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College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Geography

413 McGilvrey Hall
Tel: 330-672-2045
E-mail: geography@kent.edu
Web: www.kent.edu/geography
 

The Geographic Information Science minor offers students a foundation in this expanding field and will be of interest to students studying in areas such as anthropology, biology, conservation, computer sciences, sociology and public health.

 

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE MINOR REQUIREMENTS (16 credits)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  GEOG 49070 Geographic Information Science 4  
  GEOG 49080 Advanced Geographic Information Science 3  
  Choose from the following: 9-10  
  GEOG 49072 Geographic Information Science and Health (3)    
  GEOG 49075 Geographic Information Science: Urban and Economic Applications (3)    
  GEOG 49076 Spatial Programming (3)    
  GEOG 49078 Geographic Information Science and Environmental Hazards (3)    
  GEOG 49085 Web and Mobile Geographic Information Science (3)    
  GEOG
GEOG
49162
49163
Cartography and Geovisualization (3)   and
Cartography and Geovisualization Laboratory (1)
   
  GEOG 49195 Special Topics in Geographic Information Science (1-3)    
  GEOG 49230 Remote Sensing (3)    
  MINIMUM TOTAL 16  

 

Note:

Appropriate specialized offerings may be substituted above as available with the approval of the coordinator.

Graduation Requirements:

  • Minimum overall 2.000 GPA.
  • Students must complete at least two upper-division courses in the minor at Kent State on a graded basis (A-F).