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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Certificate


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Geographic Information Systems are a critical component of fast-growing career opportunities in areas like natural resources, planning, environmental regulation, marketing, public safety, public health, environmental analysis, recreation management, national defense, and many others. The Geographic Information Science (GIS) certificate provides an education program for students interested in careers and research that involve geographic information systems (GIS) and related spatial technologies (e.g., remote sensing, global positioning systems (GPS), cartography, and spatial data analysis).

The program coordinates especially well with UMF’s bachelor’s degree programs in Environmental Policy and Planning, Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, and Community Health, but it is open to anyone, regardless of major or matriculation status. Completion of the certificate is recorded on the official UMF transcript

Geospatial Technologies 14-16 Credits


Four courses in geospatial technologies (14-16 credits)

Additional Electives 3-4 credits


Plus, additional elective(s) from the onsite, hybrid, or online course offerings below or an additional course approved by the certificate advisor:

 

University of Maine at Farmington


 

University of Maine at Machias


 

University of Southern Maine


Learning Goals


  1. Describe the fundamental concepts of Geospatial Technology including Geographic Information Science.

  2. Demonstrate proficiency in the basic functions of professional geospatial software and hardware to solve simple problems.

  3. Demonstrate basic proficiency in map creation and design principles.

  4. Demonstrate proficiency in the geospatial data handling, including acquisition, organization, processing, quality, documentation and interoperability.

  5. Demonstrate the use of spatial analysis techniques.

  6. Describe the concepts and applications of remote sensing, GPS, and affiliated data capture technologies.

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