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Program Overview: This 24 credit hour/ONE Year program is designed for students to learn a cutting-edge technology and gain practical experience working with GIS related software 100% online.

Students "go to class" on their own time to view lectures and complete weekly assignments through UWF eLearning .

Our program utilizes e-desktop for GIS to provide virtual software access to students 24/7. View Software list and e-desktop for GIS Test your connection...coming soon

• Upon completion of GIS program courses, Students receive a University of West Florida Certificate in Geographic Information Science.
  
  
• Earn 24 semester hours of college credit at the Undergradute or Graduate level. See the Course Schedule for details.
  
  
• Students with a bachelor’s degree can earn up to 12 hours of graduate credit and by completing our Graduate Certificate in GIS.
  
  
• Credit hours will transfer into several UWF undergraduate and graduate programs as well as programs outside of UWF.
  
  
• The GIS certificate courses can be used to help fulfill a student’s educational requirement when applying for GISP certification - URISA 2006/2007 Salary Survey for IT/GIS Professionals finds an $8,500 difference between average salaries for GISPs and non-GISPs.

Why Consider GIS? - follow this link for an explanation. Also visit our favorite GIS links list to find out more about what GIS is and how GIS plays an important part of our everyday lives. View:ESRI GIS Demo

What's the Career Outlook? - The United States Department of Labor has identified Geographic Information Science (GIS) as a key emerging and evolving industry with numerous opportunities as a career path. Popular GIS job search: http://www.gisjobs.com/ http://www.gjc.org/

What do current and previous students have to say about the UWF Online GIS Certificate Program? learn more soon

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Now Accepting Applications for the 2010 Cohort. Apply NOW!

Current online GIS students wrap up a busy summer semster. Take a look at our course blogs for a glimpse of what our students have learned and accomplished. Comments welcome!

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Online GIS Program and Students get recognized by FEMA/HAZUS group for successfully implementing HAZUS-MH in a virtual environment. Read more.