Undergraduate Certificate: Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
This certificate is no longer accepting students. Please speak with your advisor to explore the Geospatial Sciences Minor.
This certificate may only be awarded in conjunction with a UMKC undergraduate degree.
Student Learning Outcomes
Students graduating from this program will:
- Identify geospatial issues and technical needs in problem-solving in relation to relevant academic disciplines, industrial production, or public services.
- Design geospatial technical approaches for problem-solving.
- analyze geospatial data and produce maps using relevant GIS software.
- Present geospatial study findings with oral presentation and written reports.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related geospatial techniques are fast-growing and increasingly applied to almost all sectors of our society. Examples include environmental mapping, urban planning, and public resource management. This Missouri State-approved, transcripted undergraduate certificate program offers GIS-related multidisciplinary courses through several academic programs such as Geosciences, Urban Planning and Design, Sociology, Economics, and Criminal Justice and Criminology. The curriculum is designed to prepare students for a variety of careers in the rapidly growing job market.
This undergraduate certificate program is open to any degree-seeking undergraduate students at UMKC with appropriate academic backgrounds.
For completion of the certificate program, the student is required to finish the coursework of 17-18 credit hours with a 3.0 GPA or higher.
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
GEOG 203 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 4 |
GEOG 401 | Advanced Geographic Information Science | 4 |
Electives | ||
Select three of the following: | 9-10 | |
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Urban Economic Development | ||
Environmental Remote Sensing and Digital Image Analysis | ||
Special Topics | ||
Spatial Data Analysis | ||
Satellite Climatology | ||
Field Methods in 3D Imaging of the Environment | ||
SOCIOL 434 | ||
Quantitative Planning Methods And Techniques | ||
Advanced GIS For Urban Planning | ||
Total Credits | 17-18 |