Recognizing the important role GIS now plays in shaping understanding of the environment and in the management of public resources, professors from Geosciences, Urban Planning and Design, Criminal Justice and Criminology, and Computing and Engineering created a technology-based curriculum designed to prepare students for a variety of careers in the rapidly growing GIS job market. For completion of the certificate program, the student is required to finish the coursework of 17-18 credit hours in order to receive a certificate.

Required Two Core Courses (8 credit hours) Hours
GEOG 203 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 4
GEOG 401/5507 Advanced Geographic Information Science 4

Choose Three from the Following (9-10 credit hours)
GEOG 402/5502 Environmental Remote Sensing and Digital Image Analysis 4
GEOG 444/5544 Geocomputation for Earth and Environmental Sciences 3
GEOG 448/5548 Satellite Climatology 3
GEOG 5598D Special Topics in Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing 3
UPD 300 Quantative Methods in Planning 3
UPD 400 Advanced GIS for Urban Planning 3
CJC 5592 Advanced GIS for Crime Analysis 3
E&C-ENGR 484/5590IP Introduction to Digital Image Processing 3
COMP-SCI 352 Data Structures and Algorithms 3
COMP-SCI 471 Database Design, Implementation and Validation 3

Students and working professionals enrolled in the Advanced GIS Certificate Program will become proficient in using GIS and remote sensing techniques to address various environmental and urban issues. They will receive practical GIS experience and supplement their knowledge of geography, geology, environmental studies, and urban studies and planning. For more information go to web site at http://cas.umkc.edu/Geosciences/advGis.asp