Remote Sensing Minor (16 cr)

Interdisciplinary
Remote Sensing is measurement from a distance, sensing from afar. It uses the whole electromagnetic spectrum and is applied on a huge variety of scales, from microscopic to satellite or astronomical levels. It is used where direct sensing is impossible or difficult. Most of the remote sensing faculty have active research programs that require student workers and this experience is good professional training. The field is highly interdisciplinary and extremely broad and team based, including specialists in atmospheric physics and chemistry, biological and earth sciences, electrical engineering, forestry and ecology, civil, and environmental engineering, oceanography, limnology, image and signal analysis, astronomy and computer sciences. The Remote Sensing Institute has faculty from 9 different departments and has a number of advanced lab facilities as part of a NASA center of excellence.

Required Courses—4 credits
UN 4000 Remote Sensing Seminar: 1
Select one of the following two courses:
FW 4540 Remote Sensing of the Environment: 3
GE 4250 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing: 3

Elective Courses—12 credits*
Data Acquisition and Processing (3–6 cr): EE 2150 Intro to Signal Proc, EE
3140 Electromagnetics, EE 4252 Digital Signal Proc, EE 5500 Statistical Signal Proc, EE 5520 Fourier Optics, FW 5560 Digital Image Proc: A Remote Sensing Perspective, GE 4250 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing (Do not select if selected under Required Courses, above), PH 2230 Electronics for Scientists, PH 3210 Geometrical & Physical Optics, PH 5630 Imaging Sys, PH 5950 Grad Electronics for Scientists Data Management (3–6 cr): CE 5661 GIS Applications, CS 2090 Special Topics in CS, CS 3621 Geometric Objects and Processing, CS 4611 Foundations of Computer Graphics, FW 3540 Intro to GIS for natural Resource Management, FW 5550 Geographic Information Systems, GE 4160 Introduction to Subsurface GIS, MA 3730 Statistical Methods II, MA 4515 Intro to partial Diff Equations, MA 4610 Numerical
Linear Algebra, MA 4710 Regression Analysis, MA 5701 Statistical Methods, MA 5741 Multivariate Statistical Methods, MA 5980 Special Topics in Mathematics. Data Analysis and Applications (3–6 cr): BL 5520 Satellite Limnology; CE 3610 Hydrology, CE 4501 Environ Engg Chem Proc, CE 4504 Air Quality Engg & Sci, CE 5505 Atmospheric Chem, CE/CH 5509 Environ Organic Chem; FW 4540 Remote Sensing of the Environment (Do not select if selected under Required Courses, above), GE 2500 Introduction to Oceanography, GE 2640/PH 2640 Atmospheric Observ/Meteorology, GE 4150 Natural Hazards, GE 4170 Volcanic Clouds, GE 5150 Adv Natural Hazards, GE 5160 Remote Sens of the Earth, PH 5910 Atmospheric Physics, UN 4000 Remote Sensing Seminar (1 credit of UN 4000 may be used in addition to the 1 credit of UN 4000 that is required). Independent Study/Senior Research classes (0-3 cr): BL 4000 Spec Prob in Bio, CE 4510 Baccalaureate Thesis, CH 4990 Undergrad Res in Chem, CS 4090 Spec topics in CS, EE 4800 Spec Topics in EE, FW 4500 Independ Study, GE 4960 Independ Geol Engg Res Project, MA 4990 Topics in Math, PH 4080 Sr Res *No more than 6 hours at the 2000 level can be counted toward the minor.

The courses listed in this minor have the following prerequisites (shown in parenthesis):
CE3610 (CE3600 and (MA3710 or CE3502)), CE4501 ((CE3501 or CE3503) and CE3502 and CH3500), CE5509 (CE4501 or CH3510), CE5661 (CE3610), CH5509 (CE4501 or CH3510), CS3621 ((MA2160 or MA2150) and MA2330 and CS2141), CS4611 (CS2141), EE2150 ((MA2160 or MA2150) and (CS1121 or CS1131)), EE3140 (PH2200 and (MA3160 or MA3150)), EE4252 ((EE3160 or EE2160) and EE2150), FW3540 (MA2720 or MA2710 or MA3710), FW5550 (MA2720 or MA2710 or MA3710), FW5560 (PH3600), GE4150 ((GE2000 or GE2100 or GE2200) and UN2002), MA3730 (MA2710 or MA2720 or MA3710), MA4515 ((MA3520 or MA3521 or MA3530 or MA3560) and (MA3150 or MA3160)), MA4610 (MA2320 or MA2321 or MA2330), MA4710 (MA2720 or MA3710 or MA3730), MA5741 ((MA4710 or MA4720) and MA5701), PH2230 (PH2200 or PH2200H or PH2260), PH3210 (PH2400 and (MA3520 or MA3521 or MA3530 or MA3560)), PH4080 (PH3480)