Physical and Earth Sciences
Jacksonville State University

 GEOGRAPHY  

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT) MASTERS LEVEL CONCENTRATION

Geographic Information Systems (Spatial Analysis) Concentration requirements. The following spatial analysis COURSES are required:
    GIS (SAM) 520 Spatial Data Collection and Management (3)
    GIS (SAM) 550 Organization and Management of Spatial Systems (3)
    GIS (SAM) 560 Spatial Data Layout and Design (3)
    GIS (SAM) 580 Directed Research (3)
    and
      GIS (SAM) 530 Analyzing Spatial Networks (3)
      or
      GIS (SAM) 540 Site Location Analysis (3)
Electives. The remaining six hours are electives to be determined through faculty advisement and may include the following:
    GIS (SAM) 570 Advanced Topics in Spatial Analysis and Management(3)



Note. Students having had no undergraduate courses in GIS or with no prior exerience in GIS using ESRI software are required to complete the following course as a prerequisite for the required courses:
    GIS (SAM) 510 Introduction to Spatial Analysis (3)
A tentative schedule of FUTURE spatial analysis courses is available.

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