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GIST 52
GEOSPATIAL DATA ACQUISITION & MANAGEMENT · 4 units · used in 9 transfer pathways
Where this page’s information comes from
- Foothill catalogcourse record · 2026-2027
- FHDA class listingsFall 2026 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
Study of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) science and its applications to spatial data management. Data acquisition using GPS, digitizing and scanning techniques. Data management. Editing and verifying. Raster data manipulation and importing. Database management. Advanced queries and database manipulation.
Sections this term
Fall 2026 · updated Sep 3, 3:00 PM UTCNo section is scheduled at Foothill College for Fall 2026. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
The Foothill catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.
Advisory: “Advisory: This is an intermediate level course in GIS, and assumes solid understanding of GIST and the ability to use industry standard software; successful completion of GEOG 11 or GIST 11 and GEOG 12 or GIST 12 strongly recommended; not open to students with credit in GEOG 52.”
Transfer pathways that use GIST 52
ASSIST maps GIST 52 to a requirement in 9 published pathways from Foothill College.
- GEOLOGY, B.S. QUARTER COLLEGEFoothill → CSU Hayward
- GEOLOGY, B.A. QUARTER COLLEGEFoothill → CSU Hayward
- GeologyFoothill → CSU Hayward
- Environmental ScienceFoothill → CSU Hayward
- Environmental BiologyFoothill → Cal Poly Pomona
- Geography, B.S. - Environmental Studies OptionFoothill → Cal Poly Pomona
- Geography, B.S. - Geospatial Analysis OptionFoothill → Cal Poly Pomona
- GeographyFoothill → CSU Long Beach
- GeographyFoothill → CSU Long Beach
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