Programs

Geographic Information Systems Certificate

Designed to provide students with the practical skills and theoretical knowledge necessary to enter the rapidly expanding field of geographic information science.

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• Total Credits Required for Degree

  30

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• Technical Concentration

  18
• GC 225 Introduction to Maps

  2
• GC 335 Geographic Information Systems

  4
• GC 337 Computer Cartography

  4
• GC 425 Remote Sensing

  4
• GC 428 Spatial Analysis

  4
• Electives:

  4
• Choose from the following:
• CS 101 Web Site Construction (4 cr.)
• CS 120 Computer Science I (4 cr.)
• CS 122 Computer Science II (4 cr.)
• CS 201 Programming in C++ (3 cr.)
• CS 222 Data Structures (4 cr.)
• DD 100 Technical Drafting with Introduction to CAD (4 cr.)
• GC 412 Database Development (4 cr.)
• GC 455 Digital Image Processing (2 cr.)
• GC 491 Internship (2-6 cr.)

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• Other Required Courses

  8
• Choose two courses from the following:
• GC 235 Quantitative Methods or equivalent

  4
• MA 109 Introduction to Probability and Statistics (preferred) or

  4
•      MA 113 Finite Mathematics (4 cr.) or higher