GIS Certificate in Cartography

Maps help us to effectively represent the world around us and communicate our place-centric ideas to others in ways that speech, writing, and numbers can't.  A GIS Certificate in Cartography will help learners to efficiently and effectively manipulate, analyze, and express spatial ideas, forms, patterns, and trends.   
 

Core Courses (8 credits + 1 practicum or internship credit)Map included in the book, "Fugitive from Spanish Facism - the Memoir of Meguel Domiguez Soler

  • Geography 241.  Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems.*
  • Geography 341/541.  Geographic Information Systems I.*
  • Geography 343/543.  Geographic Information Systems II.
  • Geography 480 or 485.  Internship or Practicum.  

Elective Courses (9 credits) 

  • Geography 260.  Introduction to Cartography.
  • Geography 360.  Statistical and Multimedia Cartography.
  • Geography 361/561.  Dynamic Cartography.
  • Geography 362.  Map Design and Production. 

 

GIS Certificate Program Declaration Form.pdfGIS Certificate Program Declaration Form.pdf

* Students who have taken introductory GIS courses within the last five years are not required to re-take courses.  Standard test-out policies and processing fees may apply.