Department of Geosciences

Calloway 101 • 678-839-6504
https://www.westga.edu/geosciences/

Professor:

J. Seong

Associate Professors:

J. Hong, S. Rose (Assistant Dean)

The Department of Geosciences at the University of West Georgia offers a 15 hour course of study leading to a Geographic Information Systems Certificate. The GIS Certificate is designed to meet the needs of students and community. The GIS Certificate program aims at providing non-traditional students and field professionals with updated GIS knowledge and skills for further enhancement of their GIS career. It also aims at providing traditional students with a set of practical GIS skills to access the GIS market. The GIS Certificate is a 100% online program.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completing this Certificate program, students will be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills of:

Demonstrate competence in mapping and/or visualization of geospatial data.
Demonstrate competence in managing geospatial data.
Demonstrate competence in analyzing geospatial data.
Demonstrate competence in working with GIS tools.
Demonstrate understanding of using geospatial techniques for spatial decision making.

Admission to the Program

The GIS Certificate is open to all professionals and current students who have a bachelor’s degree. Any bachelor’s degree meets the requirement of admission. Prospective students must apply for the admission to the non-degree seeking program as described in the Graduate Catalog. Current students who are enrolled in a graduate program offered at UWG must submit a separate application to apply to this program.

The GIS Certificate program does not require either TOEFL or GRE.

Programs

Certificate

Geographic Information Systems Certificate