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• Master degree  requires 40 credits, including: 

  •  3 credits as a general core course. 
  • 14 credits from specialized core courses. 
  • 9 credits specialized core courses from his/her GIS/RS specialization, 
  • 4 credits specialized elective courses from his/her GIS/RS specialization, or 
  • 4 credits specialized elective courses hours from another department's program course, 
  • 2 credits GIS/RS Seminar, and 8 credits M.Sc. Thesis​.
    
  
  

  First Year:  First Academic Semester ​​
  A. General Core Courses ​ ​ ​
  Course Title	Course  No. ​		Credit hours
  English Language	GSTS 502 ​		0
  Computer Applications	GSTS 501 ​		0
  Islamic Culture	GS      500 ​		0
  Scientific Writing	GSTS 510 ​		1
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  Total General Core Courses Credits ​			​1​
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  B. Specialized Core courses ​ ​ ​
  Course Title	​ Course No.		Credit hours
  Geoinformatics Sciences	​ GEOGR 530		3
  Geostatistics Analysis	​ GEOGR 521		2
  Geographic Information Systems	​ GEOGR 531		3
  Remote Sensing	​ GEOGR 532		3
  Database conceptualization	​ GEOGR 533		3
  Total  Specialized Core Courses  Credits ​ ​			14
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  First Academic Semester  Total Credits ​ ​ ​
  General Core Courses			1
  Specialized Core Courses ​ ​			14
  Total ​			15
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  First Year:  Second Academic Semester ​ ​ ​
  C.   General Core Course ​ ​ ​
  Course Title	​ Course No.		Credit hours
  Research Methods	​ GSTS 520		2
  Total General Core Courses Hours ​ ​			2
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  Geographic Information Systems Specialization ​ ​ ​
  D.   Specialized Core courses ​ ​ ​
  Course Title	​ Course No.		Credit hours
  Advance GIS and Geospatial Analysis	​ GEOGR 534		3
  GIS Applications and Problem Solving	​ GEOGR 535		3
  GIS Modeling	​ GEOGR 536		3
  Total Specialized GIS Science courses ​ ​			9
  Remote Sensing Specialization ​ ​ ​
  ​E. Specialized Core courses
  Course Title	​ Course No.		Credit hours
  Remote Sensing Applications & Digital Image Analysis	​ GEOGR 537		3
  Advanced  Remote Sensing	​ GEOGR 538		3
  Hyperspectral Remote Sensing	​ GEOGR 539		3
  Total Specialized Remote Sensing courses ​ ​			9
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  Specialized Elective courses from specialization in GIS and RS ​ ​ ​
  ​F. Specialized  GIS/RS Elective courses
  Cartography and Geo-Visualization	​ GEOGR 522		2
  Geospatial Databases	​ GEOGR 523		2
  GIS Project	​ GEOGR 524		2
  Remote Sensing Project	​ GEOGR 525		2
  RS, GIS, and Modeling Integration Project	​ GEOGR 526		2
  Active RS (Radar and LIDAR)	​ GEOGR 527		2
  Advanced Geostatistics	​ GEOGR 528		2
  Second Academic Semester ​ ​ ​
  Total Credit Hours of General Core Courses ​ ​			2
  Total Credit Hours of  Specialized Core Courses (GIS or RS) ​ ​			9
  Total Credits of  Specialized  Elective Core  Courses: 4 GIS, or 4 Credits from another department's programs courses			4
  Total Credit Hours of  Second Academic Semester ​ ​			15
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  Total Credit Hours of  First Academic Semester ​ ​			15
  Total Credit Hours of  Second Academic Semester ​ ​			15
  Total Credit Hours of  First Academic Year ​ ​			30
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  Second Year:   Third Academic Semester ​ ​ ​
  Course Title	Course No. ​		Credits hours
  GIS/RS Seminar	GEOGR 620 ​		2
  Master Thesis	GEOGR 680 ​		8
  Total Credit Hours of  Second Academic Year ​ ​			10
  Total Credit Hours of  Master Degree ​ ​			40
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  Second Year:   Third Academic Semester: for Diploma Students ​ ​ ​
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  The graduate students Diploma who want to follow a M.Sc. degree should pursue additional four (4) credits courses, two (2) credits seminar, and eight (8) credits for the master thesis. The 4 credits courses must be chosen as follow: 4 credits from Geoinformatics (GIS/RS) Specialization, or 4 Credits from another department's program course; and 2 Credits Seminar, 8 Credits M.Sc. thesis.
  Elective Course Title	Course No. ​		Credit hours
  Field & GIS Case Studies	GEOGR 640 ​		4
  Field & RS Case Studies	GEOGR 641 ​		4
  GIS/RS Seminar	GEOGR 620 ​		2
  Master Thesis	GEOGR 680 ​		8
  Third Academic Semester ​ ​ ​
  Total Credits  hours of general core course ​ ​			1
  Total Credits of  Geoinformatics Specialization /or/ other Department  Programs Courses ​ ​			4
  Master Thesis ​ ​			8
  Total Credit Hours of  Third Academic Semester ​ ​			13
  Total Credit Hours of  Second Academic Year ​ ​			41
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  Geoinformatics elective courses offered to other departments programs ​ ​ ​
  Course Title	Course No. ​		Credit hours
  Field & GIS Case Studies	GEOGR 640 ​		4
  Field & RS Case Studies	GEOGR 641 ​		4
  Medical Image Processing	GEOGR 642 ​		4
  Geomatics of Public Health	GEOGR 643 ​		4

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