Academic Affairs
Geospatial and Remote Sensing Minor
Director: Dr. John Rodgers
Department of Geosciences
355 Lee Blvd, 108 Hilbun Hall
Mississippi State University, MS 39762
Telephone: 662-325-3915
E-mail: jcr100@msstate.edu
Mailstop: 9537
The Geospatial and Remote Sensing (GRS) minor is a cross-disciplinary program that allows students from any major to develop and enhance their geospatial skills. Students will learn important theoretical concepts associated with geographic information systems and remote sensing sciences, and they will acquire the ability to use these methods to solve spatial problems. Graduate students must complete a minimum of 12 hours of GRS coursework at Mississippi State University with a grade of C or higher from a list of approved courses. A 3.00 GPA is required. An MSU Graduate Faculty member with geospatial expertise must serve as minor professor on the student’s graduate committee.
A student who chooses this minor must have the approval of his or her graduate committee and graduate coordinator in the major field. The minor coursework is then included on the student's program of study and is approved by the minor graduate coordinator.
GIS requirement: Choose one of the following. | 3 | |
GIS for Natural Resource Management Lab | ||
and | ||
GIS for Natural Resource Management | ||
Principles of GIS | ||
Application of Spatial Technologies to Wildlife and Fisheries Management | ||
Remote Sensing: Choose one of the following. | 3 | |
Remote Sensing Applications | ||
Remote Sensing of the Physical Environment | ||
Introduction to Remote Sensing Technologies | ||
Introduction to Remote Sensing Technologies | ||
Advanced Geospatial Coursework: Choose one of the following. | 3 | |
Spatial Technologies in Natural Resources Management | ||
Spatial Statistics for Natural Resources | ||
Ecological Modeling in Natural Resources | ||
Advanced Spatial Technologies | ||
Advanced GIS | ||
Advanced Remote Sensing in Geosciences | ||
Advanced Geodatabase Systems | ||
Geospatial Applications : Choose one of the following. Courses must be different from the ones taken from the above categories. A course may not be used to satisfy more than one requirement. | 3 | |
Digital Signal Processing | ||
Current Topics in Remote Sensing | ||
Digital Image Processing | ||
Cartographic Sciences | ||
Geodatabase Design | ||
Geographic Information Systems Programming | ||
Remote Sensing Seminar | ||
Remote Sensing Seminar | ||
Geospatial Agronomic Management | ||
The following courses listed in the categories above can also meet this requirement if not used in another category. | ||
FO 8173 Advanced Spatial Technologies | ||
FO 8313 Spatial Statistics for Natural Resources | ||
FO 8353 Ecological Modeling in Natural Resources | ||
GR 6313 Advanced GIS | ||
GR 6343 Advanced Remote Sensing | ||
ST 4313 Spatial Statistics | ||
Total Hours | 12 |