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Geographic Information Science Major Program

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The School of Computing Science and the Department of Geography offer a major leading to a bachelor of science degree.

Program Requirements

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete a total of 42 or 43 lower division units including all of

  • CMPT 120 Introduction to Computing Science and Programming I (3)
  • CMPT 125 Introduction to Computing Science and Programming II (3)
  • CMPT 225 Data Structures and Programming (3)
  • GEOG 100 Society, Space, Environment: Introducing Human Geography (3)
  • GEOG 111 Earth Systems (3)
  • GEOG 253 Introduction to Remote Sensing (3)
  • GEOG 255 Geographical Information Science I (3)
  • MACM 101 Discrete Mathematics I (3)
  • MACM 201 Discrete Mathematics II (3)
  • MATH 232 Applied Linear Algebra (3)

and one of

  • GEOG 213 Introduction to Geomorphology (3)
  • GEOG 214 Weather and Climate (3)
  • GEOG 215 Biogeography (3)
  • GEOG 221 Economic Geography (3)
  • GEOG 241 Social Geography (3)
  • GEOG 261 Introduction to Urban Geography (3)

and one of

  • GEOG 251 Quantitative Geography (3)
  • STAT 270 Introduction to Probability and Statistics (3)

and one of

  • MATH 150 Calculus I with Review (4)
  • MATH 151 Calculus I (3)
  • MATH 154 Calculus I for the Biological Sciences 鈥� (3)
  • MATH 157 Calculus I for the Social Sciences 鈥� (3)

and one of

  • MATH 152 Calculus II (3)
  • MATH 155 Calculus II for the Biological Sciences 鈥� (3)
  • MATH 158 Calculus II for the Social Sciences 鈥� (3)

鈥爓ith a grade of B+ or better and permission of the School of Computing Science

Upper Division Requirements

Students complete a total of 45 upper division units including all of

  • CMPT 307 Data Structures and Algorithms (3)
  • CMPT 354 Database Systems I (3)
  • CMPT 361 Introduction to Computer Graphics (3)

and one of

  • CMPT 300 Operating Systems I (3)
  • CMPT 363 User Interface Design (3)
  • CMPT 371 Data Communications and Networking (3)
  • CMPT 384 Symbolic Computing (3)

and three of

  • GEOG 351 Multimedia Cartography (4)
  • GEOG 352 Spatial Analysis (4)
  • GEOG 353 Advanced Remote Sensing (4)
  • GEOG 355 Geographical Information Science II (4)
  • GEOG 356 3D Geovisualization (4)

and two of

  • CMPT 406 Computational Geometry (3)
  • CMPT 412 Computational Vision (3)
  • CMPT 454 Database Systems II (3)
  • CMPT 461 Image Synthesis (3)
  • CMPT 470 Web-based Information Systems (3)

and two of

  • GEOG 451 Spatial Modeling (4)
  • GEOG 453W Theoretical and Applied Remote Sensing (4)
  • GEOG 455 Theoretical and Applied GIS (4)
  • GEOG 457 Geovisualization Interfaces (4)

and four additional upper division units in physical or human geography. Students should consult with the program advisor when choosing these units

and three additional upper division units in CMPT or MACM courses.

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to 丁香园AV beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements
A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit.
Requirement

Units

 Notes
W - Writing

6

 Must include at least one upper division course, taken at 丁香园AV within the student鈥檚 major subject
Q - Quantitative

6

 Q courses may be lower or upper division
B - Breadth

18

 Designated Breadth Must be outside the student鈥檚 major subject, and may be lower or upper division
6 units Social Sciences: B-Soc
6 units Humanities: B-Hum
6 units Sciences: B-Sci

6

 Additional Breadth

6 units outside the student鈥檚 major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements)
Additional breadth units must be from outside the student's major and may be B-designated (B-Hum, B-Soc, B-Sci courses). Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honours, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas.

 

Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit

The University鈥檚 residency requirement stipulates that, in most cases, total transfer and course challenge credit may not exceed 60 units, and may not include more than 15 units as upper division work.

Elective Courses

In addition to the courses listed above, students should consult an academic advisor to plan the remaining required elective courses.

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