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Geographic Information Science B.S.

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College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (DCLA)201 - Bachelor of Science

Program learning outcomes

1. Students will demonstrate the theoretical knowledge expected from an early-career GISP. 

2. Students will acquire, edit, query, analyze and visualize spatial data and automate tasks in the context of larger projects, at the level of an early-career GISP.

3. Students will be able to analyze a spatial question or problem, formalize a strategy, then design and implement a workflow, at the level of an early-career GISP. 

4. Students will communicate their work effectively, through writing and producing effective visual representations of geographical information and analysis results.

5. Students will articulate their personal strengths and skills as early-career GISPs as well as areas they wish grow in, and identify resources available to them for self-development.

6. Students will demonstrate behavioral dispositions expected from GIS professionals. 

7. Students will make decisions that conform to the GISP code of ethics when confronted with professional situations.

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