• Applied Pascal programming to the solution of technical and scientific problems.
• Developmental applications for Windows using Borland’s Delphi Rapid Application Development system.

CS S11023 – Selected Programming Language (4 credits).

• Introduction and applications in a selected programming language.
• Emphasis is on solving technical and scientific problems.
• Language selection by demand.

IS&T SI2110– Software Development I (3 credits).

• Elementary Visual Basic software development.
• Emphasis is on tools, techniques, logic, and flow control.

IS&T 2130– Software Development II (3 credits).

• Intermediate Visual Basic software development.
• Emphasis is on program constructs, file management techniques, and softwar development and practices for a multi-tiered distributed computing environment.

IS&T 2510 – Database Design and Implementation (3 credits).

• Designing, implementation, and management of databases.
• Use of Structured Query Language (SQL)

Geomatics and The Three principal Forms of Communication

There are three basic forms of communication recognized by the human community. One includes an ability to express vocally (articulate) our thoughts by combining coherent sounds that form a systematic set of meaningful utterances that we call language. By extension, these vocal utterances are assigned symbols that we term an alphabet. These alphabetic symbols combine to form words, which are the basic elements of any written language (literacy). The third form of communication actually represents an ability to convey spatial objects through graphic expression (mapping, drawing, or illustrating).

This is perhaps the most illuminating form of communication since humans tend to assimilate spatial objects with complex thought. It follows that the mapping sciences, when employed as a system of analytical tools, will provide a visual means of identifying spatial objects and their associated attributes for the purpose of analyzing surface features and processes (physical, social, & societal) operating about the Earth.