 335 Geographic Information Systems (4 cr.)
- GC 337 Cartographic Design (4 cr.) (formerly Computer Cartography)
- GC 425 Remote Sensing (4 cr.)
- GC 428 Spatial Analysis (4 cr.)
Elective courses (6 cr.)
Choose from the following:
- CN 254 Construction Survey and Layout (3 cr.)
- CS 101 Web Site Construction [INTT] (4 cr.)
- CS 120 Computer Science I [QUAR] (4 cr.)
- CS 122 Computer Science II (4 cr.)
- CS 201 Programming in C++ (3 cr.)
- CS 222 Data Structures (4 cr.)
- DD 100 Technical Drafting with Introduction to CAD (4 cr.)
- GC 412 Database Development (4 cr.)
- GC 431 Landscape Dynamics and Analysis (4 cr.)
- GC 491 Internship (2-6 cr.)