Students admitted to this program will have a B.S. in any discipline (including students admitted to the accelerated program). The MGIS is designed to be completed in three semesters for students entering the program without prerequisites, but can be completed in two if six credits are counted from a Michigan Tech undergraduate degree under the accelerated Master’s option. Once admitted, students must complete a minimum of thirty credits of coursework past their undergraduate degree. It is a Plan C (coursework only with required oral examination) Masters with no thesis or report options. Students will choose a faculty advisor from within the program.
| General Curriculum Design | |
|---|---|
| Introductory GIS | 4 credits |
| Advanced GIS concepts | 3 credits |
| Implementing and managing GIS projects | 3 credits |
| GPS field techniques | 2 credits |
| Remote sensing | 3-4 credits |
| Communications | 2 credits |
| Spatial Statistics | 3 credits |
| Electives | 9-10 credits |
| Total | 30 credits |
Introductory GIS
FW5550 - Geographic Information Science and Spatial Analysis (4 credits, Fall)
Advanced Spatial Topics (GIS, GPS, cartography, data and project management)
FW5554 – GPS field techniques (2 credits, Fall)
FW5555 - Advanced GIS Concepts and Analysis (3 credits, Spring) Pre-requisite: FW5550
FW5556 – GIS Project Management (3 credits, Spring) Pre-requisite: FW5550
Spatial Statistics
FW5557 – Applied Spatial Statistics (3 credits, Spring)
Remote Sensing
FW4540 - Remote Sensing of the Environment (3 credits - alternate Fall semesters)
or
FW5540 - Advanced Terrestrial Remote Sensing (4 credits, alternate Fall semesters)
or
FW5560 - Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective (3 credits, Spring)
Pre-requisite: FW5550
or
GE4250 - Fundamentals of Remote Sensing (3 credits, Spring) Pre-requisites: PH2200
and MA2160
or
SU4140 - Photogrammetry (3 credits, Fall) Pre-requisite: SU2260
Communications
FW5801 – Masters Seminar in GIS (1 credit, Fall and Spring)
Electives (select 10-11 credits from the following lists)
Business
BA5650 - Project Management (3 credits, Fall, Spring, Summer) Pre-requisite: MA2710
or MA 2720 or MA 3710
BA5760 - Corporate Social Responsibility & Business Ethics (3 credits, on demand)
Cartography
SS5410 Critical Cartography (1 credit, Summer)
FW4545 - Map Design with GIS (3 credits, alternate Spring) Pre-requisite:
FW3540 or FW5550
Computer Science
CS4421 - Database Systems (3 credits, Spring) Pre-requisite: CS2321
Communications and writing
FW5850 - Effective Grantsmanship Workshop (2 credits, Spring)
HU5081 - Writing Applications in Technical Communication (3 credits, on demand) NOT in the current course list
HU5091 - Writing for publication (3 credits, on demand)
Geospatial applications
UN4000 - Remote Sensing Seminar (1 credit, Fall & Spring)
FW3540 - Introduction to GIS for Natural Resource Management (4 credits,
Spring) Pre-requisite: MA 2710 (C) or MA 2720 (C) or MA 3710 (C)
SU3540 - Geospatial Information Technology (4 credits, Spring) Pre-requisite:
MA3710
SU5003 - GIS Fundamentals (1 credit, on demand)
SU5004 - Introduction to Geospatial Image Processing (3 credits, on demand)
SU5041 - Geospatial Data Processing (3 credits, on demand)
Policy
ENG5520 - Sustainable Futures II (3 credits, Spring)
FW5111 - Advanced Natural Resource Policy (3 credits, Fall)
FW5150 - Institutions and Natural Resource Management (up to 3 credits, Fall, Spring, Summer)
Natural resources
