May 03, 2026

2026-27 Undergraduate Catalog

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2026-27 Undergraduate Catalog

Geographic Information Sciences (GIS) Major

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(36 Hours)

General Studies Program: Specialized Requirements

All students are required to complete the Troy University General Studies Program requirements. The major requires the selection of certain courses within the General Studies Program. For all other General Studies requirements, students may select from courses approved within the General Studies Program.

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 IV

LDR 1100 - Introduction to Leadership 3 Credit Hour(s)

Area V

CS 2210 - Applications of Computer Science 3 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)
GIS 2201 - Introduction to Spatial Computing using Python 3 Credit Hour(s)
Select any 3000-4000 level Geography course 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 courses 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 courses 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 4412 - Geography of Latin America 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 4426 - 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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