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Geographic Information Systems and Geomatics Graduate Certificate

Introduction

The graduate certificate in geographic information systems (GIS) is designed to supplement knowledge needed in the professional work environment or as a way to see if a graduate degree in GIS is a good fit. Students may earn this certificate without formal admission to a master's degree program in engineering if they take these classes as a non-degree student.

Certificate Requirements

The GIS graduate certificate requires the successful completion of four core GIS classes with a grade of B- or better; any prerequisites for those individual classes are also required.

Complete four of the following:12
Any prerequisites for those individual classes are also required
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Geospatial Data Development
GIS Analysis
GIS Project Management
GIS Relational Database Systems
Advanced Remote Sensing
Geographic Information Systems for Transportation Infrastructure (GIS-T)
Interactive Web Mapping GIS
Introduction to Geomatics
Unmanned Aerial Systems
GPS/GNSS
HDS/LiDAR Tools & Data Analyses
Unmanned Aerial Systems Data processing

For more information about geomatics and geographic information systems at CU Denver, visit our research page.

For general information contact the Department of Civil Engineering at civilengineering@ucdenver.edu.