Requirements for the Geographic Information Science Undergraduate Certificate (12 total credits):
Required: ENVS/URBN 225: Introduction to GIS
Option 1: Two Advanced and Applied GIS methods classes (Bucket 1)
OR
Option 2: One Advanced and Applied GIS methods class (Bucket 1) and one complementary skill
class from the list below (bucket 2)
Bucket 1: Advanced and applied GIS [criteria: at least 50% of the class must be GIS-focused and
include skill building not covered in intro GIS]
- ANSO 260: Critical Cartographies
- AMS 361: GIS and Mediterranean Archaeology
- ASIA/URBN 367: Mapping Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Oral Histories and
Geographies in Memphis: GIS and Public Storytelling - ENVS 325: Advanced GIS: Remote Sensing
- HLEQ 260: Mapping Population Health
- INTD 322 Geographic Information Systems Research Seminar
- URBN 325: Re-imaging cities through advanced GIS
- ANSO XXX: Advanced GIS: Archaeology and Historic Preservation (to be offered Spring
2028)
Bucket 2: Complementary skills [criteria: class must focus on skills that are directly relevant for GIS
and spatial data including data collection, data management, and map production. Classes that include
a GIS component that is less than 50% may also fit in this bucket]
- ANSO 352: Ethnography at Home
- ARCE 220: Archaeological Methods
- ARCE 120: Field Research in Environmental Archaeology
- ART 202: Intermediate Digital Art
- ART 215: 3D animation and virtual realities
- ASIA/URBN 366: Mapping Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Oral Histories and
Geographies in Memphis: Methods and Fieldwork - COMP 340: Databases
- COMP 345: Data Mining
- COMP 360: Programming Languages
- EDUC 395/URBN370: Qualitative Methods in Social Sciences
- ENVS 211 Geomorphology
- PLAW 205 Introduction to Public Policy
- PLAW 270: Research Methods
- PLAW 305: Public Policy Analysis
- URBN 310: Intro to Urban Planning and Design
- URBN 385: Research Design