GIS Certificate, University of West Florida
Program Design & Assessment
Overview
The GIS Certificate program is offered as a separate entity to the BS and MS degree programs. Three of its seven component courses are also required of all Environmental Studies BS students; however, the certificate can be obtained separate from the BS and MS degrees. This certificate program runs parallel to our BS degree program in Environmental Studies, which is divided into three tracks (Natural Science, Geography, and Environmental Policy).
Strengths of this program
This certificate curriculum provides students with a definable, job-related skill that can also contribute substantively to academic efforts (e.g., Master's theses).
Types of students served
Program Goals
The goals of this program are as follows:
To provide students with GIS skills for professional and academic applications.
The learning goals were informed by the following resources:
How program goals are assessed
Design features that allow goals to be met
Alumni Careers
Graduation rate
Careers pursued by our alumni
Courses and Sequencing
Diagram of course sequencing and requirements
Entry into the program
- Physical Geography
Core courses
- Cartographic Skills
- Photo Interpretation and Remote Sensing w/Lab (Prerequisite: Cartographic Skills)
- Geographic Information Systems w/ Lab (Prerequisite: Cartographic Skills)
- Applications in Geographic Information Systems (Prerequisite: Geographic Information Systems w/ Lab)
- Special Topics in Geographic Information Science (Prerequisite: Geographic Information Systems w/ Lab)
- GIS Programming
Capstone
- Directed Study OR GIS Internship
Other key features of this program:
This certificate curriculum is offered at the BS and MS-level, and is also offered as a wholly online Continuing Education program.