Geographic Information Systems

Program Requirements

The courses in this program are explicitly designed to ensure students are exposed to the range of knowledge and technologies central to successful implementation of well integrated Geographic Information Systems. Course content has been developed from the ground up to conform to the GIS&T Body of Knowledge developed by the AAG and UCGIS, and the Geospatial Technology Competency Models developed by the Geospatial Workforce Development Center.

M.P.S. Program Requirements
Certificate Program Requirements

M.P.S. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

The Master in Professional Studies: Geographic Information Systems requires a total of 30-credit hours. Students must complete 6 core courses (totaling 18 credits) and 4 electives (totaling 12 credits).

CORE COURSES

Course Title [Credits] - 18 Credit Hours

GES 670: Advanced Seminar in GIS [3]

GES 671: Spatial Database and System Design [3]

GES 673: Geoprocessing and Spatial Analysis [3]

GES 675: GIS Application Development [3]

GES 678: Project Management of the Enterprise GIS [3]

GES 679: Professional Seminar on the Geospatial Technologies [1]- taken 3 times

ELECTIVE COURSES [Choose 4 of the following 9 courses]

Course Title [Credits] - 12 Credit Hours

GES 770: Special Topics in Enterprise GIS [3]

GES 771: Advanced Spatial Data Management [3]

GES 772: Geospatial Web Services and Interoperability [3]

GES 773: GIS Modeling Techniques [3]

GES 774: Spatial Statistics [3]

GES 775: Advanced GIS Application Development [3]

GES 776: GIS Data Sources, Tasking, and Acquisition [3]

GES 777: Advanced Data Modeling and Editing Techniques [3]

GES 778: Advanced Visualization and Presentation [3]

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Consisting of five courses (15 credits), the Professional Graduate Certificate in GIS is designed to provide students with a set of core technical and analytical tools which reflect the technical interdependence of the GIS career field. Students are able to earn this certificate first and then choose to transfer all of the credits into the M.P.S. program.

CORE COURSES – 12 credit hours required

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