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GIScience Education at Texas A&M University

About › UCGIS Institutional Profile › GIScience Education

While historically focused within the College of Geosciences and the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, every College within Texas A&M University offers graduate and/or undergraduate courses related to or in support of GIScience. The following sections detail a sampling of the courses available within each of the Texas A&M Colleges most closely related to GIScience.


College of Geosciences

Within the TAMU College of Geosciences, GIScience-related courses are offered to fulfill degrees in Atmospheric Sciences, Geography, Geology & Geophysics, and Oceanography, and the College-Wide Environmental Programs

Course Number Course Name
GEOG 102 Introduction to Spatial Sciences
GEOG 203 Planet Earth
GEOG 306 Introduction to Urban Geography
GEOG 309 Geography of Energy
GEOG 312 Data Analysis in Geography
GEOG 324 Global Climatic Regions
GEOG 330 Resources and the Environment
GEOG 331 Geomorphology
GEOG 332 Thematic Cartography
GEOG 335 Pattern and Process in Biogeography
GEOG 355 Concepts in Geographic Education
GEOG 360 Natural Hazards
GEOG 361 Remote Sensing in Geosciences
GEOG 370 Coastal Processes
GEOG 390 Principles of Geographic Information Systems
GEOG 398 Interpretation of Aerial Photographs
GEOG 404 Spatial Thinking, Perception and Behavior
GEOG 434 Hydrology and Environment
GEOG 435 Principles of Plant Geography
GEOG 450 Field Geography
GEOG 462 Advanced GIS Analysis for Natural Resources Management
GEOG 467 Dynamic Modeling of Earth and Environmental Systems
GEOG 475 Advanced Topics in GIS
GEOG 476 GIS Practicum
GEOG 604 Processes in Physical Geography
GEOG 611 Geographical Research Design
GEOG 616 Urban Geography
GEOG 619 Human Impact on the Environment
GEOG 621 Land-Use and Land-Cover Change
GEOG 623 Ecohydrology
GEOG 624 Biogeography: Theory and Methods
GEOG 625 Landscape Ecology
GEOG 626 Fluvial Geomorphology
GEOG 635 Advanced Biogeography
GEOG 651 Remote Sensing for Geographical Analysis
GEOG 652 Quantitative Methods in Geography
GEOG 660 Applications in GIS
GEOG 661 Digital Image Processing and Analysis
GEOG 662 GIS in Land and Property Management
GEOG 665 GIS-Based Spatial Analysis and Modeling
GEOG 666 Coastal Geomorphology
GEOG 695 Frontiers in Geographic Information Science
GEOG 696 Geomorphology and Remote Sensing
GEOL 308 Integrated Earth Science
GEOL 309 Geologic Field Methods
GEOL 320 Geology for Civil Engineers
GEOL 352 GPS in the Field Sciences
GEOL 420 Environmental Geology
OCNG 205 Topics in Oceanography
OCNG 251 Oceanography
OCNG 401 Interdisciplinary Oceanography
OCNG 451 Mathematical Modeling of Ocean Climate
OCNG 610 Mathematical Modeling of Marine Ecosystems
OCNG 611 Global Scale Oceanography
OCNG 657 Data Methods and Graphical Representation in Oceanography

College of Architecture

The TAMU College of Architecture offer courses related to GIScience to fulfill the degree requirements of Architecture, Construction Science, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, and Visualization.

