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Room 2023 Ward Beecher Hall(330) 941-3616
Chair: Dr. Snjezana "Snow" Balaz
Admin: Jill Mogg
100% ONLINE DEGREE
B.S. in Geographic Information Science
This program is offered entirely online, allowing students to gain expertise with geospatial technologies, computer science, and data analysis from anywhere. We focus on utilizing these skills to address and solve real-world problems across a wide range of industries.
GIS
Remote Sensing
GPS
Programming
Spatial Analysis
Web Publishing
Data Analytics
| COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST YEAR REQUIREMENT - STUENT SUCCESS SEMINAR | ||
| YSU 1500 | Success Seminar | 1-2 |
| or YSU 1500S | Youngstown State University Success Seminar | |
| or HONR 1500 | Intro to Honors | |
| GENERAL EDUCATION | ||
| ENGL 1550 | Writing 1 | 3-4 |
| or ENGL 1549 | Writing 1 with Support | |
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| Mathematics (met in major) | ||
| Arts and Humanities: 2 Courses (1 of them is HIST 2650, choose 1 other class) | 3 | |
| HIST 2650 | CL History of American Democracy | 3 |
| Natural Science + Lab 2 Courses | 7 | |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences 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 | GIS Mapping | 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 Professional 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 | |
| Digital Cartography | ||
| 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 | ||
| Geospatial Data Science | ||
| Directed Research in GIS | ||
| STEM Internship (a Geospatial-based internship) | ||
| Social Statistics | ||
| Predictive Modeling Algorithms | ||
| Selected Topics in Data Analytics | ||
| Applied Statistics | ||
| Minor | 18 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 120-122 | |
| 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 | |
| HIST 2650 | CL History of American Democracy | 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 | GIS Mapping | 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 Professional 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.