1.Major TrainingObjectives and Requirements

（1）Training Objectives

Cultivate the comprehensive senior professionals who master basic theories of spatial information science and practical technologies of network engineering, and can apply their acquired theoretical knowledge and skills of spatial information technology, network planning and design, network operations management and performance analysis, network engineering design and maintenance to the research, development and application of geographic information systems, who are fit for the work in the design, development and management in some fields of cities, regions, resources, environment, transportation, population, housing, land, communications, information technology, infrastructure and planning and management of computer networks, or the scientific research and teaching work in scientific research departments, enterprises and institutions, colleges and universities.

（2）Major Requirements

The students of this major mainly learn professional knowledge of network technology, spatial information technology, and computer technology, and receive basic training in network engineering practice so as to have the basic ability to plan, design, develop, maintain, and manage communication networks. Graduates should possess the following knowledge and capacity: the ability of self-learning and innovation, strong ability to analyze and solve problems as well as practical ability; a solid foundation of natural science and a better foundation of humanities and social sciences; the basic theory and professional knowledge of spatial information technology, computer and network technology; the understanding of development of network engineering, geographic information systems and computer discipline; proficiency in a foreign language, good ability to listen, speak, write and translate, and reading skills of professional foreign language documents; mastery of the methods of document retrieval, data query and the ability to write scientific papers; possession of good ideological and moral qualities, physical and mental qualities, humanities and social science knowledge and humanistic qualities, as well as strong coordination and organization capacity.

2.Length of Learning and Degree

This major practices flexible educational system with four-year basic schedule. Students can complete their degrees within 3-7 years. Graduates as required are awarded a Bachelor's degree of Engineering.

3.Graduation Requirements

The total credits for graduation are 176 credits, including 122 credits for required courses (40 credits for public elementary platform courses, 42 credits for discipline elementary platform courses, 28 credits for professional elementary platform courses, and 12 credits for professional orientation module courses), 33 credits for elective courses ( 25 credits for professional optional courses, 8 credits for non-professional optional courses); and 21 credits for practical teaching link (including professional internship which means comprehensive internship in computer operations; special experiments which include GIS software development, fieldwork experiments in physical geography, economic geography, and network engineering; and graduation thesis which includes graduation internship and graduation design).

4.Curriculum Provision and Credit Allocation