Program Core Courses

Five core courses (totaling to 15 credit hours) are required, shown in Table 1. Of note is the “Capstone Project in Geospatial Engineering,” where students will provide a capstone experience focused on projects of interest and interact with experts from both academia and industry to learn real-world applications in various domains.
  • GEO ENG 5146:  Applications of GIS (LEC 3.0)
  • GEO ENG 5144: Remote Sensing Technology (LEC 3.0)
  • GEOPHYS 6401/ELEC ENG 6401: Introduction to Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (LEC 3.0)
  • GEOPHYS 6403/ELEC ENG 6403: Advanced Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (LEC 3.0)
  • GEO ENG 6150: Capstone Project in Geospatial Engineering (LEC 3.0)

Students take 6 credit hours (choose two courses out of three) for their specialty area of interest.

Area of Interest: Navigation and Autonomous Systems

  • ELEC ENG 5680: Introduction to Radar Systems (LEC 3.0)
  • GEO ENG 6321: Mapping with Drones (LEC 3.0)
  • COMP ENG 5880: Introduction to Robotics (LEC 3.0)

Area of Interest: Remote Sensing and Earth Observation

  • GEO ENG 6146: Advanced Remote Sensing and Image Processing (LEC 3.0)
  • GEO ENG 6321: Mapping with Drones (LEC 3.0)
  • GEOPHYS 6232: Introduction to Satellite Geodesy (LEC 3.0)

Area of Interest: Geodetic Systems

  • GEOPHYS 6232: Introduction to Satellite Geodesy (LEC 3.0)
  • GEOLOGY 6211: Geodynamics (LEC 3.0)
  • GEOPHYS 5432: Potential Field Theory (LEC 3.0)

In consultation with their advisor(s), students should select 9 credit hours of electives from the list of courses below. The courses should be relevant to the student’s background, interests, and program of study and be approved by the advisor.

  • AERO ENG 6001: Methods in Orbit Determination (LEC 0.0-6.0)
  • AERO ENG 5313: Intermediate Dynamics of Mechanical and Aerospace Systems (LEC 3.0)
  • AERO ENG 5481: Mechanical and Aerospace Control Systems (LEC 3.0)
  • BIO SCI 4563: Global Ecology (LEC 3.0)
  • CHEM 4710: Principles of Environmental Monitoring (LEC 3.0)
  • COMP ENG 5880: Introduction to Robotics (LEC 3.0)
  • COMP ENG 5450: Digital Image Processing (LEC 3.0)
  • COMP SCI 5400: Introduction To Artificial Intelligence (LEC 3.0)
  • COMP SCI 5404: Introduction to Computer Vision (LEC 3.0)
  • COMP SCI 6406: Machine Learning in Computer Vision (LEC 3.0)
  • ECON 4440: Environmental and Natural Resources Economics (LEC 3.0)
  • ECON 6440: Advanced Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (LEC 3.0)
  • ECON 6641: Advanced Foundations of Sustainability (LEC 3.0)
  • ECON 6642: Global Eco- and Social-preneurship and Innovation (LEC 3.0)
  • ELEC ENG 5380: Autonomous Mobile Robots (LEC 3.0)
  • ELEC ENG 5640: Antennas and Propagation (LEC 3.0)
  • ELEC ENG 5820: Introduction to Neural Networks and Applications (LEC 3.0)
  • GEO ENG 6321: Mapping with Drones (LEC 3.0)
  • GEO ENG 6146: Advanced Remote Sensing and Image Processing (LAB 1.0, LEC 2.0)
  • GEO ENG 5146: Applications of GIS (LAB 1.0, LEC 2.0)
  • GEO ENG 5144: Remote Sensing Technology (LAB 1.0, LEC 2.0)
  • GEOLOGY 5681: Lidar Principles and Application (LEC 3.0)
  • GEOLOGY 6211: Geodynamics (LEC 3.0)
  • GEOPHYS 5096: Global Tectonics (LEC 3.0)
  • GEOPHYS 5432: Potential Field Theory (LEC 3.0)
  • GEOPHYS 6232: Introduction to Satellite Geodesy (LEC 3.0)
  • GEOPHYS 6251: Geophysical Inverse Theory (LAB 1.0, LEC 2.0)
  • MATH 5108: Linear Algebra II (LEC 3.0)
  • MATH 5222: Vector and Tensor Analysis (LEC 3.0)
  • MATH 5302: Intermediate Differential Equations (LEC 3.0)
  • MATH 5325: Partial Differential Equations (LEC 3.0)
  • MATH 5601: Introduction to Numerical Analysis (LEC 3.0)
  • MATH 5603: Methods of Applied Mathematics (LEC 3.0)
  • MATH 5604: Introduction to Numerical Methods for Differential Equations (LEC 3.0)
  • MATH 6108: Applied Matrix Theory (LEC 3.0)
  • MATH 6802: Mathematical Physics I & II (LEC 3.0)
  • MECH ENG 5478: Mechatronics (LAB 1.0, LEC 2.0)
  • STAT 5346: Regression Analysis (LEC 3.0)
  • STAT 5353: Statistical Data Analysis (LEC 3.0)
  • STAT 5643: Probability and Statistics (LEC 3.0)
  • STAT 5644: Mathematical Statistics (LEC 3.0)
  • STAT 6239: Clustering Algorithms (LEC 3.0)
  • STAT 6545: Multivariate Statistical Methods (LEC 3.0)
  • STAT 6553: Linear Statistical Models I (LEC 3.0)
  • STAT 6814: Statistical Time Series Analysis (LEC 3.0)