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Program checklist · MS

Geoinformatics and Geospatial Intelligence, MS

George Mason University · Fairfax, VA

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
MS
Credential class
ceterms:MasterDegree
Total credits (published)
9
Credits (computed from items)
42
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
232186
CourseShelf checklist
CK_232186_cd7ee49c
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Core Courses

major core · 6 items
  1. GGS 553
    3
  2. GGS 579
    3
  3. GGS 664
    3
  4. GGS 684
    3
  5. GGS 685
    3
  6. GGS 787
    3

Thesis or Non-thesis Option

1 item
  1. Students choose the culminating experience of either a thesis or a project and a comprehensive exam (either must total 3 credits). The same graduate-level quality will be expected from either option:
    Not resolved to a course
    3

Thesis Option

1 item
  1. GGS 799
    Thesis
    As published: “Thesis (3 credits)”
    1-6

Non-thesis Option

2 items
  1. GGS 700
    Comprehensive Exam
    As published: “Comprehensive Exam (1 credit)”
    1
  2. GGS 798
    Master's Research Project
    As published: “Master's Research Project (2 credits)”
    1-6

Electives

electives · 1 item
  1. Select three courses from the groupings below, with no more than two courses from a single group (courses must be taken from at least two groups): 1
    Not resolved to a course
    9

Image Analysis:

9 items
  1. GGS 562
    3
  2. GGS 621
    3
  3. GGS 622
    3
  4. GGS 626
    3
  5. GGS 629
    3
  6. GGS 680
    3
  7. GGS 740
    3
  8. GGS 760
    3
  9. GGS 840
    3

Geographic Information Science:

5 items
  1. GGS 563
    3
  2. GGS 653
    3
  3. GGS 655
    3
  4. GGS 675
    3
  5. GGS 791
    3

Computational Geoinformatics:

9 items
  1. GGS 631
    3
  2. GGS 632
    3
  3. GGS 650
    3
  4. GGS 662
    3
  5. GGS 681
    3
  6. GGS 692
    3
  7. GGS 754
    3
  8. GGS 773
    3
  9. GGS 788
    3

Accelerated Option Requirements

4 items
  1. GGS 553
    3
  2. GGS 579
    3
  3. GGS 664
    3
  4. GGS 684
    3
Source. George Mason University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.gmu.edu/colleges-schools/science/geography-geoinformation-science/geoinformatics-geospatial-intelligence-ms/. Captured page pages/0129.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.