Course Number Course Name
ARCH 216 Computational Methods in Architecture
ARCH 310 Site Planning and Design
ARCH 642 Data Processing in Environmental Design
ARCH 653 Building Information Modeling
LAND 461 Geographic Information System Application in Resource Management
LAND 603 Principle, Procedures and Techniques of Land Use
LAND 612 Landscape Architectural Site Engineering and Development
URPN 210 Urban Analytical Methods I
URPN 220 Digital Communication I.
URPN 301 Urban and Regional Planning
URPN 310 Urban Analytical Methods II
URPN 325 Introduction to GIS in Urban and Regional Planning
URPN 326 Advanced GIS in Urban and Regional Planning
URPN 451 Hazard and Vulnerability Analysis for Planners
URPN 460 Sustainable Communities
URPN 461 Urban Issues
VIZA 613 3-D Modeling and Animation
VIZA 670 Computational Geometry
VIZA 672 Computer Graphics
VIZA 675 Geometric Modeling

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

The TAMU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences offer GIScience-related courses to students studying a broad range of Departments including Ecosystem Science and Management, Entomology, Horticulture, Nutrition and Food Science, Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, Soil and Crop Sciences, and Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences. Within ESSM alone, GIScience plays a role in the education of students majoring in Ecological Restoration, Forestry, Renewable Natural Resources, Rangeland Ecology and Management, and Spatial Sciences.

Course Number Course Name
ESSM 351 Geographic Information Systems for Resource Management
ESSM 398 Interpretation of Aerial Photographs
ESSM 444 Remote Sensing of the Environment
ESSM 459 Spatial Databases and Programming
ESSM 460 Advanced Remote-Sensing Based Field Survey
ESSM 462 Advanced GIS Analysis for Natural Resource Management
ESSM 464 Spatial Project Management
ESSM 626 Fire and Natural Resources Management
ESSM 651 Geographic Information Systems
ESSM 652 Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Systems
ESSM 655 Remote Sensing of the Environment
ESSM 656 Advanced Remote Sensing
ESSM 660 Landscape Analysis and Modeling
ESSM 663 Applied Spatial Statistics
ESSM 665 Computer Programming for Natural Resources Applications
ENTO 210 Global Public Health Entomology
ENTO 625 Landscape Ecology
RENR 201 Computer Applications in Agriculture
RENR 205 GIS for Environmental Problem Solving
RENR 210 Ecosystem Management
RENR 470 Environmental Impact Assessment
RENR 660 Environmental Impact Analysis for Renewable Natural Resources
RENR 664 Coastal Zone Management
RPTS 402 Park Planning and Design
SCSC 310 Soil Morphology and Interpretation
SCSC 663 Applied Spatial Statistics

The Bush School of Government and Public Service

The TAMU Bush School of Government and Public Service offer degrees in Public Service and Administration as well as International Affairs, within which students have the opportunity to become exposed to GIScience related topics.

Course Number Course Name
PSAA 604 Emergency Management and Homeland Security
PSAA 605 Homeland Security Policies, Strategies, and Operations
PSAA 606 Environmental Policy and Management

The Mays Business School

The TAMU Mays Business School offer several degree programs that allow students to integrate GIScience into their education including, among others, Management Information Systems, Marketing, and Supply Chain Analysis.

Course Number Course Name
INFO 328 Database Management Systems
INFO 439 Management of Information Systems
INFO 340 Supply Chain Management
INFO 420 Web Enabled Applications

The College of Education and Human Development

The TAMU College of Education and Human Development offer courses which cover GIScience topics for aspiring educators.

Course Number Course Name
EDCI 670 Social Studies in Elementary and High School

The Dwight Look College of Engineering

The TAMU Dwight Look College of Engineering offer a variety of degree programs where students train to develop and utilize GIScience techniques and applications including Computer Science & Engineering and Civil Engineering.

