GEOGRAPHY

CERTIFICATE IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS Certificate requirements. The requirements consist of a total of 15 required semester hours in the geographic information systems (formerly spatial analysis and management) courses. These courses are the same as those listed under the geographic information systems (spatial analysis and management) concentration in the Masters of Public Administration degree. All courses are available online via the Internet for those students unable to commute to scheduled classes. They require access to a PC type computer with at least a 500 MHz processor, at least 128 MB memory, running either Windows NT, 2000, or XP operating systems. Most course work will involve the use of ESRI's ArcGIS but may utilize other GIS software packages. Note. Students having had no undergraduate courses in GIS or with no prior exerience in GIS using ESRI software are required to complete the following course as a prerequisite for the required courses: GIS (SAM) 510 Introduction to Spatial Analysis (3) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) The following GIS COURSES are required: GIS (SAM) 520 Spatial Data Collection and Management (3) GIS (SAM) 550 Organization and Management of Spatial Systems (3) GIS (SAM) 560 Spatial Data Layout and Design (3) and two courses from the following: GIS (SAM) 530 Analyzing Spatial Networks (3) or GIS (SAM) 540 Site Location Analysis (3) or GIS (SAM) 570 Advanced Topics in Spatial Analysis and Management(3) A tentative schedule of FUTURE geographic information systems (spatial analysis and management) courses is available.

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