Geographic Information Systems Certificate

Campus Full Time
Delivery
Campus
Study mode
Full Time
Starts
fall, winter, and spring terms (summer term GIS courses are not available)

Introduction

Geographic Information Systems Certificate is a program taught at Oregon Institute of Technology, USA. Intake: fall, winter, and spring terms (summer term GIS courses are not available). The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (as little as nine months (or slower pace, depending on needs) options.

The Geographic Information Systems Certificate at Oregon Institute of Technology teaches students to capture, create, manage, analyze, visualize, and share geospatial information on Earth’s surface. Students complete GIS 134 Geographic Information Systems and then select additional courses to build focus areas such as digital earth, mobile and web GIS, geospatial raster and vector analysis, Python for geospatial analysis, remote sensing, and GIS database development.

The certificate can be completed in as little as nine months, with an option to study at a slower pace. Courses are offered in fall, winter, and spring terms; summer term GIS courses are not available. Graduates are expected to manage, analyze, and visualize geospatial data; collect information using GPS and UAVs; and publish and share information on the internet, along with analyzing and modeling spatial characteristics.

Modules

  • GIS 134 Geographic Information Systems
  • GIS 103 The Digital Earth
  • GIS 205 Mobile and Web GIS
  • GIS 306 Geospatial Raster Analysis
  • GIS 316 Geospatial Vector Analysis
  • GIS 332 Python for Geospatial Analysis
  • GIS 426 Geospatial Vector Analysis II
  • GIS 435 Remote Sensing II
  • GIS 446 GIS Database Development

Admission Requirements

The minimum requirements for admission in Geographic Information Systems Certificate at Oregon Institute of Technology for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

  • program specific academic requirment set by Oregon Institute of Technology.
  • English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Oregon Institute of Technology as pre-requiste for admission in Geographic Information Systems Certificate.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Oregon Tech's online certificate does not require any experience in GIS.

Courses Units

Scholarships

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.