Applied Geographic Information Science Concentration (AGIS)
Applied Geographic Information Science (AGIS) Concentration
JMU geographic science graduates with an AGIS concentration have been 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 Geospatial 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.
JMU AGIS concentrators have also found opportunities in industry with companies such as Earth Satellite Corporation, GeoEye, Lockheed, SPOT Image, Logicom, SAIC, Sanborn, Booz-Allen Hamilton and many others.
In addition to the Geography Core requirements, students in the AGIS Concentration must complete the following coursework.
AGIS Concentration Requirements
Required Courses |
Description |
Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
GEOG 365 |
Cartography and Geospatial Visualization |
3 |
GEOG 366 |
Geographic Information Science |
3 |
GEOG 385 |
Principles of Remote Sensing |
3 |
AGIS Elective Courses (Choose 9 credit hours from the following)
Elective Courses |
Description |
Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
GEOG 465 |
Topics in GIS |
3 |
GEOG 466 |
GIS and Geographic Databases |
3 |
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)
Course |
Description |
|---|---|
GEOG 300 |
Population Geography |
GEOG 310 |
Environmental Issues |
GEOG 311 |
Endangered Environments |
GEOG 315 |
Field Studies |
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 Philippines |
GEOG 339 |
Geography of 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 407 |
Forest Ecology |
GEOG 429 |
Sustainability in Ecological Perspective |
ISAT 425 |
Environmental Hydrology |
Courses from the ISAT program, the Department of Computer Science and the College of Business may be used as electives, as approved by the GS Program Director.
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