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CYPRESS COLLEGE
PROPOSAL FOR NEW OR REVISED CERTIFICATE/DEGREE PROGRAMS
Date Submitted: FALL 1997 Initiated by: Les Doak Social Science
Instructor Division
Division Dean's Signature:
Voc Ed Programs Advisory Committee Approval, Date: March 3, 1997 and October 6, 1997
Articulation with Transfer Institution, Date: Pending
Title of Major/Certificate: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Reasons for adding or revising the major/certificate:
GIS is a new area of vocational training. This certificate will provide an organized program for students.
Structure of Courses Required for Certificate: Library Resources: Geographic Information Systems Courses 12 units
Spatial Courses 3 units
Spatially Related Courses 3 units
Spatial Course with Lab 4 units
CIS C++ Programming Courses 3 units
TOTAL 25 UNITS
Course Prefix, number, title and units of all courses to be included in the new program. Suggested sequence: (See example). Courses listed in more than one area, shall not be certified in more than one area.
Geographic Information System (12 units) required: Units
GEOG 230 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3
GEOG 231 GIS Applications - Vector Applications 3
GEOG 232 GIS Applications - Advanced Vector and Raster 3
GEOG 233 GIS Applications - Advanced Applications - Internship
And Fieldwork 3
Spatial Courses (3 units):
GEOG 100 The Human World - A Regional Study 3
GEOG 160 Cultural Geography 3
Spatially Related Courses (3 units):
ANTH 102 Cultural Anthropology 3
ANTH 203 Introduction to Archaeology 3
BIOL 103 Human Ecology 3
BIOL 122 Marine Biology 3
BIOL 127 Field Biology and Natural History 5
BIOL 128 Plants and Society 5
BIOL 176 Ecology 3
ECON/GEOG 260 Economic Geography 3
ENGT 101 Technical Drawing 3
ENGT 104 Computer Aided Design 3
GEOG 100 The Human World 3
GEOG 102 Physical Geography - Lecture 3
GEOG 130 Geography of California 3
GEOG 140 Weather and Climate 3
GEOG 160 Cultural Geography 3
GEOG 260 Economic Geography 3
GEOL 100 Physical Geology 3
GEOL 120 Geology of California 3
GEOL 130 Introduction to Oceanography 3
GEOL 190 Environmental Geology 3
HS 147 Survey of Disease 3
HTC 174 Destinations I 3
HTC 175 Destinations II 3
MKT 222 Principles of Marketing 3
MKT 224 International Marketing 3
PHSC 116 Introduction to Astronomy 3
Spatial Course with Lab (4 units):
GEOG 102 Physical Geography - Lecture 3
GEOG 102L Physical Geography - Lab 1
GEOL 100 Physical Geology 3
GEOL 101 Physical Geology Laboratory 1
CIS C++ Programming Courses (3 units):
CIS 223 C/C++Programming 3
CIS 224 C++ And Windows Programming 3
TOTAL REQUIRED UNITS FOR CERTIFICATE 25
IF ANY OF THE ABOVE ARE NEW, ATTACH NEW COURSE PROPOSAL TO THIS FORM.
If this is a Certificate program, indicate what will appear in the catalog:
GIS is a data base management system that facilitates the collection and the analysis of geographic data. Statement: This system has evolved from surveying, photogrammetry, computer cartography, spatial statistics and remote sensing. Hardware and software have been developed for collecting, storing, retrieving, manipulating, analyzing and displaying geographic data from the physical and cultural world. This certificate program is designed to prepare students to work professionally in this exciting new field of computer application.
Required courses ( 25 units): Recommended electives ( units):
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APPROVALS:
Curriculum Committee
Date
Vice-President of Instruction
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President
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District Curriculum Committee
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Board of Trustees
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Regional Vocational Deans
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State Vocational Approval
Date
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