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2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

GEOG 481 - Geographic Information Science for Natural Sciences

(4 units)

Prerequisites: Junior/Senior/Graduate standing AND GEOG 135 or GEOG 140  or BIOL 153  or ERTH 102  or consent of instructor
Introduces fundamentals of geographic information science and systems (GIS) to non-geography students, including concepts and skills in spatial reasoning and spatial thinking. Explores GIS in spatial query, problem analysis and decision support, using biologic, geologic, and ecologic applications.

Letter grade only (A-F). Not open for credit to students with credit in GEOG 485/GEOG 585.