Mapping a Smarter Future
Technology is transforming how we understand and manage agricultural and natural resources. The Geographic Information Systems for Agriculture minor gives you hands-on experience with Geographic Information Systems (GIS), GPS and geospatial technologies used to map, analyze and solve real-world challenges across agriculture and the environment.
What You’ll Study
You’ll explore GIS, GPS, remote sensing and spatial data analysis while learning how geospatial technologies are used to understand agricultural systems and manage natural resources.
What You’ll Take Away
You’ll gain the technical skills and hands-on experience to collect, map and analyze spatial data while applying geospatial technologies to real-world challenges in agriculture, environmental science and natural resource management.
Dig Deeper
Discover how GIS, GPS and geospatial technologies turn data into insights that help solve real-world challenges in agriculture and natural resource management.
Map the World in 3D
Use aerial imagery and remote sensing technologies to analyze landscapes, measure elevation and detect environmental change while gaining hands-on experience collecting, processing and interpreting geospatial data.
Turn Data Into Insight
Create, manage and analyze geographic data using GIS while discovering how mapping technology helps solve real-world challenges in agriculture, natural resources and the environment.
Guide Sustainable Development
Explore how environmental laws such as National Environmental Policy Act and CEQA guide planning, development and restoration projects while learning to evaluate impacts and support informed decision-making.
Coursework Highlights
Through hands-on coursework and applied learning experiences, you will develop the technical knowledge and practical skills needed to lead in modern agriculture.
Classes and Labs
Gain hands-on experience using professional surveying technologies, including robotic stations, RTK positioning and GIS. You’ll collect and analyze field data while developing skills in topographic mapping, building layout, road design and aerial mapping.
Learn to create, manage, analyze and visualize geographic data using GIS. You’ll apply mapping and spatial analysis tools to explore real-world environmental, social and natural resource challenges.
Explore how North American ecosystems function and how thoughtful management can support healthy, resilient habitats. You’ll study energy flow, nutrient cycles and the ways human activity influences natural systems.
Take your geospatial skills further through advanced applications in GIS, remote sensing and spatial analysis. You’ll explore research methods and real-world applications across environmental, earth and social sciences.
Use GIS and computer programming to analyze spatial data and create meaningful maps. You’ll apply modeling techniques to explore real-world questions in agriculture, environmental science and natural resource management.
Explore how GIS, GPS, remote sensing and variable-rate technologies help farmers make more precise management decisions. You’ll examine how site-specific practices can improve efficiency while reducing economic and environmental impacts.
Explore the Geographic Information Systems for Agriculture Minor
Check out the course catalogue and learn more about the courses you’ll take and what you’ll learn.