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Online Master of Science

Geographic Information Science UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO | COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

earth-sciencerocks@uidaho.edu

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No. 1

In Early- and Mid-Career Salaries Among Idaho Public Universities.

No. 3

Geography Program in the United States for Academic Excellence and Affordability.

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Top 8%

Best Colleges in the Nation.

- Princeton Review

+34%

Increase in GIS Jobs by 2031 - Bureau of Labor Statistics.

WHAT’S THE COST? Idaho Residents and Out-Of-State Students Registered for All Online Courses Only* • Part Time (1-8 credits): $586 per credit • Full Time (9-16 credits): $5,274 per semester • Additional Overload Charge for 21 or more credits: $389 per credit

* Courses offered via Engineering Outreach have an additional production fee of $263 per credit. A web fee ($35) per credit is charged for all online courses. Additional course fees may apply. Also note that registering for an on campus course will lead to being charged non-resident tuition for that course and all other courses that semester.

For more details, please visit the Semester Tuition and Fee Schedule.

Change in Puero Rico forest cover following Hurricane Maria using Goddard’s G-LiHT Airborne Imager (Credit: NASA Visible Earth)

MAP YOUR FUTURE Earning your M.S. in Geographic Information Science (GIS) will enable you to explore the science of space and place.

Explore a wide array of application areas using spatial technologies, datasets, and models to inform environmental decisions, assess climate change solutions, monitor natural disasters, among many more.

You will take a core set of advanced GIS courses and then choose from 7 different application areas. This degree will help you gain new knowledge and skills to advance your career.

Geological Map of Latah County (Credit: Idaho Geological Survey)

SUCCEED AT YOUR OWN PACE You can complete this degree in two semesters or take one course each semester*. * You can transfer in up to 12 credits of relevant 400/500 level courses and up to 16 credits can be taken each semester. Continuous registration of at least 1 credit per semester is required at the University of Idaho.

GAMBIT Imagery of Dudinka, USSR (Credit: NASA Visible Earth and USGS)

A HELPING HAND Our faculty and staff are here to help you. Please contact us with any questions you may have.

Dr. Renee Love can provide advice on what courses are available each semester and which faculty to contact to pursue the non-thesis and thesis projects. Dr. Love also oversees the development of new online courses in the M.S. in GIS.

Renee Jensen-Hasfurther is the Departmental Manager of Earth and Spatial Sciences. Renee can help with processing waivers and substitutions and can help connect you with the faculty.

Contact: rlove@uidaho.edu

Contact: renee@uidaho.edu

Dr. Alistair Smith is the Department Chair in the Department of Earth and Spatial Sciences and can provide additional advice on which faculty to contact to pursue the nonthesis and thesis projects. Dr. Smith can sign most graduate student forms.

Contact: alistair@uidaho.edu

Lava Flow Mapping (Credit: E.Rader)

EXPLORE YOUR POTENTIAL 7 Options to Choose From:

• Remote Sensing • GIS Programming • Natural Hazards and Emergency Planning • Sustainable Planning • Geotechnician • Habitat Assessment • Geospatial Intelligence Signs of Drought in European Groundwater (Credit: NASA Visible Earth)

Snowpack in the Rocky Mountains (Credit: NASA Visible Earth)

CORE COURSES

18 cr

REMOTE SENSING Option

COURSE

CRN

COURSE

12+ cr CRN

GEOG 524 Hydrologial Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing (*F)

*40926

NRS 472 Remote Sensing of Environment (3cr.)

*40332

*76286

NRS 578 LiDAR and Optical Remote Sensing Analysis (3cr. *SP)

*75540

67087

FIRE 535 Remote Sensing of Fire (3cr, SP)

76049

GEOG 475 Intermediate GIS (3cr. *SP)

*76020 67773

Seminar (1cr, *F,*SP)

*various

*43948

GEOG 599 or GEOL 599 (2cr, *F, *SP, *S)

*various

REM 476 Unmanned Aerial Systems Operations (1cr, *SP) REM 475 Remote Sensing with Unmanned Aerial Systems (3cr, *F) GEOG 587 Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing (3cr, *S) ECE 516 Image Sensors and Systems (3cr, *SP)

*74328

HABITAT ASSESSMENT Option

12+ cr

GEOG 525 Graduate GIS Fundamentals (3cr, *S)

*86075

GEOG 593 Geovisualization (3cr, *S, F)

*86065 *45719

GEOG 583 Remote Sensing IMAGE ANALYSIS/GIS Integration (3cr. *SP) GEOG 507 Spatial Analysis and Modeling (3cr. SP, *TBD) +

+ Allowable Substititution: GEOG 479, GEOG 402, and NRS 472; each are currently available online. Other substitutions may be acceptable on request.

