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Geographic Information Science Program
9861 Applied Sciences Building
Advisor
Ms. M. Trautman BA, MEd (S Fraser), 778.782.8795 Tel
Ms. R. Multani, 7126 Robert C. Brown Hall, 778.782.4529 Tel
The School of Computing Science and the Department of Geography offers a major and honors leading to a bachelor of science.
Admission Requirements
Entry is via direct admission from high school, direct transfer from a recognized post-secondary institution, or internal transfer from within 91ÅÝܽ. Admission is competitive. A separate admission average for each entry route is established each term depending on available spaces and subject to the approval of the Dean of Applied Sciences.
Admission averages and calculations for direct program admission (from high school or post-secondary) are the same as the major program. Internal transfers are assessed on the lower division requirements GPA (see below). Only 91ÅÝܽ courses are used in GPA calculation. Grades from all course attempts (including repeats) are used equally to calculate the average. Apply anytime after at least 18 91ÅÝܽ lower division units (100 or 200 division courses) are completed, and all 100 division requirements (completed at either 91ÅÝܽ or a BC community college) have been satisfied.
Students must maintain a 2.5 cumulative grade point average (CGPA) to remain in the program.
Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements
Students completing degree programs must fulfil writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of their program. See “Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements” on page 7.
Lower Division Requirements
Students complete all of
CMPT 120-3 Introduction to Computing Science and Programming I
CMPT 125-3 Introduction to Computing Science and Programming II
CMPT 225-3 Data Structures and Programming
GEOG 100-3 Human Geography I
GEOG 111-3 Earth Systems
GEOG 250-3 Cartography I
GEOG 253-3 Aerial Photographic Interpretation
GEOG 255-3 Geographical Information Science I
MACM 101-3 Discrete Mathematics I
MACM 201-3 Discrete Mathematics II
MATH 151-3 Calculus I
MATH 152-3 Calculus II
MATH 232-3 Applied Linear Algebra
and one of
GEOG 213-3 Introduction to Geomorphology
GEOG 214-3 Climate and Environment
GEOG 215-3 Biogeography
GEOG 221-3 Economic Geography
GEOG 241-3 Social Geography
GEOG 261-3 Introduction to Urban Geography
and one of
GEOG 251-3 Quantitative Geography
STAT 270-3 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
(45 units)
Upper Division Requirements
Students complete all of
CMPT 307-3 Data Structures and Algorithms
CMPT 354-3 Database Systems I
CMPT 361-3 Introduction to Computer Graphics
and one of
CMPT 300-3 Operating Systems I
CMPT 363-3 User Interface Design
CMPT 371-3 Data Communications and Networking
CMPT 384-3 Symbolic Computing
and three of
GEOG 351-4 Cartography and Visualization
GEOG 352-4 Spatial Analysis
GEOG 353-4 Remote Sensing
GEOG 355-4 Geographical Information Science II
and two of
CMPT 406-3 Computational Geometry
CMPT 412-3 Computational Vision
CMPT 454-3 Database Systems II
CMPT 461-3 Image Synthesis
CMPT 470-3 Web-based Information Systems
and two of
GEOG 451-4 Spatial Modelling
GEOG 453W-4 Remote Sensing of Environment
GEOG 455-4 Theoretical and Applied GIS
and four additional upper division units in physical or human geography. Students should consult with the program advisor in choosing these units.
and three additional upper division units in CMPT or MACM courses. (45 units)
Lower Division Requirements
CMPT 120-3 Introduction to Computing Science and Programming I
CMPT 125-3 Introduction to Computing Science and Programming II
CMPT 150-3 Introduction to Computer Design
CMPT 225-3 Data Structures and Programming
CMPT 275-4 Software Engineering I
GEOG 100-3 Human Geography I
GEOG 111-3 Earth Systems
GEOG 250-3 Cartography I
GEOG 253-3 Aerial Photographic Interpretation
GEOG 255-3 Geographical Information Science I
MACM 101-3 Discrete Mathematics I
MACM 201-3 Discrete Mathematics II
MATH 151-3 Calculus I
MATH 152-3 Calculus II
MATH 232-3 Applied Linear Algebra
and one of
GEOG 213-3 Introduction to Geomorphology
GEOG 214-3 Climate and the Environment
GEOG 215-3 Biogeography
and one of
GEOG 221-3 Economic Geography
GEOG 241-3 Social Geography
GEOG 261-3 Introduction to Urban Geography
and one of
GEOG 251-3 Quantitative Geography
STAT 270-3 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
(55 units)
Upper Division Requirements
Students complete all of
CMPT 300-3 Operating Systems I
CMPT 307-3 Data Structures and Algorithms
CMPT 354-3 Database Systems I
CMPT 361-3 Introduction to Computer Graphics
CMPT 406-3 Computational Geometry
CMPT 454-3 Database Systems II
GEOG 491-4 Honors Essay
MACM 316-3 Numerical Analysis I
and three of
GEOG 351-4 Cartography and Visualization
GEOG 352-4 Spatial Analysis
GEOG 353-4 Remote Sensing
GEOG 355-4 Geographical Information Science II
and three of
CMPT 363-3 User Interface Design
CMPT 371-3 Data Communications and Networking
CMPT 384-3 Symbolic Computing
CMPT 412-3 Computational Vision
CMPT 461-3 Image Synthesis
CMPT 470-3 Web-based Information Systems
and two of
GEOG 451-4 Spatial Modelling
GEOG 453W-4 Remote Sensing of Environment
GEOG 455-4 Theoretical and Applied GIS
and four additional upper division units in physical or human geography. Students should consult with the geography program advisor when choosing these units. (58 units)
Admission, continuation and graduation are contingent upon maintaining 3.00 or better on all relevant grade point averages (cumulative GPA, upper division GPA, computing science GPA, computing science upper division GPA, geography GPA, geography upper division GPA).
Students are strongly encouraged to enrol in co-operative education. Geographic information science students will be in great demand while still completing the program. The number of co-op posting requests exceeds the supply by a large margin. Co-op employers are actively seeking students with broad GIS skills, especially programming, database management, and statistics, in addition to substantive knowledge in geography and resource management.
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