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Geographic Information Systems Professional Concentration

  • UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education
  • Remote
  • Oct 26, 2020
Part time Education Information Technology Other

Job Description

Gain the Essential Skills Needed to Become a GIS Pro

A broad variety of industries—from planning and engineering to agriculture and public health—utilize geographic information systems (GIS) in some capacity, making a practical understanding of GIS technology a valuable asset to any professional. Whether you want to start a new career in GIS or advance your existing GIS skill set, our Geographic Information Systems Professional Concentration program provides a practical understanding of GIS technology and its application, focusing on Esri’s ArcGIS software package.

What You’ll Learn

Students who complete this program will gain a clear understanding of GIS technology and terminology along with the training and expertise to put them to use. You’ll learn:

  • GIS terms, available systems (focusing on ArcGIS), data sources and GIS policy decisions
  • Spatial analysis, including working with ArcGIS tools such as, Spatial Analyst, ArcToolbox and ModelBuilder
  • GIS database design philosophy and maintenance
  • GIS techniques for watershed analysis
  • Python programming for GIS applications
  • How to manage sustainability projects using GIS applications
  • GPS and Global Navigation Satellite Systems--knowing where data comes from
  • Cartographic design, including choosing appropriate symbology and using scale-dependent rendering

What You’ll Get

Our program offers:

  • UC-quality courses that are approved by UC Davis and can be counted as elective credits toward the Land Use and Environmental Planning Certificate Program
  • GIS skills that are in high demand across many industries, giving you flexibility in the job market
  • One-on-one interaction with veteran GIS practitioners from a variety of industries
  • Class projects and case studies, conducted in a UC Davis computer lab, that offer relevant, hands-on learning opportunities that you can put to use immediately
  • Unique networking opportunities with instructors and fellow students that can help advance your career
About UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education

UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) is the workforce development arm of UC Davis. By blending the distinctive academic expertise of UC Davis with practical training that immediately improves capability and job performance, we support working professionals as they refresh and expand job skills over the course of their careers.

  • We believe that professional education plays a vital role in building our economy, improving our community and enriching the lives of the students we serve.
  • We are passionate about sharing the resources and knowledge of UC Davis with working professionals and other adult learners around the world.
  • We are committed to providing adult learners with access to the right education in the right format at the right time throughout their careers and lives.

 CPE maintains one of the University’s most extensive educational portfolios, offering academic and non-credit professional certificates, massive open online courses (MOOCs), contract training for government and corporate clients, conferences and boot camps.

We offer more than 4,800 online and in-person classes that serve students in all 50 states and more than 100 countries. We are the third largest Extension program in the UC system and our classes on the Massive Open Online Course platform Coursera have generated more than a million enrollments from students around the world.

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