Program Overview

Geospatial Intelligence, Master of Science (M.S.)

The Master of Science in Geospatial Intelligence is a non-thesis program that requires 30 credits.

Program Requirements

• The program consists of two main components: core courses and electives.
  • Core courses: Select five of the following courses (15 credits)
    • GEOG661: Fundamentals of Geospatial Intelligence
    • GEOG662: Advances in GIS and Remote Sensing
    • GEOG664: GEOINT Systems and Platforms
    • GEOG665: Algorithms for Geospatial Intelligence Analysis
    • GEOG697: Capstone Project
  • Electives: Select five of the following courses (15 credits)
    • GEOG646: Programming for GIS
    • GEOG656: Advanced Programming for GIS
    • GEOG660: Advanced Remote Sensing Using Lidar
    • GEOG663: Big Data Analytics
    • GEOG666: Drones for Data Collection (Drone for Data Collection) VPAC pending
    • GEOG677: Web GIS
    • GEOG680: GEOINT Networks
    • GEOG682: Open Source Intelligence
    • GEOG683: Hazards and Emergency Management
    • GEOG686: Mobile GIS and Geocomputing
    • GEOG684: Image Analysis and Geovisualization (Being developed)
    • GEOG685: Machine Learning and Data Mining (Being developed)
    • GEOG687: Applied GEOINT- Regional Geostrategic Issues (Geospatial Intelligence for Security) (Being developed)
    • GEOG689: Human and Activity-Based Intelligence (Being developed)
    • GEOG690: Data Visualization (Being developed)
    • GEOG691: Food Security (Being developed)
    • GEOG696: Independent Study in GEOINT (Being developed)

Total Credits

The total credits required for the program is 30.