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Dun

can

Knowler,

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FEN

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Rob Cameron, Associate Dea

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ajor

and Honors

Program

s

March

23.

2011

T

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f

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ll

owi

n

g ch

a

nges to the:

(

1

)

Geographic Informati

on

Science Major

Prog

ram a

nd

(2)

Geograph

ic

In

fo

r

mation

Scien

ce

H

onors

Program

were

approved by the Faculty

of Environment (FENV

)

Curriculum

C

om

m

ittee

at its

m

ee

t

ing

of March

22, 2011 after

c

onsu

l

tat

i

on

with and approval from the

Faculty

of Applied

Sciences.

Th

ese

p

rograms are jointly

administered by

t

he

Department

o

f

Geography

(FENV) and

t

he

School of

Co

m

puti

n

g

Sc

i

en

ce

(FAS).

The

cha

n

ges

consis

t

o

f:

i)

Deletion of GEOG

2

50 f

r

om bOlh

pr

ogra

m

s

j

i)

Add

i

tion

of GEOG 356

to bOlh p

rog

r

a

ms

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fa

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l

ty

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f e

nvir

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nm

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The

former

r

emoves

a

bonJeneck

to

s

tudent prog

r

ess

as

Ihe

course

is

no

longer taught on a regu

l

ar basis. Adding

GEOG

356 enlarges

o

pti

ons

and

sho

uld

facilitate

student

pr

ogress;

thi

s

is a relatively recent

addition to the

GIS

cou

r

se

list

i

n the Department

of Geography.

The

changes proposed

we

r

e

approved by Geography

's

Undergraduate

Studies Committee and have been

endo

rs

ed

by

the

Sch

oo

l

o

f

Computing

Sc

i

ence

[as per

atrached e-ma

i

l from

Richard Vaughan,

Chair of

Undergraduate

Studies, School of

Compu

ting

Science).

Wou

l

d you

please place

these

propo

sed

cllanges

on

th

e

agend

a of

th

e

next

meeting

of

SCUS

.

. --- .. -- Original

Message

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--

Subject: Re:

GIScience Program

changes

Date: Tue

,

15 Mar 201117:52:54

-

0700

From: Richard Vaughan

<vaughan@sfu.ca>

To; Dun

ca

n Knowler

<djk@sfu.ca>

Dear

Dun

can,

Computing

Science has no

objections

to

the p

ro

posed

changes outlined

in

I

vor's

emai

l

of March 7.

For the

r

ecord,

I

al

so

support

the id

e

a

of ou

r

jOint

maj

o

r

cu

rriculum

changes

being reviewed by the

upstream

path from the

change.o

r

iginating departmem

in all cases when the

chan

ge

s

are

not

disputed by the

othe

r

department

.

This

email

i

s

eviden

ce o

f

no

dispute

in this

case

.

P

l

ease

keep

me

informed of

the

ou

t

come

of the proposed chang

e

s,

so

J

can

rep

o

rt back

to

my

schoo

l.

regards,

Richard

l

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Geographic Information Science Major Program

Program Requirements

I

Students complete 120 units, including the following specified units.

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete a total of 45 lower division units including all of

and one

of

..

..

..

..

and one of

and

..

one

of

and one of

CMPT 120-3 Introduction to Computing Science and Programming I

CMPT 125-3 Introduction to Computing Science and Programming II

CMPT 225-3 Data Structures and Programming

GEOG 100-3 Society, Space, Environment: Introducing Human Geography

GEOG 111-3 Earth Systems

C;&oc; 2&9

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GEOG

253-3

Aerial

Photographic

Interpretation

GEOG 255-3 Geographical Information Science I

MACM 101-3 Discrete Mathematics I

MACM 201-3 Discrete Mathematics II

MATH 232-3 Applied Linear Algebra

GEOG 213-3 Introduction to Geomorphology

GEOG 214-3 Climate and Environment

GEOG

215-3

Biogeography

GEOG 221-3 Economic Geography

GEOG 241-3 Social Geography

GEOG 261-3 Introduction to Urban Geography

GEOG 251-3 Quantitative Geography

STAT 270-3 Introduction to Probability and Statistics

MATH 150-4 Calculus I with Review

MATH 151-3 calculus I

MATH 154-3 Calculus I for the Biological Sclencest

MATH 157-3 Calculus for the Social Sciences It

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MATH 152-3 Calculus II

MATH 155-3 Calculus II for the Biological Sciencest

..

