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Appendix A: Example University Programs and Curricula
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... tion, including example university programs associated with Chapters 2 and 3 (Tables A.1–A.10) and example For the university programs in the core areas, the university curricula for degree and certificate programs committee used its expert judgment to choose 10 to discussed in Chapter 6 (Tables A.11–A.15)
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... University of Florida School of Forest Resources and Geomatics B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Conservation University of Maine School of Engineering Technology Surveying Engineering Technology B.S.
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... University of Florida Geomatics Geomatics, Photogrammetry B.S., M.S., Ph.D.a Ferris State University School of CEEMS Surveying Engineering B.S.b California State University, Fresno Civil and Geomatics Engineering Geomatics Engineering, B.S., M.S.a Photogrammetry California State Polytechnic University, Civil Engineering Geospatial Engineering B.S.b Pomona New Mexico State University Engineering Technology and Surveying Surveying Engineering B.S.b Engineering Oregon Institute of Technology Geomatics Geomatics B.S.b Texas A & M University, Corpus Geographic Information Science and Geomatics, Geospatial Surveying B.S., M.S.b Christie Geospatial Surveying Engineering Pennsylvania State University, Surveying Engineering Surveying Engineering B.S.b Wilkes-Barre University of Alaska, Anchorage Geomatics Geomatics B.S.b George Mason University Geography and Geoinformation Science Geography, Geoinformation Science M.S., Ph.D.c East Tennessee State University Surveying and Mapping GIS and Photogrammetry B.S.b Approximate number of schools: 15.
From page 106...
... minor Approximate number of schools: 35. TABLE A.5  Example Universities with Degree Tracks in GIS and Geographic Information Science University Department Concentration/Track Degree Arizona State University School of Geographical Sciences and Urban GIS-Spatial Analysis M.A.
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... TABLE A.8  Example Universities with Courses Relevant to Human Geography University Department or Research Unit Concentration/Track Academic Structure Carnegie Mellon University Institute for Software Research Computation, organizations, and Graduate society University of California, Irvine Sociology Social networks Undergraduate, graduate Duke University Sociology Social networks Undergraduate, graduate University of Arizona Sociology Social networks Undergraduate, graduate Approximate number of schools: fewer than 10.
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... 108 APPENDIX A TABLE A.9  Example Universities with Courses Relevant to Visual Analytics University Department or Research Unit Concentration/Track Academic Structure Purdue University Visual Analytics for Command, Control, Visualization, data sciences Graduate and Interoperability Environments University of North Carolina, Charlotte Charlotte Visualization Center Graphics, visualization Undergraduate, graduate Georgia Institute of Technology Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Computer graphics, visualization, Undergraduate, Center human-computer interface graduate University of Washington Pacific Rim Visualization and Analytics Visual analytic systems Undergraduate, Center graduate University of Massachusetts, Lowell Institute for Visualization and Perception Visualization technologies, visual Undergraduate, Research analytics graduate Stanford University Stanford Visualization Group Data analysis, visualization Graduate University of California, Santa Barbara Media Arts and Technology Media arts and technology Graduate Approximate number of schools: 15. TABLE A.10  Example Universities with Courses Relevant to Forecasting University Department or Research Unit Concentration/Track Academic Structure University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology Weather forecasting Undergraduate, graduate University of Washington Atmospheric Sciences Weather forecasting Undergraduate, graduate Arizona State University School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Spatial statistics, spatial modeling, Undergraduate, Planning and econometrics graduate Ohio State University Statistics Spatial statistics, spatial modeling, Undergraduate, and econometrics graduate University of Texas, Dallas School of Economic, Political, and Policy Spatial statistics, spatial modeling, Undergraduate, Sciences and econometrics graduate Pennsylvania State University Geography Spatial statistics, spatial modeling, Undergraduate, and econometrics graduate Carnegie Mellon University Institute for Software Research Agent-based modeling Undergraduate, graduate George Mason University Computer Science Agent-based modeling Undergraduate, graduate University of Michigan Center for the Study of Complex Systems Agent-based modeling Undergraduate, graduate Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering Complex systems and economics Undergraduate, graduate Northwestern University Institute on Complex Systems Complex systems and economics Undergraduate, graduate Harvard University Economics Economics Undergraduate, graduate Princeton University Economics Economics Undergraduate, graduate University of Chicago Economics Economics Undergraduate, graduate Approximate number of schools: more than 100.
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... Prerequisite GEOG 4103/5103, GEOG 3023 (or equivalent) or instructor consent GEOG 4303 Geographic information science: Introduces the use of Python programming to undertake advanced spatial analysis tasks within a (4 credits)
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... refinements, colinearity equation, resection, relative orientation, and analytic aerotriangulation GGS 563 Advanced Geographic Discusses advanced GIS concepts including spatial data structure, spatial analysis, programming (3 credits) Information Systems data fusion, Internet components, and spatial database management.
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... systems distortions, and applications GGS 664 Spatial data structures Studies spatial data structures and their application in digital cartography, geographic information (3 credits) systems, and image-processing systems.
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... geospatial data geospatial information systems GEOG 489 GIS application development Advanced topics in GIS customization, including the Systems Development Life Cycle, packaging (3 credits) and deployment, and consuming Web services GEOG 497D Lidar technology and Understanding lidar systems; design, operation, data processing techniques, and product generation (3 credits)
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... TABLE A.15  Course Requirements for a Certificate in GIS with an Emphasis in Remote Sensing at the Department of Geography, University of Utah Course Number Title Hours in Classa GEOG 3020 Geographical analysis 45 GEOG 3110 The Earth from space: Remote sensing of the environment 45 GEOG 3140 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 45 GEOG 5110 Environmental analysis through remote sensing 45 GEOG 5120 Environmental optics 45 GEOG 5130 Advanced remote sensing applications 45 One of the following: CS 1000 Engineering computing 45 CS 1020 Introduction to programming in C++ 45 CS 1021 Introduction to programming in Java 45 CS 1410 Introduction to computer science I 60 CS 2000 Introduction to program design in C 60 Total hours in class 315 or 330 SOURCE: . a 3 semester credit hours = 45 hours in class.


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