Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences
Department: Geography
Effective as of Fall 2020
Approximately 80% of all data have a spatial or location-based component. The geospatial industry and market for it continue to expand at a phenomenal rate. The latest Dept. of Labor statistics show more than 850,000 current geospatial workers with an additional 350,000 needed by 2018. Professionals in GIS are needed in organizations of all sizes and in almost every industry, including, agriculture, health care, retail trade, urban planning, law enforcement, defense and intelligence, natural resources, utilities, marketing, unmanned aerial systems and engineering among others.
Formal articulation agreements with other colleges and universities indicate how Sinclair programs and courses will transfer to other institutions.
Course | Title | Credits |
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CIS 2165 | Database Management | 3 |
CIS 2266 | Python for Data Analytics | 3 |
(COM 2211 OR COM 2225) | 3 | |
ENG 1101 | English Composition I | 3 |
(GEO 1107 OR GEO 1103 AND GEO 1104) | 4 | |
GEO 1101 | Global Forces, Local Diversity | 3 |
GEO 1102 | Earth's Physical Environment | 4 |
GEO 1105 | Geospatial Awareness | 1 |
GEO 1209 | Introduction to Cartography | 4 |
GEO 1212 | Geospatial Data Acquisition & Management | 3 |
GEO 2210 | Advanced Spatial Analysis | 4 |
(GEO 2600 OR GEO 2700) | 3 | |
MAT 1450 | Introductory Statistics | 4 |
MAT 1470 | College Algebra | 3 |
Ohio Transfer Module: Social & Behavioral Sciences Elective | 3 | |
Ohio Transfer Module: Arts & Humanities Elective OR Ohio Transfer Module: Natural & Physical Sciences Elective) | 3 | |
GIS Programming Specialist Pathway OR GIS Analyst Pathway OR GIS Coordinator Pathway OR GIS Aerial Data Sensing Analyst Pathway) | 12 |