Geomatics, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Option, BS

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Degree Requirements

A minimum of 180 term hours must be completed for the GIS option, of which 80 term hours must be in the GIS and geomatics area. A minimum of 181 term hours must be completed for the GIS option, of which 74 term hours must be in the GIS and geomatics area.

Curriculum

This map shows required courses for the degree and recommended terms to take each course (the term sequence is subject to change depending on transfer courses, AP/IB/CLEP credit, and course availability).

Degree Required courses and recommended terms during which they should be taken:

Freshman Year

Sophomore Year

Fall

GIS 306 - Geospatial Raster Analysis Credit Hours: 4
GME 241 - Boundary Law I Credit Hours: 3
MATH 252 - Integral Calculus Credit Hours: 4
MIS 118 - Intro to Programming in C# Credit Hours: 4

Winter

GIS 316 - Geospatial Vector Analysis I Credit Hours: 4
GME 242 - Land Descrip & Cadastre Credit Hours: 2
MATH 254 - Vector Calculus I Credit Hours: 4
MIS 218 - Intermediate Programming in C# Credit Hours: 4

Spring

BUS 226 - Business Law Credit Hours: 3
MATH 361 - Statistical Methods I Credit Hours: 4
MGT 345 - Engineering Economy Credit Hours: 3
SPE 111 - Public Speaking Credit Hours: 4
Social Science Elective Credit Hours: 3

Junior Year

Fall

GIS 332 - Customizing the GIS Environ I Credit Hours: 4
SPE 321 - Small Group/Team Comm Credit Hours: 3
PHY 221 - General Physics w/Calculus Credit Hours: 4
WRI 227 - Technical Report Writing Credit Hours: 4

Winter

GIS 435 - Remote Sensing II Credit Hours: 4
MIS 341 - Relational Database Design I Credit Hours: 4
PHY 222 - General Physics w/Calculus Credit Hours: 4
Math Elective Credit Hours: 3 ^a

Spring

GIS 426 - Geospatial Vector Analysis II Credit Hours: 4
MIS 442 - Adv Database App Programming Credit Hours: 4
Humanities Elective Credit Hours: 3
Social Science Elective Credit Hours: 3

Senior Year

Fall

BUS 304 - Engineering Management Credit Hours: 3
GIS 446 - GIS Database Development Credit Hours: 2
GME 425 - Remote Sensing Credit Hours: 4
GME 451 - Geodesy Credit Hours: 4
Social Science Elective Credit Hours: 3

Winter

GME 452 - Map Projections Credit Hours: 3
GME 455 - GNSS Surveying for GIS Credit Hours: 4
Humanities Elective Credit Hours: 3
Science Elective Credit Hours: 4

Spring

GME 468 - Geomatics Practicum Credit Hours: 2
WRI 327 - Advanced Tech Writing Credit Hours: 3
Business Elective Credit Hours: 3 (upper-division) ^b
Humanities Elective Credit Hours: 3
Science Elective Credit Hours: 4

Note:

Humanities and Social Science Electives must be approved by the department.

Total for a B.S. in Geomatics, Geographic Information Systems Option: 180 Credit Hours

^a Students must demonstrate advancement in educational content, courses must not be lower level than courses in the required curriculum. MATH 341 or MATH 362 recommended
^b BUS 356 recommended