Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Geographic Information Science

The graduate (post-baccalaureate) certificate in GIS focuses on advanced geospatial techniques and analytical skills. This certificate meets the needs of the expanding job market for Master’s and Ph.D. students in this field. This certificate ensures that the students:Understand advanced mapping technologiesKnow how to combine individual models and functions in ArcGIS to carry out a complex spatial analysis taskMaster advanced digital image processing and analysis technologiesObtain competence in designing, developing, and managing spatial databasesFurther, they will demonstrate an understanding of GIS’s relationships with remote sensing, global positioning system, (GPS), mathematics, statistics, and other sciences and obtain capacity in integrating multi-disciplinary methods for problem-solving.

2.7 (on a grading scale with 4.0=A; approximately a "B-" average) on the last two years of Bachelor's coursework, 3.0 on all previous graduate work (approximately a "B" average). An applicant was awarded a Master's degree at an accredited college/university in the United States and has been in residence in the United States continuously prior to application to SIU (not out of the country for more than one calendar year). You have a minimum of 60 graded (A, B, C) hours of recent coursework completed at an accredited college / university in the United States with continuous residence in the United States prior to application at SIU. Pass / Fail, Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory, or Proficiency credit is not acceptable. The English language requirement may be met by submitting: 550 on the paper-based TOEFL, 80 on the internet-based TOEFL, 6