Mar 02, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Geographic Information Sciences (GIS) Major

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(36 Hours)

Specialized General Studies Requirements

Area II

COM 2241 - Fundamentals of Speech 3 Credit Hour(s)

Area III

MTH 1114 - Pre-Calculus Trigonometry 3 Credit Hour(s)
SCI 2233 - Physical Science 3 Credit Hour(s)
SCI L233 - Physical Science Lab 1 Credit Hour(s)

Area V

IS 2241 - Computer Concepts and Applications 3 Credit Hour(s)
TROY 1101 - The University Experience 1 Credit Hour(s)
STAT 2210 - Introductory Statistics 3 Credit Hour(s)
BIO 1120 - Survey of Environmental Sciences 3 Credit Hour(s)
BIO L120 - Survey of Environmental Sciences Lab 1 Credit Hour(s)
CS 3310 - Foundations of Computer Science 3 Credit Hour(s)
SS 3375 - Research Methods in the Social Sciences 3 Credit Hour(s)

Major Requirements

GIS 3301 - Cartography & Geovisualization 3 Credit Hour(s)
GIS 3305 - Spatial Information and Analysis 3 Credit Hour(s)
GIS 3310 - Introduction to Remote Sensing 3 Credit Hour(s)
GIS 3390 - Fundamentals of Geographic Information and Analysis 3 Credit Hour(s)
GIS 3391 - Application of Geospatial Information Sciences 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 3300 - Principles of Physical Geography 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 3301 - Principles of Cultural Geography 3 Credit Hour(s)

Select one of the following:

GIS 4490 - GIS Senior Project 3 Credit Hour(s)
GIS 4499 - GIS Internship 3 Credit Hour(s)

Select one of the following concentrations:

Geographic Information Sciences (GIS) Concentration

GIS 4401 - Spatial Database Design and Management 3 Credit Hour(s)
GIS 4405 - Spatial Modeling and Programming 3 Credit Hour(s)
GIS 4415 - Advanced Geospatial Technologies 3 Credit Hour(s)
GIS 4420 - Web Based GIS/ Spatial Data Applications 3 Credit Hour(s)

Geography Concentration

Select two course from the following courses:

GEO 3350 - Weather and Climate 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 4402 - Political Geography 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 4403 - Conservation 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 4406 - Urbanism 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 4411 - Population and Society 3 Credit Hour(s)

Select two course from the following Regional Geography course:

GEO 3306 - Geography of Asia 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 3307 - Geography of Europe 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 3312 - Geography of Latin America 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 3326 - Geography of the Russian Realm 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 3331 - Geography of the Middle East and North Africa 3 Credit Hour(s)

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