Academic Departments - Spatial Information Science and Engineering
Spatial Information Science and Engineering offers leading-edge research-based master’s- and doctoral-degree programs in Spatial Information Science and Engineering and an ongoing master’s degree program in Information Systems.
The innovative graduate degrees in spatial information science and engineering focus on the design of information systems for the collection, management, and analysis of information that has a spatial component. The forward looking information systems degree programs focus on technical, managerial, and policy issues associated with constructing and managing computer-based information systems for modern organizations.
Master of Science – Spatial Information Science and Engineering
The Department offers both a thesis and project option in the Master of Science in Spatial Information Science and Engineering.
The thesis option is the scientific track, typically requiring a strong engineering, computer science, or mathematics undergraduate background. Prospective master’s students with other disciplinary backgrounds are expected to make up the requisite math and engineering courses that would allow them to succeed in an engineering graduate curriculum. The thesis option includes a substantial piece of individual research as a basis for a master’s thesis.
The project option is aimed at students who wish to focus primarily on course work rather than research at the master’s level. The formal coursework is complemented by a one-semester project in which the student must demonstrate that he or she can apply the acquired knowledge for implementing a particular solution.
Master of Science – Information Systems
The Master of Science in Information Systems is based on a single year program of study assuming that prerequisites have been met prior to starting the on campus program.
Contact
Mike Worboys
Department Chair
Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering
5711 Boardman Hall
Room 348A
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469-5711
Phone: 207 581-2188
Fax: 207 581-2206
worboys@spatial.maine.edu
spatial.umaine.edu
