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2025-2026 College Catalog and Student Handbook 
  
2025-2026 College Catalog and Student Handbook

GIS 2040C - Geographic Information Systems



Prerequisite(s): CGS 1570  or permission required
Corequisite(s): None
Introduces Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the combination of data and where that data occurs spatially on a map, used by utility companies, forestry managers, environmental businesses, government planners, market researchers, real estate developers, emergency planners, civil engineers, and a variety of other disciplines. Topics include map projections, database management, collection of data, spatial representation of data, analyzing spatial relations layering data in combinations, and creating presentations. Open to all students with basic computing skills.
Semester Hours: 3 credit hours
Semester Offered: Fall
Fees: Lab Fee
Course Designations: AS only