Remote Sensing of Environmental Change Minor

Geographical Sciences (GEOG)
1149 LeFrak Hall
Phone: 301-405-4073
geog-advise@umd.edu
http://geog.umd.edu

Program Director: Keith Yearwood, Ph.D.

The Remote Sensing of Environmental Change minor program (RSEC) is designed to build students’ understanding global environmental change in order to assess their impacts on the physical and human landscapes, and to use remote sensing as an analytical tool for identifying the impacts. Students in the minor program will receive technical training in remote sensing to examine how extreme environmental events shape human society and ecosystems from the interdisciplinary perspective afforded by the field of geography.

Admission to the Program

There are no special requirements for the minor program in Remote Sensing of Environmental Change. The Department of Geographical Sciences welcomes students from every area of study. GIS and ENSP students are also welcome to enroll in this minor.

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Students will demonstrate the ability to use remotely sensed imagery to examine how the Remote Sensing of Environmental Change shapes human society and ecosystems.
2. Students will demonstrate awareness and understanding of multi-scale Remote Sensing of Environmental Change resulting from social and environmental processes.
3. Students will demonstrate an awareness of the human and physical dimensions of the upheaval that Environmental Changes are causing.
4. Students will have a concrete global perspective on human and environmental systems.

• All credits for the minor must be taken in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park.
• All courses must be completed with a grade of “C-” or better.
• No more than six credits are to be included in the minor and student's major, supporting courses, and college requirements.