Course Number Course Name
CSE 110 Programming I
CSE 111 Introduction to Computer Science Concepts and Programming
CSE 211 Data Structures and Their Implementations
CSE 222 Discrete Structures for Computing
CSE 310 Database Systems
CSE 311 Analysis of Algorithms
CSE 313 Introduction to Computer Systems
CSE 314 Programming Languages
CSE 411 Design and Analysis of Algorithms
CSE 420 Artificial Intelligence
CSE 431 Software Engineering
CSE 436 Computer-Human Interaction
CSE 441 Computer Graphics
CSE 442 Scientific Programming
CSE 452 Robotics and Spatial Intelligence
CSE 470 Information Storage and Retrieval
CSE 603 Database Systems and Applications
CSE 608 Database Systems
CSE 620 Computational Geometry
CSE 624 Sketch Recognition
CSE 625 Artificial Intelligence
CSE 629 Analysis of Algorithms
CSE 631 Intelligent Agents
CSE 633 Machine Learning
CSE 641 Computer Graphics
CSE 645 Geometric Modeling
CSE 646 The Digital Image
CSE 647 Image Synthesis
CSE 660 Computational Linear Algebra
CSE 666 Pattern Analysis
CSE 670 Information Storage and Retrieval
CVEN 201 Plane Surveying
CVEN 301 Environmental Engineering
CVEN 339 Water Resources Engineering
CVEN 403 Applied Civil Engineering Surveying
CVEN 406 Environmental Protection and Public Health
CVEN 413 Natural Environmental Systems
CVEN 423 Geomatics for Civil Engineering
CVEN 435 Geotechnical Engineering Design
CVEN 454 Urban Planning for Engineers
CVEN 610 Environmental Risk Assessment
CVEN 658 Civil Engineering Applications of GIS
CVEN 672 Engineering and Urban Transportation Systems
ECEN 314 Signals and Systems
ECEN 444 Digital Signal Processing
ECEN 447 Digital Image Processing
ECEN 448 Real-Time Digital Signal Processing
ECEN 455 Digital Communications
ECEN 603 Time-frequency Analysis and Multirate Signal Processing
ECEN 645 Pattern Recognition by Neural Networks
ECEN 647 Information Theory
ECEN 649 Pattern Recognition
ECEN 662 Estimation and Detection Theory
ISEN 689 Special Topics in Spatial Optimization

The College of Liberal Arts

The TAMU College of Liberal Arts provides students with a broad range of courses of study which allow them to benefit from GIS-Related coursework.

Course Number Course Name
SOCI 320 Demographic Methods
ANTH 624 Geoarchaeology
ANTH 636 Computer Graphics in Archaeology
PHIL 240 Introduction to Logic

Texas A&M Libraries

The TAMU Library System hosts the TAMU Maps and GIS Data Library which provides training, support, and data services for the TAMU community. Short courses on the use of Census data in research and teaching as well as ArcGIS are provided to TAMU faculty, staff, and students on a regular basis.

The College of Sciences

The TAMU College of Sciences offers many courses which form the basis for fundamental GIScience related tools and advanced techniques.

Course Number Course Name
STAT 201 Elementary Statistical Inference
STAT 302 Statistical Methods
STAT 408 Introduction to Linear Models
STAT 602 Statistical Methods of Regression Analysis
STAT 604 Topics in Statistical Computations
STAT 608 Regression Analysis
STAT 615 Stochastic Processes
STAT 616 Multivariate Analysis.
STAT 618 Statistical Aspects of Machine Learning and Data Mining
STAT 626 Methods in Time Series Analysis
STAT 636 Methods in Multivariate Analysis
STAT 647 Spatial Statistics
STAT 648 Applied Statistics and Data Analysis

The College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

The TAMU College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences provides opportunities for students to gain GIScience-Related experience as they progress toward graduation.

Course Number Course Name
VIBS 413 Intro to Epidemiology
VIBS 420 Computer Applications in Public Health Research
VIBS 432 Public Health Practices
VIBS 607 Applied Epidemiology
VIBS 608 Epidemiological Methods I
VIBS 610 Epidemiological Methods II & Data Analysis
VIBS 930 Public Health

Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health

The TAMU School of Rural Public Health offers courses performs and research using GIScience as it applies to biostatistics, environmental epidemiology, and public health.

Course Number Course Name
PHSB 603 Social & Behavioral Determinants of Health
PHEO 600 Principles of Environmental and Occupational Health
PHEB 605 Epidemiologic Methods I
PHEB 602 Biostatistics I
PHEB 608 Spatial Epidemiology I
PHEB 612 Data Management/Computing
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