MATH 158-3 Calculus for the Social Sciences lit

twith

a grade of B+ or better and permission of the School of Computing Science

Upper Division Requirements

Students complete a total of 45 upper division units including all of

and

..

..

..

one

of

..

and

..

..

..

three

of

and two of

and two of

CMPT 307-3 Data Structures and Algorithms

CMPT 354-3 Database Systems I

CMPT 361-3 Introduction to Computer Graphics

CMPT 300-3 Operating Systems I

CMPT 363-3 User Interface Design

CMPT 371-3 Data Communications and Networking

CMPT 384-3 Symbolic Computing

GEOG 351-4 Cartography and Visualization

GEOG 352-4 Spatial Analysis

GEOG 353-4 Remote Sensing

GEOG 355-4 Geographical Information Science II

CMPT 406-3 Computational Geometry

CMPT 412-3 Computational Vision

CMPT 454-3 Database Systems II

CMPT 461-3 Image Synthesis

CMPT 470-3 Web-based Information Systems

GEOG 451-4 Spatial Modeling

GEOG 453W-4 Remote SenSing of Environment

GEOG 455-4 Theoretical and Applied GIS

..

GEOG 457-4 Geovisualizatlon Interfaces

and four additional upper division units in phYSical or human geography. Students should consult

with

the program advisor when choosing these units.

and three additional upper division units in CMPT or MACM courses.

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Geographic Information Science Major Program

Program Requirements

Students complete 120 units, including the following specified units.

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete a total of 42 qr 43 lower division units Including all of

and one of

and one of

..

and oneot

..

..

..

..

and oneot

..

CMPT 12()'3 Introduction to Computing Sc1ence and Programming I

CMPT 125-3 Introduction

to

Computing Science and Programming II

CMPT 225-3 Data Structures and Programming

GEOG 100-3 Society, Space, Environment: Introducing Human Geography

GEOG 111-3 Earth Systems

GEOG 253-3 Aerial Photographic Interpretation

GEOG 255-3 Geographical Information Science I

MACM 101-3 Discrete Mathematics I

MACM 201-3 Discrete Mathematics II

MATH 232-3 Applied Linear Algebra

GEOG 213-3 Introduction to Geomorphology

GEOG 214-3 Climate and Environment

GEOG 215-3 Biogeography

GEOG 221-3 Economic Geography

GEOG 241-3 Social Geography

GEOG 261-3 Introduction to Urban Geography

GEOG 251-3 Quantitative Geography

STAT 270-3 Introduction to Probability and Statistics

MATH 150-4 Calculus I with Review

MATH 151-3 Calculus I

MATH 154-3 Calculus I for the Biological Sclencest

MATH 157-3 Calculus for the SOCial Sciences It

MATH 152-3 Calculus II

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MATH 155-3 Calculus II for the Biological Sciencest

MATH 158-3 Calculus for the Social SCiences lit

twlth a grade of B+ or better and permission of the School of Computing Science

Upper Division Requirements

Students complete a total of 45 upper division units including all of

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and one of

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and three of

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and twoot

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CMPT 307-3 Data Structures and Algorithms

CMPT 354-3 Database Systems I

CMPT 361-3 Introduction to Computer Graphics

CMPT 300-3 Operating Systems I

CMPT 363-3 User Interface Design

CMPT 371-3 Data Communications and Networking

CMPT 384-3 Symbolic Computing

GEOG 351-4 cartography and Visualization

GEOG 352-4 Spatial Analysis

GEOG 353-4 Remote Sensing

GEOG 355-4 Geographical Information SCience II

GEOG 35§.4 3D Geovisualizatlon

CMPT

406-3

Computational

Geometry

CMPT

412-3

COmputational

Vision

CMPT 454-3 Database Systems II

CMPT 461-3 Image Synthesis

CMPT 470-3 Web-based Information Systems

GEOG 451-4 Spatial Modeling

GEOG 453W-4 Remote Sensing of Environment

GEOG 455-4 Theoretical and Applied GIS

GEOG

457-4

Geovisualizatlon

Interfaces

and four additional upper division units In physical or human geography. Students should consult with

the program advisor when choosing these units.

and three additional upper division units In CMPT or MACM courses.

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