GIS PROGRAMMING Option

12+ cr

*76297

*TBD

COURSE

CRN

COURSE

GEOG 479 GIS Programming (3cr, *SP)

*TBD

REM 520 Advanced Vegetation Measurement and Monitoring (3cr, *F)

*43074

STAT 419 Intro to SAS/R Programming (3cr, *F)

*40467

ESS 514 Landscape Monitoring (3cr, *S)

*TBD

STAT 426 SAS Programming (3cr, *S)

*74544

NRS 578 LiDAR and Optical Remote Sensing Analysis (3cr. *SP)

*75540

STAT 427 R Programming (3cr, *F)

*41151

REM 507 Landscape and Habitat Dynamics (3cr. *)

*45372

ENVS 511 Data Wizardry in ENVS (3cr, *F)

*44597

WLF 511 Wildlife Habitat Ecology and Assessment (3cr, S)

85496

*TBD

NRS 588 NEPA in Policy and Practice (3cr, *S)

*85228

*TBD

REM 429 Landscape Ecology (3cr, *SP)

*63137

Allowable Substititution: BCB 520 Foundations of Data Visualization (3cr, *TBD) Allowable Substititution: BCB 521 Communicating with Data (2cr. *TBD)

CRN

* These courses are available online. F(Generally taught in the fall semester), SP(Generally taught in the spring semester), S (Generally taught in the summer semester).

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Lodgepole Fire, Idaho from the EOS Satellite (Credit: NASA Visible Earth)

NATURAL HAZARDS AND EMERGENCY PLANNING Option

12+ cr

SUSTAINABLE PLANNING Option

12+ cr

COURSE

CRN

COURSE

CRN

Required: GEOG 411 Natural Hazards and Society (3cr, *S)

*TBD

GEOG 535 Climate Change Mitigation (3cr, *F)

*43741

GEOG 414 Socioeconomic Apps in GS (3cr, *S)

*TBD

Select 9+ credits from the following courses: GEOL 548 Tectonics (3cr, TBD)

TBD

SOIL 536 Principals of Sustainability (3cr. *F)

*44514

GEOG 414 Socioeconomic Applicatons in GS (3cr, *S)

TBD

ENVS 520 Intro to Bioregional Planning (3cr. TBD)

TBD

REM 510 GIS Applications in Fire Ecology and Management (3cr, *F)

*TBD

ENVS 523 Planning Sustainable Places (3cr. *F)

*43755

ENVS 530 Planning Theory and Practice (3cr. TBD)

TBD

ENVS 548 Drinking Water and Human Health (3cr. *SP)

*75183

*75179

NRS 588 NEPA in Policy and Practice (3cr, *S)

*85228

*41101

ENVS 511 Data Wizardry in ENVS (3cr, *F)

*44597

GEOL 567 Volcanology (3cr, *F) GEOL 454 Air Quality, Pollution, and Smoke (3cr, *F) FIRE 554 Air Quality, Pollution, and Smoke (3cr, *S) NRS 576 Environmental Project Management and Decision Making (3cr, *SP) GEOE 535 Fluvial Geomorphology and River Mechanics (3cr, *F)

41772 *TBD *45100 *86106

CE 536 Seepage and Slope Stability (3cr, TBD)

TBD

NRS 588 NEPA in Policy and Practice (3cr, *S)

*85228

TM 517 Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Fundamentals (3cr, TBD) TM 525 Emergency Management and Planning (3cr, *SP) INDT 472 National Incident Management System (3cr, S) Allowable Substititution: INDT 462 Industrial Safety (3cr. *SP) Allowable Substititution: INDT 470 Homeland Security (3cr. *F)

TM 517 Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Fundamentals (3cr, TBD) TM 525 Emergency Management and Planning (3cr, *SP)

TBD *76943

TBD *76943 82641 *68206 *38016

* These courses are available online. F(Generally taught in the fall semester), SP(Generally taught in the spring semester), S (Generally taught in the summer semester).

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Astronaut photograph of the Yates Oilfield, Texas (Credit: NASA Visible Earth)

GEOTECHNICIAN Option

12+ cr

GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE Option

12+ cr

COURSE

CRN

COURSE

CRN

Required: GEOL 562 Petroleum Systems and Stratigraphic Concepts (3cr. *S)

*TBD

GEOG 565 Geopolitics and Conflict (3cr. TBD)

TBD

GEOG 414 Socioeconomic Apps in GS (3cr, *S)

*TBD

ECON 446 International Economics (3cr. F)

11203

Select 9+ credits from the following courses: GEOL 471 Ore Deposits and Exploration (3cr. F)

42710

GEOL 512 Environmental Hydrogeology (3cr. TBD)

TBD

GEOL 531 Chemical Hydrogeology (3cr. TBD)

TBD

STAT 419 Intro to SAS/R Programming (3cr. *F)

*40467

GEOG 550 Geography of Development (3cr. TBD)

