Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Certificate

15-16 credit hours

Only degree-seeking Lindenwood undergraduate students are eligible to earn this career certificate.

In the Certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), you work to develop the necessary skills to successfully and confidently apply the software in a variety of professions, including urban planning, health sciences, data analysis, environmental sciences, business, and many others. As a part of the coursework, students will examine the range of sources that can be combined to build a GIS database, including aerial imagery, scanned historic maps, raw data, and data collected from Global Positioning Systems. A certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) requires 15 hours of course work, including:

Requirements

Certificate Coursework

12 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

GEO 20000 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 20400 - Remote Sensing 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 30000 - Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 40100 - Internship in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 3 Credit Hour(s)

Elective Coursework

3-4 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

BSC 24800 - Introduction to Ecology and Evolution 4 Credit Hour(s)
CSC 10011 - Introduction to Computer Science: Python 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 10100 - World Regional Geography 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 10300 - Human Geography 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 11500 - Physical Geography 4 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 20700 - World Economic Geography 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEO 30200 - Droning and Coding 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 30200 - Public History 3 Credit Hour(s)
MTH 14100 - Basic Statistics 3 Credit Hour(s)
MTH 24100 - Statistics for Natural Science 3 Credit Hour(s)

Notes:

All students earning the GIS Certificate must complete a formative educational experience such as an internship, courses that are field-work intensive, study abroad, and so on. Relevant instances of such experiences completed in other programs may substitute for the GEO 40100 requirement at the discretion of the program.