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 all of the following
- 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)
- BSC4456C - Programming for Biologists (3)
- Students may take an additional one (1) of the Second Core courses as an Elective Course. Students should check with their Advisors to determine if additional Elective Courses not listed here appear on the myKnight audit. Students are responsible for meeting prerequisites for all Elective Courses.
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.
