IC Scholars Advisor: Professor Antonia Boadi

Program Information:

The Program will be administered under the TAPESTRY Program, an interdisciplinary research initiative funded by the Department of Education. TAPESTRY research projects involve performance issues related to satellite and cellular communications. The synergistic goals of CSU-ACE and TAPESTRY will be realized through the development and coordination of the curricula and research collaborations. TAPESTRY facilities are being expanded to include an IC Reading Room.

This Program of Study is designed to prepare students for public and private sector employment involving the collection, input, processing, and analysis of spatial databases for research and management purposes. Upon completion of the program, IC Scholars will be proficient in the use of the computational tools used in remote sensing and geographic information systems technologies and their application to problem solving.

Minimum GPA: 3.0

Two Core Courses:

ENG 350: Advanced Composition (3)
PSY 110: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (3)

Four of the Following Elective Courses:

CSC 101: Computer Applications for Scientists
CSC 301: Computers and Society
GEO 370: Numerical Methods in Geography
GEO 415: Geographic Information Systems
CSC 451: Computer Networking

Course Descriptions:

ENG 350: Advanced Composition - Rhetorical modes, techniques of emphasis, strategies of editing and revising. May not be counted toward major/minor or M.A. in English except for teacher candidates; may count only twice toward elective credit. This course satisfies the graduation competency-in-writing requirement.

PSY 110: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving - Course is designed to improve critical thinking and problem solving skills such as deductive and inductive reasoning, probabilistic reasoning and decision-making. May include computer-assisted instruction

CSC 101: Computer Applications for Scientists - A computer literacy course designed to familiarize the learner with a variety of computer tools and computer concepts with emphasis on utilizing packaged programs. This course provides an introduction to the use of computers, common software programs and peripherals. Students are instructed in the use of a word processor, drawing programs, spreadsheet, database, presentation tools, internet applications and statistical package in scientific applications.

CSC 301: Computers and Society - Ethical, legal, psychological, economic, and theoretical implications and limitations of the uses of digital computers. Oral and written presentations required.

GEO 370: Numerical Methods in Geography - Principles of data reduction and analysis in the natural sciences. Practical techniques to understand spatial data sets using computer software. Topics include matrices, summary statistics, distributions, transformations, hypothesis testing, contouring, regression and curve-fitting.

GEO 415: Geographic Information Systems - Techniques of data acquisition, processing, analysis and display as pertains to geographic information systems. Includes practical applications based on various forms of geographically referenced data.

CSC 451: Computer Networking - An introduction to computer networks including both long haul and local area networks. Topics include network topology, network access methodology, transmission media, protocols and applications.

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