Geographic Information Systems and Computational Geoscience Certificate

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The Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences offers a 16-credit hour certificate that will give undergraduate students knowledge and experience working in geospatial analysis and computational geoscience.

Admission Requirements

This is not a stand-alone certificate. Students must be a declared major in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences to be eligible, enrolled in one of the following degree programs:

Atmospheric Science, B.S.
Earth Science, B.A.
Environmental Sciences, B.S.
Geology, B.S.
Geophysics, B.S.

Certificate Requirements

Credit hours required for this certificate: 16

Of all courses attempted in the certificate, no more than three credit hours can have a grade below C-.

Required Courses (10 credits)

GEOL 1103 - Physical Geology Lab Credit Hours: 1.0
GEOL 1303 - Physical Geology Credit Hours: 3.0
GEOL 3383 - Remote Sensing Credit Hours: 3.0
OR
GEOL 4348 - Remote Sensing for Atmospheric Science Credit Hours: 3.0
GEOL 4331 - Geospatial Analysis and Applications Credit Hours: 3.0

Elective Courses (choose 6 credits)

GEOL 3322 - Python Programming for Earth Scientists Credit Hours: 3.0
GEOL 3383 - Remote Sensing Credit Hours: 3.0
OR
GEOL 4348 - Remote Sensing for Atmospheric Science Credit Hours: 3.0
GEOL 4332 - Applications of GPS & LIDAR Credit Hours: 3.0
GEOL 4334 - Environmental Data Analysis Credit Hours: 3.0
GEOL 4335 - Numerical Modeling in Atmospheric Sciences Credit Hours: 3.0
GEOL 4342 - Deep Learning for Big Data in Environmental Science Credit Hours: 3.0
GEOL 4378 - Data Analytics and Machine Learning for Geoscientists Credit Hours: 3.0

Additional Information

Coursework toward this certificate may be used to satisfy course requirements for majors and minors in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.