Geographic Information Systems

Bachelor of Science Degree

Bachelor of Science degree in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - This is an applied degree in geography and the spatial sciences that aims to generate workforce-ready graduates who are well trained in the technology, theory, and application of geographic information systems. The GIS program provides students with critical thinking skills such as analyzing, synthesizing, visualizing and evaluating data by way of digital maps and/or map imagery to solve problems related to urban and regional design, marketing and industrial location, transportation, agriculture, forestry, environmental systems, engineering, epidemiology, emergency services, crime analysis and utilities.

Completion of the degree would count toward the educational requirement for GISP (GIS Professional) Certification.

Typical Employment Opportunities

GIS Analyst
Geospatial Intelligence Analyst
Geospatial Application Developer
Urban and Regional Design 
Agriculture Technology
Natural Resources Analyst
GIS Network Engineer 
Epidemiology 
Emergency Services 
Crime Analysis 
Utilities 
Local and National Government 
GIS Energy Analyst
GIS Transportation and Logistics Analyst

Geographic Information Systems (BS) Program Outcomes:

  • Graduates will utilize the scientific method and various informational and analytical tools for solving problems related to human and physical geography.
  • Graduates will apply understanding of the importance of space and place in key issues facing contemporary society, combined with the ability use data to solve pressing problems in the environmental sciences, salesforce management, public health, public policy, etc.
  • Graduates will debate, quantify, and qualify the interrelationships between human, physical, and biotic systems on the Earth’s surface.
  • Graduates will integrate spatial analysis into interdisciplinary research problems.
  • Graduates will compose essays that: 1) cogently convey technical information retrieved through independent research; 2) rely on print and/or digital sources of a scholarly nature; and 3) are generally free of grammatical, spelling, punctuation and other errors.

Admission to Farmingdale State College - State University of New York is based on the qualifications of the applicant without regard to age, sex, marital or military status, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability or sexual orientation.

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Contact Information

History, Politics and Geography

Dr. Emily A Fogarty
Memorial Hall , Room 230
934-420-2739
hpg@farmingdale.edu
Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm

