Geographic Information Systems Minor

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Geosciences

Geographic Information Systems Program Information

Box 70357
315 Yoakley Hall
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 18 credit hours of study.

Geographic Information Systems Minor: 18 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.

• GEOG 2500 - Introduction to GIS and Cartography (3 credits)
• GEOG 3500 - Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• GEOG 4317 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• Electives (9 credits) (Electives can be any upper- or lower-division GEOG or GEOS course; however, at least 3 hours must be at the 3000-4000 level.)

Note:

Students who choose a minor in geology will find that most of these courses carry (4) four credit hours of credit.