The UC Berkeley Graduate ?Certificate ?in? Geographic ?Information ?Science ?and? Technology? (GIST)? has been approved, and is up and running. 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? B, and participate in a GIST Roundtable (such as the geolunch series from the GIF). The full proposal detailing requirements can be found below. Please note that acceptable courses will be updated as new courses are offered.
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NOTE: THIS CERTIFICATE IS FOR CURRENTLY ENROLLED GRADUATE STUDENTS AT UC BERKELEY. It is not a professional GIS certificate for non-students.