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AAS Degree in Geographic Information Systems

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Associate of applied science degree, Tech Prep
(degree offered at LSC-CyFair)

First Year

First Semester

Course	Number	Title	Credit
COSC	1401	Microcomputer Applications OR	4
ITSC	1401	Introduction to Computers
GISC	1411	Intro to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	4
DFTG	1305	Technical Drafting	3
GEOG	1300	Principles of Geography	3
MATH	1314	College Algebra	3
		Semester Total	17

Second Semester

Course	Number	Title	Credit
GISC	1401	Cartography and Geography in GIS and GPS	4
GISC	1421	Intro to Raster-Based GIS	4
DFTG	1309	Basic Computer-Aided Drafting	3
ENGL	1301	Composition & Rhetoric I	3
MATH	1316	Trigonometry	3
		Semester Total	17
		Total Credit Hours for First Year	34

Second Year

First Semester

Course Number Title Credit

GISC 2411 GIS Applications 4

GISC 2401 Data Acquisition & Analysis in GIS 4

ENGL 2311 Technical Communications 3

GEOL 1403 Physical Geology 4

Semester Total
15

Second Semester

Course Number Title Credit

GISC¹ 2380 Cooperative Education OR 3-4

GISC¹ 1491 Special Topics

SPCH 1315 Public Speaking 3

KINE Physical Activity 1

Elective² Humanities/Fine Arts 3

Elective³ Technical 4

Semester Total
14-15

Total Credit Hours for Second Year
29-30

Total Credit Hours for AAS Degree 63-64

¹ Capstone course
² Select course to meet multicultural requirement
³ Choose one course from the following three groups for technical elective. Programming electives: ITSE 1402 or ITSE 1432; Database electives: ITSW 1407 or ITSW 2437; GIS elective: GISC 2464