Apr 16, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Geographic Information Systems

  
  • GIS 3398:Internship

    0 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1-9 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (GEOG 4405  or GEOG 4500 ) and permission of the GIS program director.
    A structured off-campus experience in a supervised setting that is related to the student’s major and career interests. Practical experience is combined with scholarly research under the guidance of GISc faculty and the internship supervisor. Sites must be selected in advance of the semester of the internship and must be approved by the director of the GISc program.

    Notes: Geography students seeking a B.A. in Geography need to take GEOG 3398.
  
  • GIS 4100:Directed Applied Research

    0 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1-6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (GEOG 3305  or GEOG 3315 ) and consent of instructor and chair
    This course offers students an opportunity to investigate geographically-oriented concepts and issues by assisting in faculty-led research or scholarship. Course content and instructional methodologies are identified by the faculty’s needs and expectations.

  
  • GIS 4415:Practicum in Geographic Information Systems

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (​​GEOG 4405  or GEOG 4500 ) and permission of the GIS program director.​
    This is a capstone course for the GIS Certificate Program and is designed to integrate students’ prior training in geospatial theory, technologies and/or data analyses through the use of geographic information systems in on-site work settings. Student experiences are applied in nature and are on campus or with selected private or public organizations in the community. Students find and obtain their own practicums, which require the program director’s approval.