Geospatial Technology Minor

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Contact Information

Mr. Curtis Price, Lecturer
Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
Mineral Industries 301
(605) 394-2461
E-mail: Curtis.Price@sdsmt.edu

The Minor in Geospatial Technology requires completion of eighteen (18) credit hours of courses, including

GEOL 416/416L/516/516L Introduction to GIS/Lab (2-1) 3
GEOL 417/517 Geospatial Databases (3-0) 3
GEOL 419/519 Advanced Geospatial Analysis (3-0) 3
GEOL 420/520 Introduction to Remote Sensing (3-0) 3 .

Six additional credits taken from any of the groups below complete the minor. Up to three credits of a senior capstone, research, or design project with a significant proportion of geospatial content may be substituted for one elective, with permission of the geospatial programs coordinator, Mr. Curtis Price. E-mail: Curtis.Price@sdsmt.edu. For more information on this certificate see the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering page under Undergraduate Studies in this catalog.

One of these surveying courses may be applied to the minor:

CEE 206/206L Engineering Surveys I/Lab Credits: (2-1) 3
GEOE 201L Surveying for Mining and Geological Engineers Credits: (0-2) 2
MEM 201L Surveying for Mining and Geological Engineers Credits: (0-2) 2

One of these statistics courses may be applied to the minor:

MATH 281 Introduction to Statistics Credits: (3-0) 3
MATH 381 Introduction to Probability and Statistics Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 307 Mineral Exploration and Geostatistics Credits: (3-0) 3

One of these programming courses may be applied to the minor:

CEE 284 Applied Numerical Methods Credits: (3-0) 3
CBE 117L Programming for Chemical and Biological Engineering Credits: (0-1) 1
CSC 111/111L Introduction to Computer Programming/Lab Credits: (2-0) 2
CSC 150/150L Computer Science I/Lab Credits: (2-1) 3
CSC 170/170L Programming for Engineers and Scientists Credits: (3-0) 3

Any of these courses may be applied to the minor:

CEE 437/437L/537/537L Watershed and Floodplain Modeling/Lab Credits: (2-1) 3
CSC 424/524 Digital Image Processing Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 484 Database Management Systems Credits: (3-0) 3
GEOE 475/475L/575/575L Groundwater/Lab Credits: (2-1) 3
MEM 301/301L Computer Applications in Mining/Lab Credits: (1-2) 3