CE5666 - Water Resources Planning and Management (3 credits, on demand) Pre-requisites
CE3620 and (EC3400 or EC3402 or ENT3402)
ENVE4505 - Surface Water Quality Engineering (3 credits, Fall) Pre-requisite: ENVE3501 or ENVE 3503
FW 4220 - Wetlands (4 credits, Fall)
FW4300 - Introduction to Wildland Fire (3 credits, Spring) Pre-requisite: FW3020 and (FW3010 or FW3012)
FW4370 - Forest and Landscape Hydrology (3 credits, Spring)
FW4380 - Landscape Ecology (3 credits, Spring)
FW5032 - Integrated Forest Inventory and Data Analysis (3 credits, Spring)
FW5088 - Forest Finance & Economics (3 credits, Spring)
FW5130 - Forest Vegetation Dynamics (3 credits, Fall) Pre-requisites: BL3400 or FW3010 or FW3012 or FW3020
FW5140 - Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science (2 credits, Fall)
FW5413 - Sustainable Biomass (3 credits, Fall)
GE4150 - Natural Hazards (3 credits, Fall) Pre-requisites: (GE2000 or GE2100) and UN2002
Statistics
EC4200 - Econometrics (3 credits) Pre-requisites: (EC2001 or EC3002 or EC3003) and
(BA2100 or BUS2100 or MA2710 or MA2720 or MA3710) and (MA1135 or MA1160 or MA1161)
FW5411 - Applied Regression Analysis (3 cr, alternate Spring semesters)
MA4710 - Regression Analysis (3 cr, Spring) Pre-requisites: MA2720 or MA3710
MA4740 - Sampling Methods (3 cr, on demand)
MA5701 - Statistical Methods (3 cr, Fall)
As an undergraduate, take FW3540 - Intro to GIS for Resource Management (4 credits) and FW5111 - Advanced Natural Resource Policy (3 credits). Six of these credits may be applied.
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Fall |
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| FW5550 - GIS for Resource Management (required) | (4 credits) | |
| FW5554 - GPS Field Techniques (required) | (2 credits) | |
| FW5801 - Masters Seminar in GIS (required) | (1 credit) | |
| EC4300 - Econometrics | (3 credits) | |
| GE4150 - Natural Hazards | (3 credits) | |
| Total | 13 credits | |
|
Spring |
||
| FW5555 - Advanced GIS Concepts and Analysis (required) | (3 credits) | |
| FW5560 - Digital Image Processing (required from list) | (3 credits) | |
| FW5556 – GIS Project Management (required) | (3 credits) | |
| FW5510 – Special Topics in Natural Resources - Spatial Statistics (required) | (3 credits) | |
| FW5801 - Masters Seminar in GIS | (1 credit) | |
| Total | 13 credits | |
| Accelerated Master’s credits | 6 credits | |
| Fall semester | 13 credits | |
| Spring semester | 13 credits | |
| Total | 32 credits |
|
Spring |
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| SU3540 - Geospatial Info Technology | (4 credits) | |
| FW5510 - Spatial Statistics (required) | (3 credits) | |
| GE4250 - Fundamentals of Remote Sensing | (3 credits) | |
| FW5801 - Masters Seminar in GIS (required) | (1 credits) | |
| Total | 11 credits | |
|
Fall |
||
| FW5550 - GIS for Resource Management (required) | (4 credits) | |
| FW5540 - Adv. Terrestrial Remote Sensing (required from list) | (4 credits) | |
| FW5554 - GPS Field Techniques (required) | (2 credits) | |
| GE4150 - Natural Hazards | (3 credits) | |
| Total | 13 credits | |
|
Spring |
||
| FW5555 - Advanced GIS Concepts and Analysis (required) | (3 credits) | |
| FW5556 – GIS Project Management (required) | (3 credits) | |
| FW5850 - Effective Grantsmanship | (2 credits) | |
| FW5801 - Masters Seminar in GIS | (1 credit) | |
| Total | 9 credits | |
| Spring semester | 11 credits | |
| Fall semester | 13 credits | |
| Spring semester | 9 credits | |
| Total | 33 credits |