Requirements for the Joint Education Program in Geomatics
The first two years are completed at Nanjing University or Wuhan University. At Waterloo, you will complete the following courses.
Year Three
Fall term (September to December)
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ENVS 278 Advanced Environmental Research Methods
- GEOG 310 Geodesy and Surveying
- GEOG 387 Spatial Databases
- GEOG 371 Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques
- CS 338 Computer Applications in Business: Databases
Winter term (January to April)
- GEOG 381 Spatial Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems
- GEOG 471 (1.0 unit) Remote Sensing Project
- CS 330 Management Information System
- CS 436 Distributed Computer Systems (NOTE: pre-requisite is: CS 230 or CS 241)
Year Four
Spring term (May to August)
- GEOG 481 (1.0 unit) Geographic Information Systems Project
- GEOG 203 Environment and Development in a Global Perspective
- GEOG 405 Wetlands
- GEOG 426 Geographies of Development
Fall term (September to December)
- GEOG 210 Image Interpretation and Photogrammetry
- GEOG 316 Multivariate Statistics -- OR -- GEOG 318 Spatial Analysis
- GEOG 393 Approaches to Research in Human Geography -- OR -- GEOG 394 Approaches to Research in Physical Geography
- GEOG 487 Management Issues in Geographic Information Systems
- CS 430 Applications Software Engineering
Minimum Requirements to Graduate from uWaterloo
- 20 courses (10 units)
- 16 Geography courses (8 units)
- 4 Computer Science courses (2 units)
- 27 courses at or above the 200 – level (13.5 units)
Note: 3.5 units minimum as level 2XX T – transfer)
- an average of at least 70% in Geography courses
- an average of at least 60% in Computer Science courses
- an overall average of at least 65% in all courses
A minimum of 50% of course work and geography courses must be completed through the University of Waterloo.
Revised: July 22, 2009
