GIS is an essential research tool for a wide range of disciplines because it allows researchers to work with different kinds of information in a spatial context. The GIS certificate program focuses on developing students' basic understanding and specific applications of GIS in a variety of contexts.
Degree Requirements
Core
6 - 7 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
First Core- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- ANT4852 - GIS Methods in Anthropology (3)
- GIS3043C - GIS for Environmental Studies (3)
- POS4764 - GIS for Political Analysis (3)
- SYA3352 - Spatial Sociology I: Intro to GIS (3)
- PCB4462 - GIS for Biologists and Ecologists (3)
Second Core- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- GIS4301C - Advanced GIS Applications in Environmental Studies (4)
- SYA4354 - Geographic Information Systems Applications (3)
- ANT4854 - Advanced GIS Methods in Anthropology (3)
Elective Courses
5 - 7 Total Credits
- Complete at least 2 of the following:
- BSC4821 - Biogeography (4)
- CGN3700C - Civil Engineering Measurements (2)
- CJE4654 - Crime and Place (3)
- CJE4663 - Crime Mapping and Pattern Analysis (3)
- CJE3662 - CJ Information Technology and Data Management (3)
- HFT4735 - Tourism Geography (3)
- HUM4394 - Place and Space (3)
- LIT3206 - Place and Space in Literature (3)
- OSE4830 - Imaging and Display (3)
- PCB4408 - Urban Ecology (3)
- PUP4209 - Urban Environmental Policy (3)
- CGS2545C - Database Concepts (3)
- COP2500C - Concepts in Computer Science (3)
- COP3223C - Introduction to Programming with C (3)
- ANT4441 - Anthropology of Cities (3)
- ANT4851 - Digital Methods in Anthropology (3)
- ANT4933C - Landscape Archaeology (3)
- ANT4954 - Geospatial and Archaeological Field School at Kerkenes (3)
- ANT4956 - Geophysical Field School at Kerkenes (3)
- BSC4861L - Urban Ecological Field Studies (3)
- GIS4314 - GIS Research Methods for Environmental Studies (3)
- GLY4730 - Marine Geology (3)
- OCE3008 - Oceanography (3)
- PAD4712 - Information Systems for Public Managers and Planners (3)
- SYA4352 - Advanced Topics in GIS (3)
- SYA4959 - Participatory Geographic Information Systems in Belize (3)
Grand Total Credits: 11 - 14
Foreign Language Requirements
Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 12
Other Requirements
- Earn a grade of "C" (2.0) or better in each course used to satisfy the certificate.
- At least 9 credit hours used in the certificate must be earned at UCF.
- No credit by exam (TSD, Military credit) may be used.
- Co-op or Independent Study credit cannot be used toward the certificate.
- Only 3 hours of credit for internships or undergraduate research may be used.
- Internship or undergraduate research credit cannot be used toward the GIS Certificate without prior permission of the GIS Certificate Coordinator.
