Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis Minor

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This minor is administered by the Department of Geography and Geology .

Consists of at least 22 credits:

Required core, 17 credits

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.