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2025-2026 EIU Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 EIU Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Geographic Information Sciences Minor

Total Semester Hours: 21

Required Courses: 6 hours

GEO 3810 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. Credits: 3
GEO 3820 - Remote Sensing I. Credits: 3

9 hours from:

BIO 4820 - Spatial Analysis for Environmental Sciences. Credits: 4
GEO 3825 - Lidar Mapping. Credits: 3
GEO 3830 - GIS: Building Geodatabases. Credits: 3
GEO 3870 - Remote Sensing II. Credits: 3
GEO 3875 - Field Methods. Credits: 3
GEO 40003 - Techniques Seminar. Credits: 1-3
GEO 4810 - Cartography and Geographic Data Visualization. Credits: 3
GEO 4910 - GIS Programming. Credits: 4

6 hours from:

BIO 3810 - Freshwater Ecology. Credits: 3
BIO 4810 - Plant Ecology. Credits: 4
BIO 4812 - Fisheries Ecology and Management. Credits: 3
BIO 4814 - Conservation Biology. Credits: 3
BIO 4850 - Wildlife Techniques. Credits: 4
BIO 3451A - Undergraduate Research I. Credits: 1 to 3
or
BIO 3451B - Undergraduate Research II. Credits: 1 to 3
BIO 4840 - Resource Management and Environmental Assessment. Credits: 3
GEO 3275 - Planetary Geology. Credits: 3
GEO 3410 - Climatology. Credits: 3
GEO 3780 - Land Use Planning. Credits: 3
GEO 42851 - Internship in Geography I. Credits: 1 to 6
or
GEO 42852 - Internship in Geography II. Credits: 1 to 6
or
GEO 42853 - Internship in Geography III. Credits: 1 to 6
GEO 3430 - Structural Geology. Credits: 3
GEO 3440 - Tectonics. Credits: 3
MAT 1271 - College Algebra. Credits: 3
(College Algebra OR HIGHER)
MAT 1330 - Analytical Trigonometry. Credits: 2
(Analytical Trigonometry OR HIGHER)
PLS 2000G - Introduction to Public Affairs. Credits: 3
PLS 3623 - Public and Nonprofit Management. Credits: 3
PLS 4763 - Environmental Politics & Policy. Credits: 3
PLS 4793 - Civic and Nonprofit Leadership. Credits: 3
PLS 4893 - Budgeting in Government and Nonprofit Organizations. Credits: 3
SOC 3660 - Social Organization. Credits: 3
SOC 3820 - Environmental Sociology. Credits: 3
SOC 4240 - Sociology of Disasters. Credits: 3