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Geographic Information Systems Certificate

15 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

Three required courses:

GEO 20000/ESC 20000Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

3
GEO 20400Remote Sensing

3
GEO 30000/ESC 30000Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

3

One elective course from the following options:

ANT 20600/SOC 20600Introduction to Social and Cultural Research Methods

4
BSC 24800Introduction to Ecology and Evolution

4
CSC 10011Introduction to Computer Science: Python

3
GEO 10100World Regional Geography

3
GEO 20700World Economic Geography

3
HIST 30200Public History

3
MTH 14100Basic Statistics

3
MTH 24100Statistics for Natural Science

3

One internship course from the following options (3 credit hours):

ANT 45000Internship in Anthropology

1-9
BSC 36600Field Biology

3
CSC 45111Internship

3
ENV 45000Environmental Internship

3-9
GEO 40100Internship in Geographic Information Systems

3
HIST 40100History Internship

3-6
INTL 48095Internship

1-9
IR 47000International Relations Internship

3