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2017-2018 Samford University Catalog

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Geographic Information Science Certificate

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Required Courses

Geography Core: 12 Credits

GEOG 150 - Physical Geography: Understanding Planet Earth (4)
GEOG 216 - Mapping a Changing World (4)
GEOG 316 - Applied GIS (4)

Geography Elective: 4 Credits

(select one upper-level geography course)

Mathematics and Computer Science: 8 Credits

COSC 110 - Introduction to Programming (4)
MATH 210 - Elementary Statistics (4)

Total Required Credits: 24

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