Geographic Information Systems Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mount Allison University

Program Description

GIS has a wide relevance for solving problems like determining the best location to place everything from a business to a solar panel or helping medical professionals identify and monitor disease outbreaks. GIS is also widely used in social research to track patterns of social vulnerability, public opinion, human activity, or to assess access to services. Mount Allison offers two geographic information system (GIS) courses, as well as an interdisciplinary minor that draws on GIS, computer science, and courses in geography, environmental science, and environmental studies. In this interdisciplinary program, you will look at subjects like: data collection and analysis cartography the role of maps in conveying geographic information research techniques advanced methods of producing and visualizing surfaces and data

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