Geographic Information Science, Thesis Option M.S.

CIP: 450702

Completion of 30 hours of approved graduate credit (courses numbered 500 or above) is required. Fifteen hours must be 600-level or above. A maximum of six advisor-approved hours may be taken outside the department. A thesis is required for this option.

Requirements

Prerequisite Course (exam to test out)

GEOG 32545

Principles of GIS

3

Required Core Courses

GEOG 32543	Applications of Remotely Sensed Data	3
GEOG 32580	Spatial Analysis and Geostatistics	3
GEOG 32582	Cartographic Design and Visualization	3
GEOG 32601	GIScience Research Seminar	3
GEOG 32650	GIS Database Design	3

Electives (Choose 12 hours)

GEOG 32611	Special Topics in Geographic Information Science	1 to 3
GEOG 32620	GIS Theory and Research	3
GEOG 32630	Raster-based GIS and Modeling	3
GEOG 32641	Geoprocessing with Python	3
GEOG 32642	Internet GIS	3
GEOG 32655	GIS Project Management	3
GEOG 32660	Trends in GIS	3
GEOG 32663	Digital Image Processing	3
	Advisor approved electives	6

Thesis

GEOG 32699

GIS Thesis

1 to 3

Thesis should be taken for 3 credit hours.

Total Credit Hours: 30-33