Geographic Information Science & Technology (GIST) Major
The Geographic Information Science & Technology (GIST) Major provides students with knowledge and skills related to geographic information systems, geospatial technology, information technology, spatial data management, analysis, and visualization.
As a requirement for graduation, all non-teaching earth, environmental and geographical sciences department majors must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.25 for all courses constituting the major curriculum. Exceptions must be requested via petition to the department's appeal committee.
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- Total Credits Required for Degree120
- General Education30-40
- Required Courses in Major50
- Core42
- GC 101 Introduction to Environmental Science (4 cr.) [INTT] or
- GC 164 Human Geography (4 cr.) [SOCR]
- Electives8
- Choose 8 credits from the following:
- CS 120 Computer Science I (4 cr.) [QUAR]
- CS 122 Computer Science II (4 cr.)
- CS 201 Programming in C++ (3 cr.)
- CS 222 Data Structures (4 cr.)
- GC 455 Digital Image Processing (2 cr.)
- GC 491 Internship (2-6 cr.)
- This major does not require a minor.