Coordinator: Steven P. Frysinger
Email: frysinsp@jmu.edu
Phone: (540) 568-2710
Environmental Information Systems Minor Website
Program Description
The cross-disciplinary minor in environmental information systems is designed for undergraduates interested in using computer and information management technology to solve environmental problems and improve environmental stewardship. Some examples of environmental information systems are database systems to track and report hazardous materials in factories, decision support systems to facilitate risk analysis and management, GIS-based natural resource inventory systems and automated business management systems to support and document environmental compliance.
Minor Requirements
The environmental information systems minor requires a minimum of 25 credit hours. Core courses are intended to ensure knowledge of the foundation disciplines. Electives should be chosen in consideration of the student's particular interests within the general field of environmental information systems; the coordinator may approve other elective courses. Students are advised to check prerequisites of listed courses.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| CS 149 | Introduction to Programming 1 | 3 |
| ISAT 340 | Database Design, Implementation and Management 1 | 3 |
| ISAT 320 | Fundamentals of Environmental Science and Technology I | 4 |
| ISAT 321 | Fundamentals of Environmental Science and Technology II | 3 |
| ISAT 426 | Environmental Information Systems | 3 |
| 16 |
| 9 |
| Advanced Programming 1 | |
| Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Cartography | |
| Intermediate Geographic Information Science | |
| Digital Image Processing in Remote Sensing | |
| GIS and Geographic Databases | |
| Machine Learning and Data Science | |
| Environmental Analysis and Modeling | |
| Interaction Design | |
| 9 |
| Total Credits | 25 |
