The Department of Geography having fourteen years teaching experience of Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing on the bachelor’s degree program and carrying eight years substantive diploma program as well as Master of Science Degree in Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing, realized the timely need of producing potential graduates for an honours degree in Geo-Spatial Technology.
GIS is a computer-based tool for mapping and analyzing existing things and the events on the earth surface. GIS databases can be used to automate the production of information about places and the analysis of geographical relationships. Remote Sensing is the science and art of acquiring information (spectral, spatial, and temporal) about material objects, area, or phenomenon, without any direct physical contact with the objects, or area, or phenomenon under investigation. However, in order to transform such data into useful information and thereby to create knowledge and finally to apply, they must not only be efficiently managed, but also processed and analyzed before being displayed in a proper format. Geo-spatial technologies greatly help us achieving this task. Accordingly, the GIS is a relatively new academic subject and it is being used by more than 100 different academic disciplines as a research tool.
Thus, the Department offers this degree program to;
- Enable better awareness and application of Geo-spatial technologies for effective decision-making practices,
- Enable other network co-operation initiatives, furthering research and development skills, and transfer opportunities between the stakeholders and the beneficiaries of the program,
- Create academic, research and application environments with State of the Art technology and skills in the field of Geo-spatial technologies, and
- Offer a self-sustainable best practice of Geo-spatial technologies benefiting the direct participants of the program with a view to transfer necessary experience in planning, management and rational-use of spatial information for better understanding and visualization of different phenomena
Code | Course Unit | Status | Pre-Requisites |
| GEOG 1101.3 | Human Geography | CCU | None |
| GEOG 1201.3 | Physical Geography | CCU | None |
| GEST 2101.3 | Introduction to GIS | CCU | None |
| GEST 2102.3 | Computer Programming | CCU | None |
| GEST 2103.3 | Fundamentals of GPS | CCU | None |
| GEST 2104.3 | Geodesy | CCU | None |
| GEST 2201.3 | Introduction to Database Management System | CCU | GEST 2102 |
| GEST 2202.3 | Mathematics for Computing | CCU | GEST 2104 |
| GEST 2203.3 | Introduction to Remote Sensing | CCU | GEST 2101 |
| GEST 2204.3 | Research Methodology | CCU | None |
| GEST 3101.3 | Application of GIS | CCU | GEST 2101 |
| GEST 3102.3 | Application of GPS | CCU | GEST 2103 |
| GEST 3103.3 | Advance Database Management System | CCU | GEST 2101 |
| GEST 3104.3 | Map Design and Interpretation | CCU | GEST 2101 /GEST 2104 |
| GEST 3105.3 | Geo Statistics | CCU | GEST 2202 |
| GEST 3106.3 | Web GIS | CCU | GEST 2102 |
| GEST 3201.3 | Application of Remote Sensing | CCU | GEST 2203 |
| GEST 3202.3 | Open Geo Spatial Web Based Application | CCU | None |
| GEST 3203.3 | Network Analysis | CCU | GEST 3101 |
| GEST 3204.3 | GIS Modeling | CCU | GEST 3101 |
| GEST 0099.3 | Independent Research – Phase I | HCU | None |
| GEST 4101.3 | Digital Image Processing and Technologies | HCU | GEST 3201 |
| GEST 4102.3 | GIS For Planning | HCU | GEST 3101 |
| GEST 4103.3 | Spatial Technologies for Natural Resource Management | HCU | GEST 3101, 3102, 3201 |
| GEST 4104.3 | Geospatial Technologies for Disaster Management | HCU | GEST 3101, 3102, 3201 |
| · GEST 4222.2 | Professional Competency Development | HCU | None |
| · GEST 4223.2 | Carrier Guidance | HCU | None |
| GEST 0099.3 | Independent Research – Phase II | HCU | GEST 0099 (Phase I) |
| GEST 0098.1 | Industrial awareness and Entrepreneurial Development | HCU | None |
| GEST 0098.3 | Industrial/Alternative Training | HCU | None |
- The Department reserves the right to offer GEST 4222.2 and GEST 4223.2 instead of GEST 0098.1 and GEST 0098.3 if so decided.
Course Unit Requirements for Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Geo-Spatial Technology
| First Year | Second Year | Third Year | Fourth Year | ||||
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
| GEOG 1101.3 | GEOG 1201.3 | GEST 2101.3 | GEST 2201.3 | GEST 3101.3 | GEST 3201.3 | GEST 4101.3 | GEST 0098.1 |
| GEST 2102.3 | GEST 2202.3 | GEST 3102.3 | GEST 3202.3 | GEST 4102.3 | |||
| GEST 2103.3 | GEST 2203.3 | GEST 3103.3 | GEST 3203.3 | GEST 4103.3 | |||
| GEST 2104.3 | GEST 2204.3 | GEST 3104.3 | GEST 3204.3 | GEST 4104.3 | |||
| GEST 3105.3 | GEST 0099.3 | GEST 0099.3 | |||||
| GEST 3106.3 | *Elective | ||||||
| *Elective | *Elective | ||||||
*Elective Course Units for the Honours Degree in Geo Spatial Technology recommended from other fields of study
*To fulfill the requirement of B.Sc. Honours in Geo Spatial Technology, undergraduates are advised to select their electives from other fields of study recommended by the department.