Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Sciences

The Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Sciences is designed to help students pursue careers in the rapidly expanding opportunities in the geographic and mapping sciences. The certificate requires 15 credit hours (five courses). Three courses are required, and two are electives. Courses taken for the Certificate in Geographic Information Sciences may be applied to the departmental master's degrees.

Please see the GMU Catalog Entry for the Certificate in Geographic Information Sciences for detailed program requirements.

Commonly Offered Graduate Courses
Graduate courses are generally held one evening per week, Monday through Thursday, from either 4:30 to 7:10 p.m. or 7:20 to 10 p.m. The following courses are regularly offered (descriptions of all courses can be found in the University Catalog:
GGS 503 - Problems in Environmental Management
GGS 505 - Transportation Geography
GGS 525 - Economics of Human/Environment Interactions
GGS 531 - Land-Use Modeling Techniques and Applications
GGS 540 - Medical Geography
GGS 550 - Geospatial Science Fundamentals
GGS 551 - Thematic Cartography
GGS 553 - Geographic Information System
GGS 560 - Quantitative Methods
GGS 562 - Photogrammetry
GGS 563 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems
GGS 579 - Remote Sensing
GGS 581 - World Food and Population
GGS 631 - Spatial Agent-Based Models of Human-Environment Interactions
GGS 653 - Geographic Information Analysis
GGS 655 - Map Design
GGS 656 - The Hydrosphere
GGS 658 - Terrain Mapping
GGS 661 - Map Projections and Coordinate Systems
GGS 664 - Spatial Data Structures
GGS 689 - Seminar in Geographic Thought and Methodology