The Department of Geosciences at the University of West Georgia offers a 15 hour course of study leading to a Geographic Information Systems Certificate. The GIS Certificate is designed to meet the needs of students and community. The GIS Certificate program aims at providing post-graduate students and field professionals with updated GIS knowledge and skills for further enhancement of their GIS career. It also aims at providing traditional students with a set of practical GIS skills to access the GIS market.
The UWG GIS Certificate Program will provide you vital skills on:
- creating, managing, analyzing and visualizing GIS data
- using GIS software packages for research and services
- implementing and developing enterprise GIS applications
- processing and analyzing remotely-sensed digital imagery, and
- designing valuable maps
Admission
The GIS Certificate is open to all professionals and current students who have a bachelor’s degree with a GPA of 2.5 or above. Any bachelor’s degree meets the requirement of admission. Prospective students must apply for the admission to the non-degree seeking program as described in the Graduate Catalog. The current students who are enrolled in the UWG Graduate programs do not need to apply for the admission.
Please check out the Graduate School Website (http://www.westga.edu/~gradsch/) to start your application process.
You can start the GIS Certificate Program at any semester.
Course Requirements
Prerequisites
Students lacking appropriate background may be required to take GEOG 2553 (Introduction to GIS and Mapping Sciences. 3 Cr.). Please consult waiving GEOG2553 with the Department.
Required Courses
Students must take the following three courses:
GEOG 5553 Geographic Information Systems (4 cr. Every semester. Prereq. - GEOG 2553)
GEOG 5563 Remote Sensing (4 cr. Fall semester. No prereq.)
GEOG 6753 Advanced GIS and Spatial Analysis (4 cr. Spring semester. Prereq. – GEOG 5553)
Students must take one from the following courses:
GEOG 5562 Airphoto Interpretation & Photogrammetry (4 cr. Summer session. No prereq.)
GEOG 5554 Computer Cartography (4 cr. Spring semester. Preea. – GEOG 5553)
GEOG 5086 Internship (3 cr. Maximum. Any semester. Consult with the Department)
GEOG 6686 Image Processing (4 cr. Spring semester. No prereq.)
GEOG 7685 Remote Sensing for Teachers (4 cr. Consult with the Department)
The Cetificate will be issued to the students who complete all required courses with B or better grades.
Online course Delivery
All courses will be provided to students via Web and regular formal meetings. The Web format is for post-graduate students who are the working professionals that have time conflict with their work schedule. Undergraduate students must join the formal meeting sessions. Post-graduate students may also join the formal meeting sessions.
Fees
Accurate fee schedules may be obtained by consulting the Graduate School. Please check out the "Tuition $ Fees FY.." link at http://www.westga.edu/~gradsch/finaid.php.
Resources
UWG Geosciences Department has maintained leading-edge GIS resources including ESRI site license, ERDAS Imagine HEAK license, Pixoneer PG-Steamer license, large-format plotters, large-format scanners, GIS faculty and staff, and GIS labs.
Contact
Please feel free to contact the Department or Dr. Seong (
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Thank you for your interest in GIS Certificate!
