University of Missouri
GIS Certificate Program
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To earn the GIS Certificate, an undergraduate student must complete a minimum of 15 hours of approved coursework, and must earn a grade average of at least B (3.0) in these courses. Four courses must be successfully completed, with at least one course selected from each of three groups: Foundation courses (Group A), Theoretical breadth courses (Group B), and Technical breadth and Application courses (Group C). In addition, a student must complete an Independent GIS project (3 hours) in consultation with a GIS faculty member, or complete a fifth course from the GIS curriculum.

Please note: Students earning a Minor in GIS cannot also receive the GIS Certificate.

 

Group A (Foundation courses, one from this group)
  GEOG 4840 Geographic Information Systems I Fall and Spring semester (3 credits)
  NATR 4325 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Spring semester (3 credits)
 
Group B (Theoretical Breadth courses, at least one from this group)
  GEOG 4710 Spatial Analysis in Geography offering varies (3 credits)
  FOR 4360 Forest Information Systems (Photogrammetry) Fall semester (3 credits)
  GEOG 4810/NATR 4385 Landscape Ecology and GIS Analysis I Spring semester (3 credits)
  GEOG 3840 Computer-Assisted Cartography Spring semester (3 credits)
  GEOG 4830 Remote Sensing Fall semester (3 credits)
  GEOG 4904 GIS for the Social Sciences Spring semester (3 credits)
 
Group C (Technical Breadth and Application courses, at least one from this group)
  GEOG 4940 Geographic Information Systems II Spring semester (3 credits)
  NATR 4365 GIS Applications Spring (of even years) (3 credits)
  NATR 4320 (same as EnvSci 4230, BiolEng 4350, CivEng 4720) Watershed Modeling Using GIS Spring (3 credits)
  GEOG 4904 The Geospatial Sciences in Homeland Security Fall semester (even years) (3 credits)
  GEOG 4860 Advanced Remote Sensing Spring semester (3 credits)
  ATMS 4510 Remote Sensing for Atmospheric Science Fall (of odd years) (3 credits)
 
Capstone experience (or substitute 1 additional course from above)
  GEOG 3385
 Independent GIS project   (3 credits)
  NATR 3350 Independent GIS project   (3 credits)