Minor in Geographic Information Science

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The minor in Geographic Information Science requires at least 21 semester hours of geography, of which at least 15 hours are not used to satisfy general education requirements and at least 12 hours are earned at Salisbury University. Geography majors are not eligible to receive a minor in Environmental/Land Use Planning. All courses applicable to the minor must be completed with grades of C or better.

Coursework Required:

Required courses:

• COSC 118 Introduction to Scientific Programming OR COSC 120 Computer Programming
• GEOG 319 Geographic Information Science
• GEOG 419 Advanced GIScience

Complete at least two courses from the following:

• GEOG 200 Applications in GIS
• GEOG 320 Cartographic Visualization
• GEOG 321 Remote Sensing of the Environment
• GEOG 335 Computer Cartography

Complete at least one course from the following: 

• ART 227 Computer Graphic Design
• COSC 220 Data Structures & Algorithms
• COSC 482 Computer Graphics
• INFO 211 Information Concepts for Management
• INFO 386 Database Management Systems