Minor in Remote Sensing and GIS
for undergraduate and graduate students
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences offers degree programs in
Forestry, Environmental Science, and Plant Sciences; all of these can be combined with a Remote
Sensing GIS minor. The minor is also applicable to students from Community Planning and
Urban Studies.
Courses Available for Remote Sensing/Geographic Information System-Minor:
Prefix
Number
Undergraduate Course Title and Credits
NRE
365
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis
NRE
366
Climate and Global Change
NRE
465
Applications in Geostatistics
NRE
471
Use and Interpretation of Aerial Photography
NRE
476
Remote Sensing of the Environment – I
NRE
481
Hydrology and Watershed Management
EE
303
Electromagnetic Field Theory
EE
304
Numerical Methods & Digital Computations
EE
410
Microwave Engineering
CMP
204
Visual Programming
MTH
383
(CMP 305) Numerical Analysis
CMP
409
Computer Graphics
Prefix
NRE
NRE
NRE
NRE
NRE
NRE
NRE
NRE
NRE
CMP
CMP
CMP
Number
565
571
576
574
581
775
774
778
779
501
503
515
Graduate Course Title and Credits
Applications in Geostatistics
Use and Interpretation of Aerial Photography
Remote Sensing of the Environment - I
Quantitative Approaches in Remote Sensing
Hydrology and Watershed Management
Advanced Principles of Geographical Information Systems
Quantitative Approaches in Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing of the Environment –II
Advanced Environmental Geostatistics
Organization of Digital Computers
UNIX and C Programming
Numerical Analysis
Students at the undergraduate level must select a combination of courses that equals 18 credit
hours and must include NRE 365, 465, and 476. Graduate students must also complete 18 credit
hours at the graduate level with the inclusion of NRE 565, 576, 574/774, 775 and 778. The
courses identified at the 500-level series are for Master of Science students and the 700-level
series are for Doctoral Degree students.
For more information contact:
Dr. Wubishet Tadesse
Phone 256-372 4245 or
E-mail wubishet.tadesse@aamu.edu
Credits
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3