TBD

STAT 431 Statistical Analysis (3cr. *S)

*82206

TM 525 Emergency Management and Planning (3cr, *SP)

*76943

*75540

INDT 470 Homeland Security (3cr. *F)

*38016

*42447

CS 575 Machine Learning (3cr, *F)

*45207

CS 577 Python for Machine Learning (3cr. *SP)

*76274

CS 579 Data Science (3cr. SP)

72565

POLS 410 Game Theory (3cr. SP)

74453

NRS 578 LiDAR and Optical Remote Sensing Analysis (3cr. *SP) ENVS 579 Introduction to Environmental Regulations (3cr. *F) ENVS 548 Drinking Water and Human Health (3cr. *SP)

*75183

ECON 447 International Development Economics (3cr.

SP) NRS 578 LiDAR and Optical Remote Sensing Analysis (3cr. *SP)

Allowable Substititution: BCB 520 Foundations of Data Visualization (3cr, *TBD) Allowable Substititution: BCB 521 Communicating with Data (2cr. *TBD) Allowable Substititution: CS 574 Deep Learning (3cr. *F) Allowable Substititution: CS 528 Multi-User Games and Virtual Environments (3cr. F)

41187 *75540

*TBD *TBD *45171

* These courses are available online. F(Generally taught in the fall semester), SP(Generally taught in the spring semester), S (Generally taught in the summer semester).

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45162

New and Updated Fall 2023

CLIMATE CHANGE CERTIFICATES BE PART OF THE SOLUTION

Help solve the most pressing challenges that our world has witnessed in generations. The scale and magnitude of climate-driven stressors on food, water, and energy systems are unprecedented. Many challenges exist with managing and mitigating the impacts of climate driven disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes, floods, droughts, and pests. This certificate is ideal for professionals who need a working knowledge of the science of climate change, its potential impacts, and adaptation and mitigation strategies to build climate resilient societies and landscapes. These certificates help students obtain climate literacy across a range of disciplines.

Many of the courses are available online allowing for the certificate to be completed remotely.

UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE

12 cr

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE

12 cr

COURSE

CRN

COURSE

CRN

Required: GEOG 313 Global Climate Change (*F)

37261 *41782

Required: GEOG 513 Global Climate Change (*F)

37262 *41783

Select 3 Courses from the following

Select 3 Courses from the following GEOG 317 Tree Rings and Environmental Change (*SP)

76018 *76597

BE 533 Northwest Climate and Water Resources Change (F)

41167

GEOG 401 Climatology (*SP)

76206 *77164

GEOG 430 Climate Change Ecology (SP)

TBD

GEOG 430 Climate Change Ecology (SP)

TBD

GEOG 455 Societal Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change

TBD

GEOG 435 Climate Change Mitigation (*F)

42829 *43740

GEOG 488 Geography of Energy Systems

TBD

GEOG 488 Geography of Energy Systems

TBD

GEOG 517 Tree Rings and Environmental Change (*SP)

76019 *76530

GEOL 435 Glaciology and the Dynamic Frozen Earth (SP)

73248

GEOG 535 Climate Change Mitigation (*F)

42830 *43741

SOC 466 Climate Change and Society

TBD

GEOL 535 Glaciology and the Dynamic Frozen Earth (SP)

73249

Allowable Substitutions: GEOL 454/FIRE 454 Air Quality, Pollution, and Smoke (*F)

*86033 *69901

GEOL 562 Petroleum Systems and Stratigraphic Concepts (F)

TBD

GEOG 301 Meteorology (*F) GEOG 411 Natural Hazards and Society(F)

*44278 43024

SOC 466 Climate Change and Society

TBD

GEOG 410 Biogeography (SP) BE 453 Northwest Climate and Water Resources Change (F)

76024 41168

Allowable Substitutions: FIRE 554 Air Quality, Pollution, and Smoke (*S)

*84480

ENGL 322 Climate Change Fiction

72480

GEOG 512 Climatology (*SP)

* These courses are available online. F(Generally taught in the fall semester), SP(Generally taught in the spring semester), S (Generally taught in the summer semester).

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TBD

New and Updated Fall 2023

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS CERTIFICATES MAP YOUR FUTURE

These certificates provide you with the tools to understand how the Earth is changing in space and time to better understand our complex world. Geographic Information Systems based approaches make use of spatial analysis, modeling, remote sensing imagery, mapping platforms such as Google Earth, and advanced visualizations such as Virtual Reality and immersive 3D environments. Through the Geographic Information Systems certificates, you will achieve key skills and understanding to be able to explore the spatial interconnections between different landscape components. The Geographic Information Systems certificates will enable you to use spatial technologies to inform environmental decisions, assess climate change solutions, and montitor natural disasters, among many more applications.

UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE COURSE GEOG 385 Foundations of GIS (3cr. *F|SP|S) GEOG 475 Intermediate GIS (3cr. *SP)

15 cr

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE

15 cr

CRN

COURSE

CRN

GEOG 576 Intermediate GIS (3cr. *SP) ** This can be substituted with either GEOG 524 or GEOG 583

*TBD

GEOG 579 GIS Programming (3cr. *F) ** This can be substituted with GEOG 593

*TBD

GEOG 525 Graduate GIS Fundamentals (*S)

*86075

Fall: *33375 Spring: *63041 Sum: *86074 *76020 67773

Select 9 credits from the following courses GEOG 390 Cartographic Design & Geovisualization (3cr. *F)

*43726

GEOG 402 GIS Skills Development (1-6cr. *F|SP)

*TBD 40760

Select 6 credits from the following courses GEOG 524 Hydrologic Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing (3cr. *F) **

*40926 27841

GEOG 583 Remote Sensing IMAGE ANALYSIS/GIS Integration 3cr. *SP) **

*76286

GEOG 407 Spatial Analysis and Modeling (3cr. SP)

TBD

GEOG 507 Spatial Analysis and Modeling (3cr. SP)

67087

GEOG 414 Socioeconomic Applications of GIS (3cr. F)

TBD

GEOG 593 Geovisualization (3cr. *S) **

*86065

GEOG 424 Hydrologic Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing (3cr. *F)

*27840 39421

ENVS 511 Data Wizardry in Environmental Sciences (3cr. *F)

*44597

REM 475 Remote Senisng Applications with Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) (3cr. *F)

*43948

GEOG 479 GIS Programming (3cr. *F)

*TBD 71338

REM 476 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Applications (3cr. *SP)

* 76297

GEOG 483 Remote Sensing IMAGE ANALYSIS/GIS Integration (3cr. *SP)

*76307 54903

STAT 431 Statistical Analysis (3cr. *F).

GEOG 487 Topics in Geospatial Analysis (3cr.)

TBD

STAT 426 SAS Programming (3cr. S)

*36204 *70467 *72345 72544

STAT 427 R Programming (3cr. F)

41151

FOR/NRS 375 Fundamentals of Geomatics (F|SP)

38855

TBD

REM 407 GIS Application in Fire Ecology and Management (2cr. *SP)

*63154

CE 573 GIS and Transportation Plannning Allowable Elective Substitutions: GEOG 402*, GEOG 414, GEOG 487*, FIRE 407 (*)

STAT 419 Introduction to SAS/R Programming (3cr. *F|*SP)

* These courses are available online. F(Generally taught in the fall semester), SP(Generally taught in the spring semester), S (Generally taught in the summer semester). ** Can only count once.

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*var

New and Updated Fall 2023

ENVIRONMENTAL HYDROGEOLOGY CERTIFICATE E N S U R I N G WAT E R S E C U R I T Y

Our planet is facing several compounding threats associated with urbanization, smoke, water pollution, and restoration and there is an urgent need for a well trained workforce that understand how belowground water systems are impacted and that can make informed decisions on wells, pumps, drains, and restoration of waterways following land use. To meet this need, the Environmental Hydrogeology Certificate focuses on providing students with knowledge on how groundwater moves through soil and rocks, including aquifers.

UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE

15 cr

REQUIRED COURSES

CRN

GEOL 309 Ground Water Hydrology (3cr.)

F: 20018

GEOL 410 Groundwater Field Methods (3cr.)

F: 12103

HYDR 409 Quantitative Hydrogeology (3cr.)

F: 40930

HYDR 412 Environmental Hydrogeology (3cr.)

SP: 75155 SP*: 76805

Select 1 course from the following GEOL 428 Geostatistics (3cr.)

SP: 74125

GEOG 424 Hydrologic Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing (3cr.)

F: 27840 F*: 39421

GEOL 431 Chemical Hydrogeology (3cr.)

SP: 74127

WANT TO LEARN MORE? Existing University of Idaho Students

Currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate students may pursue an Academic Certificate by completing a change of curriculum.

Non-Degree Seeking Students

New students wishing to pursue Academic Certificates without being enrolled for a degree must apply for admission as a nondegree seeking student.

* These courses are available online. F(Generally taught in the fall semester), SP(Generally taught in the spring semester), S (Generally taught in the summer

R E A DY TO G E T S TA R T E D ?

For More Information: earth-sciencerocks@uidaho.edu Departmental Contacts: Alistair Smith | alistair@uidaho.edu (208-885-1009) Renee Jensen-Hasfurther | renee@uidaho.edu (208-885-6216)

875 Perimeter Drive MS 3025 Moscow, ID 83844-3025 www.uidaho.edu/sci/ess earth-sciencerocks@uidaho.edu (208) 885-6216 Lidar canopy height model (Credit: AM Sparks)