Undergraduate Degree

The Bachelor of Science Degree in Geographic Information Science provides a  rigorous, in-depth program for students interested in the application of  information technology to the spatial dimensions of the Earth’s human and  physical systems. It is an ideal program  for those pursuing a career in the spatial technology sector, or for those considering graduate study in geography and related disciplines. Students attain substantial general  quantitative and technical skills, as well as practical experience in the application of skills to solving problems drawn from local, regional, and global settings.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Geographic Information Science

1. The University requirements for bachelor’s degrees as described in the Undergraduate Education section of this catalog; 120 credits, including general elective credits, are required for the Bachelor of Science degree in Geographic Information Science.
   
   The University’s Tier II writing requirement for the Geographic Information Science major is met by completing Geography 425. That course is referenced in item 3. below.
2. The requirements of the College of Social Science for the Bachelor of Science degree.
3. The following required major courses with a minimum 2.0 grade-point average across all attempted GEO courses (41 to 44 credits):

   a.	One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
   	LB	118	Calculus I						4
   	MTH	124	Survey of Calculus I						3
   	MTH	132	Calculus I						3
   	MTH	152H	Honors Calculus I						3
   b.	Two of the following courses (8 credits):
   	CMSE	201	Computational Modeling and Data Analysis I						4
   	CMSE	202	Computational Modeling and Data Analysis II						4
   	CSE	231	Introduction to Programming I						4
   	CSE	232	Introduction to Programming II						4
   c.	One of the following courses (3 credits):
   	GEO	113	Introduction to Economic Geography						3
   	GEO	151	Introduction to Human Geography						3
   	GEO	206	Physical Geography						3
   	GEO	333	Geography of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region						3
   d.	All of the following courses (18 credits):
   	GEO	221	Introduction to Geographic Information						3
   	GEO	221L	Introduction to Geographic Information Laboratory						1
   	GEO	324	Remote Sensing of the Environment						4
   	GEO	325	Geographic Information Systems						3
   	GEO	363	Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Geographers						3
   	GEO	424	Advanced Remote Sensing						4
   e.	Two of the following courses (6 to 8 credits):
   	GEO	326	Cartographic Design and Production						4
   	GEO	426	Thematic Cartography						4
   	GEO	428	Digital Terrain Analysis						3
   	GEO	429	Geoprocessing						3
   	GEO	453	Metropolitan Environments: Urban Forms and Land Uses						3
   	GEO	498	Internship in Geography						3
   f.	The following course (3 credits):
   	GEO	425	Problems in Geographic Information Science (W)						3

4. Other Required Courses (12 credits):
   Complete 12 credits in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses from the following list of courses: Fulfillment of this requirement also meets the College of Social Science STEM Graduation Requirement for the Bachelor of Science degree and may not concurrently satisfy a University requirement.

   AST	101	The Celestial Clockworks						1
   AST	207	The Science of Astronomy						3
   AST	208	Planets and Telescopes						3
   BE	101	Introduction to Biosystems Engineering						1
   BE	230	Engineering Analysis for Biological Systems						3
   BS	161	Cell and Molecular Biology						3
   BS	162	Organismal and Population Biology						3
   BS	171	Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory						2
   BS	172	Organismal and Population Biology Laboratory						2
   CE	221	Statics						3
   CE	273	Civil and Environmental Engineering Measurements						2
   CE	274	Graphics for Civil and Environmental Engineers						1
   CE	275	GIS for Civil ad Environmental Engineers						1
   CEM	141	General Chemistry						4
   CEM	142	General and Inorganic Chemistry						3
   CEM	143	Survey of Organic Chemistry						3
   CEM	151	General and Descriptive Chemistry						4
   CEM	152	Principles of Chemistry						3
   CEM	161	Chemistry Laboratory I						1
   CEM	162	Chemistry Laboratory II						1
   CEM	251	Organic Chemistry I						3
   CEM	252	Organic Chemistry II						3
   CEM	255	Organic Chemistry Laboratory						2
   CEM	262	Quantitative Analysis						3
   CHE	201	Material and Energy Balances						3
   CHE	210	Modeling and Analysis of Transport Phenomena						3
   CMSE	201	Computational Modeling and Data Analysis I						4
   CMSE	202	Computational Modeling and Data Analysis II						4
   CSE	102	Algorithmic Thinking and Programming						3
   CSE	201	Fundamentals of Information Technology						3
   CSE	220	Programming in C						3
   CSE	231	Introduction to Programming I						3
   CSE	232	Introduction to Programming II						3
   CSE	260	Discrete Structures in Computer Science						4
   CSS	101	Introduction to Crop Science						3
   CSS	210	Fundamentals of Soil Science						3
   CSUS	200	Introduction to Sustainability						3
   ECE	101	Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering						1
   ECE	201	Circuits and Systems I						3
   ECE	202	Circuits and Systems II						3
   ECE	203	Electric Circuits and Systems Laboratory						1
   ECE	230	Digital Logic Fundamentals						3
   ECE	280	Electrical Engineering Analysis						3
   EGR	100	Introduction to Engineering Design						2
   EGR	102	Introduction to Engineering Modeling						2
   EGR	292	Applications in Environmental Studies						2
   ENE	280	Principles of Environmental Engineering and Science						3
   ENT	110	Applied Entomology of Economic Plants						3
   ENT	111	Basics of Applied Entomology						2
   ENT	205	Pests, Society and Environment						3
   FOR	101	Michigan’s Forests						3
   FOR	202	Introduction to Forestry						3
   FOR	204	Forest Vegetation						3
   FOR	222	Forestry Field Methods						2
   FW	101	Fundamentals of Fisheries and Wildlife Ecology and Management						3
   FW	110	Conservation and Management of Marine Resources						3
   FW	181	Introduction to Science, Technology, the Environment, and Public Policy						3
   FW	207	Great Lakes: Biology and Management						3
   GLG	201	The Dynamic Earth						4
   GLG	202	Geology of Michigan						3
   ME	201	Thermodynamics						3
   ME	222	Mechanics of Deformable Solids						3
   ME	280	Graphic Communications						2
   MSE	200	Materials and Society						2
   MSE	250	Materials Science and Engineering						3
   MSE	260	Electronic, Magnetic, Thermal, and Optical Properties of Materials						3
   MTH	114	Trigonometry						3
   MTH	126	Survey of Calculus II						3
   MTH	133	Calculus II						4
   MTH	201	Elementary Mathematics for Teachers I						3
   MTH	202	Elementary Mathematics for Teachers II						3
   MTH	234	Multivariable Calculus						4
   MTH	235	Differential Equations						3
   PHY	102	Physics Computations						1
   PHY	170	Investigations in Physics						3
   PHY	183	Physics for Scientists and Engineers I						4
   PHY	184	Physics for Scientists and Engineers II						4
   PHY	191	Physics Laboratory for Scientists, I						1
   PHY	192	Physics Laboratory for Scientists, II						1
   PHY	215	Thermodynamics and Modern Physics						3
   PHY	231	Introductory Physics I						3
   PHY	232	Introductory Physics II						3
   PHY	251	Introductory Physics Laboratory I						1
   PHY	252	Introductory Physics Laboratory II						1
   PLB	105	Plant Biology						3
   PLB	106	Plant Biology Laboratory						1
   PLB	203	Biology of Plants						4
   PLB	218	Plants of Michigan						3
   STT	180	Introduction to Data Science						4
   STT	200	Statistical Methods						3
   STT	201	Statistical Methods						4
   STT	224	Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Ecologists						3
   STT	231	Statistics for Scientists						3
   STT	250	Statistics and Probability for K-8 Teachers						4