2023-2024 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Geospatial Technology Minor
Provide core skills in GIS, digital image processing (remote sensing), and computer cartography. Emphasize environmental, business, urban planning, and community development applications. Prepare students for jobs in the private and the public sectors as well as for graduate school.
Requirements for a Minor in Geospatial Technology
Complete three core courses and any four of the electives listed as follows.
Required Courses
Nine credits are required, including:
- GPY 200 - Computer Cartography (3 credits)
- GPY 307 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
- GPY 370 - Introduction to Remote Sensing (3 credits)
Electives Courses
Take any four of the following:
- CIS 160 - Learn to Code in Python (3 credits)
- CIS 162 - Computer Science I (4 credits)
- CIS 233 - Concepts of Database Systems (3 credits)
- CIS 260 - Application Development in Visual Basic (4 credits)
- GEO 425 - GIS Applications in Geology (3 credits)
- GPY 365 - GIS for Economic and Business Decision-Making (3 credits)
- GPY 385 - GIS in Urban and Regional Analysis (3 credits)
- GPY 407 - Advanced GIS (4 credits)
- GPY 470 - Digital Image Processing (3 credits)
- NRM 250 - Natural Resource Measurements and Mapping (3 credits)
- NRM 405 - GIS Applications in Natural Resources (3 credits)
- NRM 450 - Applied Spatial Analysis of Natural Resources (3 credits)