Geographic Information Systems (GIS) certificate

This certificate may be acquired within the MS in geography, but is also open to graduate students in other programs, non-degree seeking students, or outside teachers or professionals who wish to add GIS capabilities to their present careers. A grade of B or better is required in every course counted toward the certificate.

Required courses, 12 hours

A four-course sequence fulfills the requirements for the certificate in GIS.

GEOG 5550 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems
GEOG 5560 - Application Development with Python Programming
GEOG 5590 - Advanced GIS Programming
Choose one course from the following:
GEOG 5570 - Special Topics in GIS (when topic approved by advisor)
GEOG 5525 - LiDAR Data Analysis in GIS
GEOG 5530 - Remote Sensing and Digital Image Analysis
GEOG 5540 - Enabling Business Intelligence Using Enterprise GIS

Disclosures

The Gainful Employment Disclosures for Graduate Academic Certificates may be found at tsgs.unt.edu/certificatedisclosure.