Undergraduate Programs
GIScience Certificate
The undergraduate certificate in GIS is a practical launchpad for building the technical and analytical skills needed to work confidently with geographic data and spatial tools. Designed for working professionals, it offers a direct way to sharpen your GIS abilities, update your toolkit, and stay competitive in a workforce where spatial thinking and data literacy are increasingly in demand. Whether you’re aiming to enhance your current role, pivot into spatial analysis, or bring a location-based perspective into your organization, the certificate delivers focused, hands-on training that gets to the point —and gets results.
Why Six Courses?
Some programs offer four-course certificates. Ours includes six—by design. That’s because building real GIS fluency takes more than surface-level exposure. Our students get time to explore multiple software platforms, automate analysis with code, and connect spatial tools to the real-world questions they care about. The result? A more complete, employer-ready credential without the time or cost of a full degree.
Not Just for Geographers or GISers
The certificate is also an excellent option for graduate students and researchers in other academic fields—public policy, data science, economics, public health, sociology, and beyond —who want to integrate spatial thinking into their work. Through applied coursework using tools like ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, Python, and R, students learn to connect theory with practice, automate workflows, and critically engage with geographic data. It’s a flexible credential that opens up new research pathways, collaboration opportunities, and practical applications in both academic and professional settings.
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Graduate Programs
M.P.S. in Geographic Information Systems
The Master of Professional Studies (M.P.S.) in Geographic Information Systems is designed for professionals who want to advance beyond technical skill-building to develop a strategic, interdisciplinary understanding of how spatial technologies shape real-world outcomes. The degree prepares you to lead complex projects, integrate geospatial thinking into organizational decision-making, and apply GIS in areas like planning, environment, health, and logistics. Through advanced coursework and a capstone project, you’ll build a portfolio that reflects both depth of knowledge and the ability to apply GIS at scale across sectors. Since the degree is in professional studies, students will also gain skills in superior communication of their work -orally, written, graphically- to be more influential with their work.