My Academic Plan
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Program Description
This program is designed for students wanting to complete a two-year AAS Degree in Geospatial Science and enter the workforce. Students explore the development, application and principles of geographic information systems. This two-year degree prepares the student for a career in high-tech fields, including photogrammetry, cartography, geographical information systems, global positioning systems, and satellite remote sensing. Students learn how to: acquire geospatial information from a variety of sources, interpret, use and manage geospatial data for a given purpose, and how to use geographic information system software for storage, manipulation, and analysis of geospatial data.
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First Semester
| ENG 131 | Technical Writing I: GT-CO1 | 3 |
| GIS 140 | Vector Based GIS | 3 |
| GIS 110 | Intro to Cartography for GIS | 3 |
| GIS 150 | Relational Database Mgmt for GIS | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | BUS 217 or MAR 216 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Second Semester
| GIS 131 | Global Positioning Sys for GIS | 3 |
| GIS 240 | Raster Based GIS | 3 |
| MAT 135 | Intro to Statistics: GT-MA1 | 3 |
| GIS 235 | INT Remote Sensing/Image Analysis | 4 |
| COM 220 | Intercultural Communication: GT-SS3 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Third Semester
| GIS 165 | GIS Project Management | 3 |
| GIS 260 | GIS Survey I | 3 |
| GIS 205 | Geographic Information Systems Applications | 3 |
| GIS 211 | Spatial Data Modeling & Analysis for GIS | 4 |
| ELECTIVE | BUS 102 or MAN 160 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Fourth Semester