Professional Science Master's Course Outline

PSM Environmental Informatics Concentration  | 33 Hours

Student Requirements

Applicants that have baccalaureate degrees in a related field will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and may be admitted to full standing upon completion of identified background courses.

Course Outline

Background Courses

• GEOG 4510/5510 Theory of GIS I (3)
  (A student may take a pre-test to test out of the course or may gain approval through the program’s GIS faculty in the Department of Earth Sciences)
• GEOG 4511/5511 Theory of GIS II (3)
  (A student may take a pre-test to test out of the course or may gain approval through the program’s GIS faculty in the Department of Earth Sciences at Tennessee Tech)

Major Field Core: 9 Hours

• BIOL 4220 (5220) / Biostatistics (3) or MATH 6070 / Applied Linear Statistical Methods I (3) or PRST 6600 / Statistical Analysis (3) or PSY 6310 / Educational Statistics (3)
• BMGT 6200 Organizational Leadership* (3) or PRST 6110 / Leadership and Communication
• MKT 6100 Strategic Marketing* (3)

Concentration: 18 Hours

• ESS 6000 / Environmental Law - ONLINE ONLY (3) or EVSS 6010 / Environmental Social Policy* (3) 
• ESS 6510 / Programming GIS* (3)
• ESS 6520 / Environmental Informatics Python Applications and Machine Learning (3)
• ESS 6910 / Internship* (3)
• GEOG 4410 (5410) / Remote Sensing* (3)
• GEOG 4650 (5650) / Environmental Applications of GIS* (3)

Electives: 6 Hours
Students may take two elective course in their area of professional interest (subject to Graduate Advisory Committee approval). 

• ACCT 6010 Accounting Information for Management Decisions* (3)
• CSC 6220 / Data Mining (3)
• CSC 6300 / Web-based Database Systems* (3) / (4300/5300 prerequisite or consent)
• DS 6550 / Data Resource Management* (3)
• ECON 5200 / Environmental Economics* (3)
• ESS 4300 (5300) / Environmental Management Systems (3)
• ESS 6970 / Special Topics (3)
• EVS 7900 / Scientific Writing and Grantsmanship (3)
• GEOG 4850 (5850) / Advanced GIS (3)
• MATH 6080 / Applied Linear Statistical Methods II (3)
• MATH 6470 / Environmental Statistics (3)
• PSY 7310 / Advanced Educational Statistics (3)

Projected Course Offerings 2024-2027

*Offered online and on campus