Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis Minor (GISSA)
Consists of at least 22 credits:

  1. Required core, 17 credits: Geography 276, 279, 377, 379, 476, 479.

  2. Applied spatial statistics: 2-3 credits from Geography 390, Wildlife 311, Forestry 322, or courses approved by adviser and chair.

  3. Three credits from Biology 306, 321; Business 339; Economics 342; Geography 344, 358, 370, 372, 378, 382, 480, 485; Geology 330; Forestry 319, 320, 385; Natural Resources 171, 363, 385, 444; Soils 360, 365; Water/Geology 383, 495; Wildlife 350; or courses approved by adviser and chair.

  4. Geography majors with the cartography option may choose the GISSA minor, but must take an additional 6 credits from electives in 3 above.

  5. Academic standards for GISSA minor:

  1. To be admitted, retained, and approved for graduation as a GISSA minor, you must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.50 for all courses taken within the minor, including collateral courses and regardless of a declaration of academic bankruptcy.

  2. You must have completed Geography 276 or 279 at time of declaration.

  3. If you are a transfer student without credits earned at UWSP in the minor, you will be admitted as a provisional minor until you have completed the minimum requirements.

  4. If you have not met the minimum requirements to be approved in the minor, you may be admitted as a provisional minor with written consent of the chair. You will be admitted as an approved minor once you meet the minimum requirements.

  5. If you do not maintain a 2.50 GPA, you will be placed on probation for the minor and will have two semesters to restore your GPA. If you fail to do so, you will be dropped from the minor. The department will attempt to notify students of any changes in GPA status and consult with GISSA minors who are at or below the 2.50 GPA.  However, it is your responsibility to know your own GPA status.

 

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