The Spatial Information
Systems Major
Required Courses
Spatial
Information Systems Major - GIS Option
Spatial
Information Systems Major - Surveying Option
Course Descriptions
UAM Schedule of Classes
Welcome to the
University of Arkansas at Monticello, School of Forest
Resources, Spatial Information Systems program. The
University of Arkansas at Monticello is located three miles
south of the city of Monticello on a wooded campus adjacent to
United States Highway 425. Monticello, the county seat of
Drew County, is located 100 miles southeast of Little Rock and
84 miles north of Monroe, Louisiana. Included in the
University's 1,600 acres are 1,036 acres of forest land used for
research, management and instruction, and 300 acres devoted to
agricultural teaching and research.
Situated in the pine forests of Southeast Arkansas on the edge
of the rich Mississippi delta, the University is ideally located
to serve the state's educational needs and provides an excellent
setting for the state's only School of Forestry and Spatial
Information Systems Program.
The Spatial
Information Systems (SIS) program at the UA-M School of Forest
Resources will provide graduates (the drivers) to meet the
growing demand for a geo-technology workforce. The Spatial
Information Systems program leads to a Bachelor of Science in
SIS or an Associate of Science in Land Surveying Technology.
The curriculum incorporates Geographic Information Systems
(GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Surveying, and remote
sensing technology as well as critical general education and
supportive requirements. The SIS program with the
Surveying option will provide students with the tools and
education to take the state survey licensure exam and become a
professional land surveyor.
The program is
located in the School of Forest Resources, because the School
has more than 30-years experience in teaching photogrammetry,
remote sensing, and surveying. Also, located at the School
is the Spatial Analysis Laboratory (SAL) and the Natural State
Digital Database (NSDD), which has been providing geo-technology
expertise and data to Arkansas and the nation since 1994.
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