Geographic Information Science and Technology, BS

1. General education requirements including the course listed below - 40 s.h.

(For information about courses that carry general education credit view the General Education Program  section.)

• MATH 1065 - College Algebra

2. Common core - 25 s.h.

• GEOG 2400 - Spatial Data Analysis
• GEOG 2410 - Fundamentals of GIS
• GEOG 3420 - Remote Sensing of the Environment I
• GEOG 3430 - Geographic Information Systems I
• GEOG 3450 - Introduction to the Global Positioning System
• GEOG 3460 - GIS Applications Programming
• GEOG 4410 - Advanced Cartographic Design and Production
• GEOG 4430 - Geographic Information Systems II
• GEOG 4999 - Geography Professional Seminar

3. GIS electives - 12 s.h.

(Choose from the following.)

• GEOG 4340 - GIS for Health Studies
• GEOG 4420 - Remote Sensing II
• GEOG 4440 - Coastal Applications of GIS
• GEOG 4450 - GIScience, Society and Technology
• GEOG 4460 - Digital Terrain Analysis
• GEOG 4540 - Coastal Storms
• GEOG 4491 - Supervised Study in Geographic Techniques
• GEOG 4492 - Supervised Study in Geographic Techniques
• GEOG 4493 - Supervised Study in Geographic Techniques
• GEOG 4580 - Radar and Satellite Meteorology
• GEOG 4801 - Geographic Internship
• GEOG 4802 - Geographic Internship
• GEOG 4803 - Geographic Internship

4. Environmental and human geography - 9 s.h.

(Choose from the following courses. A minimum of 3 s.h. must be above 2999.)

• GEOG 1000 - People, Places, and Environments
• GEOG 1250 - Water in the Environment
• GEOG 1300 - Weather and Climate
• GEOG 2003 - Geography of the Global Economy
• GEOG 2019 - Geography of Recreation
• GEOG 2250 - Earth Surface Systems
• GEOG 2300 - Environment and Society
• GEOG 2350 - Climate Change: Science and Society
• GEOG 2510 - Physical Meteorology and Thermodynamics
• GEOG 3001 - Historical Geography of the United States
• GEOG 3003 - Political Geography
• GEOG 3004 - Urban Geography
• GEOG 3049 - Latin America
• GEOG 3050 - Africa
• GEOG 3051 - Asia
• GEOG 3055 - North Carolina
• GEOG 3220 - Soil Properties, Surveys, and Applications
• GEOG 3230 - Global Climates
• GEOG 3250 - Environmental Hazards
• GEOG 4210 - Fluvial and Hydrological Processes
• GEOG 4220 - Coastal Geography
• GEOG 4230 - Earth Surface Processes
• GEOG 4250 - Environmental Impact Analysis
• GEOG 4270 - Water Resources Management and Planning
• GEOG 4310 - Geography of Transportation and Trade
• GEOG 4315 - Geographic Images
• GEOG 4320 - Gender, Environment, and Development
• GEOG 4325 - Resources, Population, and Development
• GEOG 4330 - Agricultural Geography
• GEOG 4335 - Geography of Tourism
• GEOG 4345 - Human Migration and Global Restructuring
• GEOG 4360 - Geographies of Global Climate and Environmental Change
• GEOG 4510 - Meteorological Instruments and Observations
• GEOG 4530 - Micrometeorology
• GEOG 4590 - Tropical Meteorology
• GEOG 5281 - Selected Topics in Physical Geography
• GEOG 5282 - Selected Topics in Physical Geography
• GEOG 5283 - Selected Topics in Physical Geography
• GEOG 5393 - Seminar in Human Geography
• PLAN 1900 - Sustainable Cities

5. Cognates - 9 s.h.

(Choose from the following.)

• CSCI 1000 - Explorations in Computing
• CSCI 1003 - Explorations in Computing Lab
• CSCI 1010 - Algorithmic Problem Solving
• CSCI 1011 - Algorithmic Problem Solving Lab
• CSCI 2400 - Discrete Structures I
• CSCI 2405 - Discrete Structures II
• CSCI 3700 - Database Management Systems
• GEOG 2003 - Geography of the Global Economy
• ICTN 1500 - Information and Computer Technology Fundamentals
• ICTN 1501 - Information and Computer Technology Fundamentals Laboratory
• ICTN 2154 - Digital Communication Systems
• ICTN 2155 - Digital Communication Systems Laboratory
• ICTN 2158 - Computer Networking Technology
• ICTN 2159 - Computer Networking Technology Laboratory
• ICTN 2510 - Network Environment I
• ICTN 2511 - Network Environment I Laboratory
• ICTN 2530 - Network Environment II
• ICTN 2531 - Network Environment II Laboratory
• ICTN 2900 - Fundamental Network Security
• ICTN 2901 - Fundamental Network Security Laboratory
• ICTN 3540 - Network Environment III
• ICTN 3541 - Network Environment III Laboratory
• MATH 1066 - Applied Mathematics for Decision Making
• MATH 1083 - Introduction to Functions
• MATH 2119 - Elements of Calculus
• MATH 2427 - Discrete Mathematical Structures

6. Electives to complete requirements for graduation - 25 s.h.