Room 2023 Ward Beecher Hall
(330) 941-3616
Department Chairperson: Dr. Snjezana "Snow" Balaz (sbalaz@ysu.edu)
Administrative Specialist: Jill Mogg (jmmogg@ysu.edu)
GIS Faculty Contacts/Program Coordinators:
Dr. Bradley Shellito, Professor of GIS, bashellito@ysu.edu
Dr. Peter Kimosop, Associate Professor of GIS, pkimosop@ysu.edu
The Bachelor of Science in Geographic Information Science Online Degree is offered entirely online for students to gain expertise with geospatial technologies and related computer science and data analysis and apply those skills and knowledge to a content area. GIS, remote sensing, GPS, programming, spatial analysis, web publishing and mapping, data handling and analytics, are the components of the program as well as utilizing those skills and technologies to address and solve real-world problems.
| COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST YEAR REQUIREMENT - STUENT SUCCESS SEMINAR | ||
| Success Seminar | ||
or YSU 1500S | Youngstown State University Success Seminar | |
or HONR 1500 | Intro to Honors | |
| GENERAL EDUCATION | ||
| Writing 1 | ||
or ENGL 1549 | Writing 1 with Support | |
| Writing 2 | ||
| Mathematics (met in major) | ||
| Arts and Humanities: 2 Courses | 6 | |
| Natural Science + Lab 2 Courses | 7 | |
| Social Science 2 Courses | 6 | |
| General Education Electives 3 Courses | 9 | |
| Required Math and Computer Science | ||
| MATH 1510 | College Algebra | 4 |
| MATH 1511 | Trigonometry | 3 |
| CSIS 2610 & 2610L | Programming and Problem-Solving and Programming and Problem-Solving Lab | 4 |
| STAT 2625 | Statistical Literacy and Critical Reasoning | 4 |
| GIS Required Course | ||
| GIS 2610 | Map Use and Interpretation | 3 |
| GIS 2611 | Geospatial Foundations | 3 |
| GIS 3701 | Introduction to Geographic Information Science | 3 |
| GIS 3702 | Introduction to Remote Sensing | 3 |
| GIS 4801 | Advanced Geographic Information Science | 3 |
| GIS 4802 | Advanced Remote Sensing | 3 |
| Required Additional Courses: | ||
| CSIS 3700 & 3700L | Data Structures and Objects and Data Structures and Objects Lab | 4 |
| CSIS 3701 | Advanced Object-oriented Programming | 3 |
| DATX 5803 | Data Visualization | 3 |
| ENGL 3743 | Introduction to Public, Professional and Technical Writing | 3 |
| PHIL 2625 | Introduction to Professional Ethics | 3 |
| Choose one Database Course: | 3 | |
| Development of Databases | ||
| Data Management | ||
| Electives: 15 s.h. total. 12 hours must come from GIS and / or STEM designation courses | 15 | |
| Thematic Map Design and Symbolization | ||
| Geographic Information Sciences Application for the Social Sciences | ||
| GIS Applications for the Natural Sciences | ||
| Geographic Information Science Applications to Urban and Regional Studies | ||
| Special Topics in GIS | ||
| GPS and GIS | ||
| Directed Research in GIS | ||
| STEM Internship (a Geospatial-based internship) | ||
| Social Statistics | ||
| Predictive Modeling Algorithms | ||
| Selected Topics in Data Analytics | ||
| Advanced Business Analytics | ||
| Applied Statistics | ||
| Minor | 18 | |
| Electives to reach 120 hours | 7 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | S.H. | |
| YSU 1500 | Success Seminar | 1 |
| ENGL 1550 | Writing 1 | 3 |
| MATH 1510 | College Algebra | 4 |
| Natural Science Gen Ed 1 of 2 + Lab | 4 | |
| Gen Ed Arts Requirement 1 of 2 | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| CSIS 2610 | Programming and Problem-Solving | 3 |
| CSIS 2610L | Programming and Problem-Solving Lab | 1 |
| MATH 1511 | Trigonometry | 3 |
| GIS 2611 | Geospatial Foundations | 3 |
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| Gen Ed Elective 1 of 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| GIS 2610 | Map Use and Interpretation | 3 |
| STAT 2625 | Statistical Literacy and Critical Reasoning | 4 |
| Gen Ed Elective 2 of 3 | 3 | |
| Gen Ed Arts requirement 2 of 2 | 3 | |
| Gen Ed Social Science requirement 1 of 2 | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| GIS 3701 | Introduction to Geographic Information Science | 3 |
| CSIS 3700 | Data Structures and Objects | 3 |
| CSIS 3700L | Data Structures and Objects Lab | 1 |
| CSIS 3701 | Advanced Object-oriented Programming | 3 |
| Gen Ed Nat Sci elective 2 of 2 | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 13 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| CSIS 3722 | Development of Databases | 3 |
| GIS 3702 | Introduction to Remote Sensing | 3 |
| ENGL 3743 | Introduction to Public, Professional and Technical Writing | 3 |
| Minor Class 1 of 6 | 3 | |
| GIS Elective 1 of 4 | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| GIS 4801 | Advanced Geographic Information Science | 3 |
| DATX 5803 | Data Visualization | 3 |
| PHIL 2625 | Introduction to Professional Ethics | 3 |
| GIS Elective 2 of 4 | 3 | |
| Minor Class 2 of 6 | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| GIS Elective 3 of 4 | 3 | |
| Minor Class 3 of 6 | 3 | |
| Minor Class 4 of 6 | 3 | |
| Other Elective 1 of 1 | 3 | |
| Gen Ed Social Science Elective 2 of 2 | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| GIS 4802 | Advanced Remote Sensing | 3 |
| Minor Class 5 of 6 | 3 | |
| Minor Class 6 of 6 | 3 | |
| GIS Elective 4 of 4 | 3 | |
| Gen Ed Elective 3 of 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |
Understand the fundamental principles and capabilities of geographic information science, including geospatial technologies, spatial data handling, and remote sensing.
Demonstrate proficiency in the use of geographic information science methods to effectively map, analyze, visualize, query, and manipulate spatial and non-spatial data.
Utilize geospatial and computer-based analytical methods to solve location-based problems and properly evaluate the results.