Board Approves New Master's Degree in GIS
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The Texas State University System Board of Regents has approved a new master's degree in applied Geographic Information Systems, and passed the proposal on to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for their approval.
"We are hoping to start it in fall of '09," said Dr. Marcus Gillespie of the Texas State geography department. Gillespie originally proposed the creation of the new program.
The proposed master's degree is for individuals who want to work in the geospatial technology career field, especially as it pertains to Geographic Information Systems.
Criminal investigation, business development, emergency services, urban planning, military applications and environmental analyses are all activities associated with this program.
Gillespie said paramedics, farmers and even Starbucks are a few examples of people who can use GIS to their advantage.
"You name it, they use it, but GIS is like when computers first came out. No one knows what to do with it at first, but then they say ‘oh yea, now we get it,” Gillespie said.
The program will create relationships with Houston's oil companies, gas companies, and NASA.
The Texas State University System Board of Regents has approved a new master's degree in applied Geographic Information Systems, and passed the proposal on to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for their approval.
"We are hoping to start it in fall of '09," said Dr. Marcus Gillespie of the Texas State geography department. Gillespie originally proposed the creation of the new program.
The proposed master's degree is for individuals who want to work in the geospatial technology career field, especially as it pertains to Geographic Information Systems.
Criminal investigation, business development, emergency services, urban planning, military applications and environmental analyses are all activities associated with this program.
Gillespie said paramedics, farmers and even Starbucks are a few examples of people who can use GIS to their advantage.
"You name it, they use it, but GIS is like when computers first came out. No one knows what to do with it at first, but then they say ‘oh yea, now we get it,” Gillespie said.
The program will create relationships with Houston's oil companies, gas companies, and NASA.
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