Geographic Information Systems

Students in the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) minor learn to store, analyze and display spatially oriented data to improve decision-making. Environmental scientists use GIS for applications such as environmental impact analysis, hydrological modeling and biodiversity studies.

Required Common Core Courses (38-39 credits)

Level L1 Data Science Foundation

• MAT 243 Calculus I with Technology
  or MAT 195 Calculus for Business/BIS/Economics
• MAT 216 Statistical Data Analysis
  or ECO 215 Statistics for Business/Economics
  or MAT 315 Applied Probability and Statistics
  (or an approved statistics course)
• MAT 342 Explorations in Data Science
• CSC 202 Introduction to Programming and Machine Intelligence
• CSC 203 Advanced Programming for Data Science
• BUS 205 Information Management
• BUS/BIS 305 Business Analytics
• EES 300 Introduction to GIS
• EES 301 Introduction to GIS Laboratory

Level L2 Database Course

• CSC 341 Database and Information Management
  or BIS 373 Business Database Management

Level L3 Data Mining/Analytics

• MAT 343 Explorations in Data Analytics
  or CSC 305 Data Mining and Applications
  or BIS 447 Business Intelligence

Level L4 Stage 2 Writing

• BIS 449 Data Visualization

Level L5 Capstone, Stage 3 Writing, Tier III

• BIS 377 Organizational Website & Database Management
  or CSC 450 Senior Research
  or LAP 430 Liberal Arts Capstone Colloquium
  or other “approved TIII & W3” courses

B.S. Degree with Concentration in Geographic Information Systems (Total: 53–54 credits)

Core plus Required Courses (9 credits)

• EES 342 Advanced Geographic Information Systems with Laboratory
• EES 444 Geospatial Applications Using Remote Sensing       
• EES 480/EES 491 Independent Study/Internship in EES with GIS Applications

Electives (6–7 credits)

Select two (unique from core):

• CSC 210/CSC 231 Computer Science and Programming I and II
• CSC 212 Computer Game Design And Visualization
• CSC 305 Data Mining and Applications
• CSC 314 Introduction to Bioinformatics
• MAT 315 Applied Probability and Statistics
• Other approved courses