Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis Minor

Required core, 17 credits

• GEOG 276 - Introduction to Cartography: Map Conceptualization and Development 3 cr.
• GEOG 279 - Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems 2 cr.
• GEOG 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr.
• GEOG 379 - Remote Sensing II 3 cr.
• GEOG 476 - Geographic Information Systems I 3 cr.
• GEOG 479 - Geographic Information Systems II 3 cr.

Applied spatial statistics, 2-3 credits

Choose from:

• GEOG 376 - Statistical and Multimedia Cartography 3 cr.
• GEOG 390 - Applied Statistics in Geography 3 cr.
• WLDL 311 - Quantitative Methods for Wildlife and Fisheries Research and Management 3 cr.
• FOR 322 - Forest Mensuration 3 cr.
• courses approved by adviser and chair

Electives, 3 credits

Choose from:

• BIOL 306 - Ecological Methods 1 cr.
• GEOG 344 - Environmental Hazards 3 cr.
• GEOG 358 - Biogeography 3 cr.
• GEOG 376 - Statistical and Multimedia Cartography 3 cr. (if not applied to spatial statistics requirement)
• GEOG 382 - Dynamic Cartography 3 cr.
• GEOG 386 - Map Design and Production 3 cr.
• GEOG 471 - GIS and Geodesign for Sustainability and Resiliency 3 cr.
• GEOG 472 - GIS Environmental Modeling and Management Techniques 3 cr.
• GEOG 473 - GIS Applications for Managing Working Lands and Operations 3 cr.
• GEOG 480 - Internship in Geography 1-12 cr.
• GEOG 481 - GIS Database Design and Modeling 3 cr.
• GEOG 482 - GIS Programming and Customization 3 cr.
• GEOG 483 - GIS Applications in Emergency Management 3 cr.
• GEOG 484 - GIS Applications in Urban and Regional Planning 3 cr.
• GEOG 485 - Practicum in Geography 1-3 cr.
• GEOG 486 - GIS and GPS Applications in Forestry Management 3 cr.
• GEOG 487 - GIS Web Server Applications and Administration 3 cr.
• GEOG 488 - Mobile GIS Techniques 3 cr.
• GEOL 330 - Environmental Geology 3 cr.
• GEOL 495
• FOR 319 - Land Surveying 1 cr.
• FOR 320 - Field Experience in Forest Measurement 1 cr.
• FOR 321 - Forest Biometry 4 cr.
• FOR 385 - Applied Landscape Architecture 3 cr.
• NRES 385 - Field Techniques in Forestry, Soils, Water, and Wildlife 2 cr.
• SOIL 360 - Field Experience in Soil Inventory Methods 1 cr.
• SOIL 365 - Soil Survey Interpretations for Land Use Planning 3 cr.
• WATR 383 - Hydrogeology 3 cr.
• GEOL 383 - Hydrogeology 3 cr.
• WLDL 350 - Wildlife Management Techniques 3 cr.
• WDMD 110 - Introduction to Object-Oriented Computing 2 cr.
• WDMD 200 - Introduction to Computer Graphics 3 cr.
• WDMD 302 - Multimedia Authoring 4 cr.
• courses approved by adviser and chair

Note

Geography majors with the GIS and cartography option may choose the GISSA minor, but must take an additional 6 credits from electives above.