University of South Carolina
Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Undergraduate Certificate Program
Application Form
Student Name_______________________________
Student ID______________________
Degree Program_____________________________
Expected Graduation date_________
Email address_______________________________
Instructions: The Certificate requires a minimum of 21 credit hours of approved coursework
(long list in next page): 9 required in the Core, 6 selected in the Specialization and 3 in the
Elective. The final course must be a capstone experience. The final average GPA calculated from
all courses below must be a minimum of B (3.0), with no grade lower than C for a single course.
At least one semester prior to completing the required coursework, the student must apply to the
GCP Director to receive the Certificate (awarded along with graduation).
Courses completed:
I.
Core (9 units):
Course
Credits
Grade
Semester
GEOG 341 (Cartography)
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GEOG 345 (Air photo interpretation) OR
GEOG 551 (Principles of remote sensing)
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GEOG 363 (Intro to GIS) OR
GEOG 563 (Advanced GIS)
__3_____
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II.
Specialization track (6 units – selected from the list in next page [courses used for Core course
work cannot be counted for the specialization track]):
Course
Credits
Grade
Semester
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III.
Elective Course (3 units, to be approved by Certificate Program Directors)
Course
Credits
Grade
Semester
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IV.
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___3____
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Capstone (3 units)
GEOG495
Seminar in Geography
Project: _________________________________________________________________________
GCP
GCPDirector________________________
Director________________________
Signature:
Signature:___________________
___________________Date:
Date:__________
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GEOINT RELEVANT COURSES
Core (9 credits in total):
GEOG 341
Cartography
(3)
GEOG 345
(or GEOG551)
Interpretation of Aerial Photographs
Principles of Remote Sensing
(3)
GEOG 363
(or GEOG563)
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Advanced Geographic Information Systems
(3)
Specialization track (6 credits in total):
GEOG 541
GEOG 542
GEOG 551
GEOG 552
GEOG 562
GEOG 563
GEOG 564
GEOG 565
GEOG 575
Advanced Cartography
Dynamic Mapping
Principles of Remote Sensing
LiDARgrammetric and Photogrammetric Digital
Surface Mapping
Satellite Mapping and GPS
Advanced Geographic Information Systems
GIS Based Modeling
GIS Databases and Their Use
Digital Techniques and Applications in Remote
Sensing
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
Elective: selected from the following areas (300+, to be approved by Program Directors)
Computational and analytical
methods
Political and cultural studies
(Statistics, Computer Science, Math, etc.)
(Political Science, International Studies,
Human and Regional Geography, etc.)
Visualization and data
representation
Natural sciences
(Geology, marine science, environmental
science, environmental studies, etc.)
Capstone:
GEOG 495
Seminar in Geography
(3)
(or equivalent semester-long approved independent study project involving significant
intelligence-related work)