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Kuuipo Walsh, Director
GIScience Certificate Program
134 Wilkinson Hall
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
541-737-3795
FAX 541-737-1200
Email: kuuipo.walsh@oregonstate.edu 
Website: http://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/giscience/

Oregon State University offers an undergraduate and graduate certificate in Geographic Information Science. Geographic Information Science (GIScience) is a discipline that combines theory and principles underlying:

• geospatial data collection (remotely sensed imagery from satellites, aircraft, and drones, social media, telemetry, GPS, etc.);
• technologies to manage, analyze, and visualize geospatial data (geographic information systems);
• computational, statistical, and mathematical methods to analyze and model geospatial data (machine learning, Big Data, spatial statistics, spatial modeling, geovisual analytics, etc.);
• digital cartography and geovisualization (the science and practice of creating maps); and
• cognitive, social and environmental implications of GIScience (professional ethics, privacy, digital divide, etc.).

The OSU GIScience certificate can help lead to certification as a nationally-recognized geographic information systems (GIS) professional (GISP). GIS professionals are in high demand for jobs in government, NGOs, and the private sector, and have rewarding careers in natural resource management, online and interactive mapping, business, planning, and many others.

Certificate Code: CG03

Students must have completed the following background course or have equivalent experience: introductory cartography (GEOG 370). This course can either be completed prior to starting the certificate program or pursued in tandem with the other courses in the certificate.

Certificate Code: CG03