Dec 19, 2013
Great news! 
The UC Berkeley Graduate ?Certificate ?in? Geographic ?Information ?Science ?and? Technology? (GIST)? has been approved. This certificate will provide? an ?academic? structure ?for ?an ?interdisciplinary ?exchange ?of? ideas ?around? geospatial? information ?and ?analysis.
Certificate? students ?will? not ?only? participate ?in? a ?cutting-edge ?program ?and? receive? explicit? recognition? of ?specialization ?in? GIST? by ?virtue ?of? the? Graduate? Certificate ?but? will ?be? well? positioned? to?compete? for?the? most? desirable ?jobs ?in ?geospatial?t echnology,? both ?in? academia? and ?in ?industry.
Requirements include at? least ?three ?courses, ?or ?a? total? of? 90 ?hours? of? instruction, ?and? earn ?a? minimum ?grade? of?, and participate in a GIST Roundtable (such as the geolunch series from the GIF). More details to be posted in the spring at GIS@Berkeley.edu.