Geospatial Information Science...

Geospatial Information Science Minor

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Investigate the interrelationships between human behavior and the planet.

In the geospatial information science minor, you will analyze the processes that shape the earth’s surface, including weather systems, climate, landforms, and hydrology, and you will explore social processes such as globalization, demographics, urbanization, and cultural identities. Learn geospatial technologies like cartography, remote sensing, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and put theory into practice through hands-on experimentation and research alongside your professors in our GIS and earth science laboratories and in the field.

Explore sample courses in this program.

GE-102 Human Geography

Introduction to human geography, emphasizing globalization, human-environment relations, and spatial patterns of population, development, economics, politics, urbanization, and culture.
3 credits

UR-101 Introduction to Urban Studies

A broad contextual overview of urban life that examines from a systems perspective the relationship of man and his environment.
3 credits

GS-165 Geographic Information Systems I

Introduction to the use of geospatial technologies including geographic information systems and GPS.
4 credits

GS-217 Spatial Data Methods

Introduction to the methods used in GIS programming and quantitative geospatial analysis.
3 credits

GS-218 Introduction to Remote Sensing

Introduction to the use and analysis of remotely sensed images such as aerial photographs and satellite imagery.
3 credits

GS-318 Geographic Information Systems II

Advanced production of digital choropleth maps on PCs using a GIS vector-oriented software.
3 credits

GS-328 Digital Landscape Analysis

Computer-based methods of representing, storing, and analyzing landscape features. Explores technologies such as LiDAR and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for gathering landscape data and the use of geospatial tools to analyze and represent landscape features. 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of lab.
4 credits

GS-348 Fundamentals of Earth Data Analytics

The theory and practice of data analytics using remote sensing and in-situ earth observations and communicating the science.
4 credits

GS-410 Independent Study: Geography

Opportunity for advanced students to pursue a topic of special interest involving extensive reading, experimentation, and research.
1 to 4 credits

EV-307 American Public Lands: Environmental Issues

Exploration of the environmental management issues on US public lands such as national parks, national forests, and BLM lands.
3 credits

EV-420 Advanced Geoscience Research and Fieldwork

Lab- and or field-based research on a specific geoscience topic under supervision of a faculty member.
1 to 6 credits

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