<table> <tbody> <tr> <th>Liberal Arts and Sciences</th> <th>(42 credits)</th> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="/courses/index.shtml?cid=EGL 101" target="_blank">EGL 101</a> Composition I: College Writing (GE)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/courses/index.shtml?cid=EGL 102" target="_blank">EGL 102</a> Composition II: Writing About Literature</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/courses/index.shtml?cid=MTH 110" target="_blank">MTH 110</a> Statistics (GE)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>American History (GE)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Western Civilization History (GE)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Humanities (GE)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Arts (GE)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Foreign Language (GE)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Natural Science (GE)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mathematics (GE)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Liberal Arts &amp; Sciences Technical Electives</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Liberal Arts &amp; Sciences Electives</td> <td>6</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody> <tr> <th>Free Electives</th> <th>(6 credits)</th> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody> <tr> <th>Required: Lower Division</th> <th>(16 credits)</th> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="/courses/index.shtml?cid=GEO 110" target="_blank">GEO 110</a> Maps and Map Analysis (GE)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/courses/index.shtml?cid=GIS 231" target="_blank">GIS 231</a> Geospatial Research Methods</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/courses/index.shtml?cid=GEO 211" target="_blank">GEO 211</a> The World and Its Peoples (GE)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/courses/index.shtml?cid=GIS 222" target="_blank">GIS 222</a> Geovisualization I</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/courses/index.shtml?cid=GEO 201" target="_blank">GEO 201</a> Physical Geography OR</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/courses/index.shtml?cid=GEO 222" target="_blank">GEO 222</a> Human Geography</td> <td>3</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody> <tr> <th>Required: Upper Division</th> <th>(57 credits)</th> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="/courses/index.shtml?cid=GIS 321" target="_blank">GIS 321</a> Geovisualization II</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/courses/index.shtml?cid=GIS 331" target="_blank">GIS 331</a> Spatial Analysis I</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/courses/index.shtml?cid=GIS 341" target="_blank">GIS 341</a> Geoprocessing I</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/courses/index.shtml?cid=GIS 342" target="_blank">GIS 342</a> Geodatabase Management</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/courses/index.shtml?cid=GIS 491" target="_blank">GIS 491</a> Senior Seminar OR</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/courses/index.shtml?cid=GIS 492" target="_blank">GIS 492</a> Internship</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Technical Electives 300-400 Level</td> <td>21</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Free Electives 300-400 Level </td> <td>12</td> </tr> <tr> <td>300-400 Level Liberal &amp; Science Electives</td> <td>9</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody> <tr> <th>Total Credits</th> <th>121</th> </tr> </tbody> </table>
Liberal Arts and Sciences (42 credits)
EGL 101 Composition I: College Writing (GE) 3
EGL 102 Composition II: Writing About Literature 3
MTH 110 Statistics (GE) 3
American History (GE) 3
Western Civilization History (GE) 3
Humanities (GE) 3
Arts (GE) 3
Foreign Language (GE) 3
Natural Science (GE) 3
Mathematics (GE) 3
Liberal Arts & Sciences Technical Electives 6
Liberal Arts & Sciences Electives 6
Free Electives (6 credits)
Required: Lower Division (16 credits)
GEO 110 Maps and Map Analysis (GE) 3
GIS 231 Geospatial Research Methods 3
GEO 211 The World and Its Peoples (GE) 3
GIS 222 Geovisualization I 4
GEO 201 Physical Geography OR
GEO 222 Human Geography 3
Required: Upper Division (57 credits)
GIS 321 Geovisualization II 3
GIS 331 Spatial Analysis I 3
GIS 341 Geoprocessing I 3
GIS 342 Geodatabase Management 3
GIS 491 Senior Seminar OR
GIS 492 Internship 3
Technical Electives 300-400 Level 21
Free Electives 300-400 Level 12
300-400 Level Liberal & Science Electives 9
Total Credits 121

Curriculum Summary

Degree Type: BS
Total Required Credits: 121

Please refer to the General Education, Applied Learning, and Writing Intensive requirement sections of the College Catalog and consult with your advisor to ensure that graduation requirements are satisfied.

As a part of the SUNY General Education Framework, all first-time full time Freshman at Farmingdale State College (FSC) beginning Fall 2023, are required to develop knowledge and skills in Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (DEISJ). Students will be able to fulfill this requirement at FSC by taking a specially designated DEISJ course that has been developed by faculty and approved by the DEISJ Review Board. DEISJ-approved courses may meet other General Education Knowledge and Skills areas and/or core competencies and thus be dually designated. DEISJ-approved courses may also earn other special designations such as those for Applied Learning or Writing Intensive.

Notes:

Liberal Arts Technical Electives 

GEO 201 Physical Geography

GIS  201 Mathematical Principles in Geography

GEO 222 Human Geography

GEO 231 Europe and Its Peoples

GEO 232 North America and its Peoples

GEO 290 Topics in Geography

Technical Electives 300-400 Level

GIS 301 GIScience 

GIS 302 Remote Sensing 

GIS 321 Geovisualization II

GIS 322 Geovisualization III

GIS 332 Spatial Analysis II 

GIS 431 Spatial Analysis III 

GIS 432 Location Modeling and Analysis

GIS 433 Mapping Applications of Drones

GIS 441 Geoprocessing II 

GEO 323 Urban Geography

GEO 325 Globalization and Sustainability

GEO 330 Environmental Interactions

GEO 340 Geography and Imagination

GEO 350 Place Branding

GEO 370 The Anthropocene Epoch

GEO 390 Special Topics

HIS 306 Transformation of America

HIS 310 Technology and Society Russia-1917-Present

HIS 335 Gender and Technology in Historical Perspectives

HIS 342 The History of Television

PHY 304 Big Data and Society

POL 370 International Relations

POL 371 Geopolitics 

POL 320 Internet Politics

SOC 326 Visual Sociology 

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