Geographic Information Systems Minor

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Geosciences

Geographic Information Systems Program Information

Box 70357
Johnson City, TN 37614-1709
322 Ross Hall (Main Office)
Phone: (423) 439-7516
FAX: (423) 439-7520
Web Address: www.etsu.edu/cas/geosciences

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a system for creating, storing, analyzing, managing, and presenting spatial data. The minor consists of 20 credit hours of study. Double counting of courses for the major and minor are permitted.

Geographic Information Systems Minor: 20 Credit Hours

A minor is a secondary area of study outside of the major program of study with a structured curriculum composed of at least 18 semester credit hours of which at least 9 hours must be at the 3000-level or above.

• GEOS 1500 - Introduction to Geospatial Technologies (3 credits)
• GEOG 2500 - Digital Mapping with GIS (3 credits)
• GEOG 3500 - Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• GEOG 4317 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• Electives (8 credits; at least 3 hours must be at the 3000-4000 level) in GEOG/GEOL/GEOS.