GIS Programming Certificate

This program is available at the Beavercreek location.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has been identified by the U.S. Bureau of Labor as an emerging industry. With this in mind, the GIS Programming certificate is designed to provide the technical background necessary to begin a successful career as a GIS programmer.

This certificate is designed for those students who seek to enhance their job-related skills in becoming a GIS Programmer. This certificate is two years in length due to the sequence of prerequisites and the terms in which courses are offered.

Students enrolled in the GIS Programmer certificate usually have an associate or bachelor's degree. However, coursework included in a certificate program may ultimately be applied for the associate degree in the related technology program.

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Outcomes and Curriculum

Upon completion of the GIS Programming certificate, a graduate will be able to:

Skills needed to use, manage, and manipulate GIS applications
Hands-on experience using GIS software
Knowledge of fundamental concepts and issues related to programming
Skills necessary to program in a variety of appropriate GIS languages

Course	Title	Credits
Fall
GEO 1000	Introduction to Cartography with GIS	3
ITS 1105	Computer Concepts and Software Applications	3

Spring
GST 1400	Mapping and Georeferencing with GIS	3
STT 2640	Elementary Statistics I	3

Fall
GST 2100	Intermediate GIS Analysis and Data Management	3
CSD 1510	Programming Fundamentals with Python	3
CSD 1300	Database Management	2
CSD 1310	SQL I	2

Spring
CSD 2100	Systems Analysis and Design	3
CSD 2531	C# Programming
or CSD 2541	C++ Programming	3

	Total credit hours	28

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Adam John Parrillo, Ph.D. Assistant Dean, School of Business and Applied Technologies

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