Pilihan program

Ringkasan program

This program empowers students to address problems associated with the spatial patterns and processes of human and environmental change. This concentration will introduce students to exciting, cutting edge technologies used to find out about the earth and to map it. They will be able to gain professional employment with government and industry or to go on to graduate programs. Public agencies where they have found employment include local and regional planning agencies, mapping organizations such as the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Geo spatial Intelligence Agency, intelligence agencies such as the CIA, and also in the environmental science field with the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies.

Modul program

The modules are GEOG 366 Introduction to Geographic Information Science 3, GEOG 385 Principles of Remote Sensing 3, GEOG 365 Geography and Geospatial Visualization 3, Choose 9 credit hours from the following 9, GEOG 465 Topics in GIS 3, GEOG 466 GIS and Geographic Databases three credits, GEOG 467 GIS Project Management 3, GEOG 468 Internet Geographic Information Systems 3, GEOG 469 Applications of GIS 3, GEOG 485 Processing Remotely Sensed Data 3, GEOG 486 High Resolution Imagery 3, Cognate course (3 credit hours selected from one of the following) 3: GEOG 300 Population Geograph, GEOG 310 Environmental Issues, GEOG 311 Endangered Environments, GEOG 315 Field Studies in Geography, GEOG 320 Human Dimensions of Global Change, GEOG 322 Agricultural Systems, GEOG 325 Environmental Ethics, GEOG 327 Climatology, GEOG 331 Geography of Virginia, GEOG 332 Geography of Europe, GEOG 333 Geography of Russia and the Former Soviet Union, GEOG 334 Geography of East Asia, GEOG 335 Geography of Africa, GEOG 336 Geography of North America, GEOG 337 Geography of Latin America, GEOG 338 Geography of the Philippine Islands, GEOG 339 Geography of the Caribbean, GEOG 340 Biogeography, GEOG 341 Wilderness Techniques, GEOG 342 Management and Protection of Natural Resources, GEOG 343 Wildlife Management, GEOG 344 Economic Geography and Development Issues, GEOG 345 Geography of Poverty, GEOG 350 Topics in Geography, GEOG 375 Political Geography, GEOG 376 Urban Geography, GEOG 380 Cultural Geography, GEOG/BIO 402 Forest Ecology, GEOG/ISAT 429 Sustainability: An Ecological Perspective, ISAT 425 Environmental Hydrology.

Persyaratan masuk bagi mahasiswa internasional

Applicant must possess an American associate’s or bachelor’s degree equivalent from an accredited institution located in a country where English is the native language or graduation from an accredited high school in a native English-speaking country where the applicant has resided for at least four years. They should demonstrate proficiency in English with a minimum TOEFL score of 213 for computer-based test, 550 for paper-based test, 80-81 for internet-based test or SAT score of 500 or IELTS score of 6.5 - 7.

Kualifikasi

Sarjana (S1)

Institusi penerbit ijazah

James Madison University

Nama jurusan

College of Ingtegrated Science and Technology, Department of Integrated Science and Technology