GIS Graduate Certificate Program

GIS Courses

Foundations of GIS

CRP 551: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
{3 credits} Fall, Spring, Summer
GEOL 552: GIS for Geoscientists
{3 credits} Fall

GIS Tools and Techniques

ABE 537: Water Quality Modeling and Policy
{3 credits} Fall
AGRON 665X: Digital Soil Mapping
{3 credits} Spring
CE 551: Urban Transportation Planning Models
{3 credits} Fall
CRP 549: GeoDesign: Planning for Sustainable Futures
{3 credits} Fall
CRP 552: Geographic Data Management and Planning Analysis
{3 credits} Spring
CRP 554X: Fundamentals of Remote Sensing
CRP 556X: GIS Programming and Automation
GEOL 568: Applied Geostatistics for Geoscientists
{3 credits} Fall
GEOL 588: GIS for Geoscientists II
{3 credits} Spring
LA 302: Regional Landscape Design
{6 credits} (non-major graduate credit, only 3 credits can be applied to the GIS Certificate) Spring
LA/CRP 558X: Introduction to Web Mapping
{3 credits}
LA 567: Advanced GIS Landscape Modeling
{3 credits} Fall
MTEOR/GEOL/NREM 589: Survey of Remote Sensing Technologies
{4 credits = Lecture 3 credits + Lab 1 credit}
NREM 345: Natural Resource Photogrammetry and Photo-Interpretation
{2-3 credits}(non-major graduate credit), Spring
NREM 546: Integrating GPS and GIS for Natural Resource Management
{3 credits} Fall
STAT 406: Statistical Methods for Spatial Data
{3 credits} alternate Spring
STAT 576: Introduction to Spatial Analysis
{3 credits} Spring
STAT 506: Spatial Statistics
{3 credits}
URB D 532: Urban Design Media
{3 credits} Fall

GIS Applications

If you are an ISU GIS Graduate Certificate student only, you should take an independent study (i.e., 590) to complete your GIS Application.
- CRP 590: Special Topics O: Spatial Analytical Methods {3 credits} Fall, Spring, Summer
- LA 590: Special Topics K: Computer Applications {3 credits} Fall, Spring, Summer
- Note: This course will be taken in your adviser’s home department.
If you are an ISU master’s student and you are using geospatial technology as part of your methodology in your Master’s Thesis or Professional Report, then you are eligible to use your Master’s Thesis or Professional Report as your GIS Application. Contact the Director of the GIS Certificate for approval.
- If approved, you will be able to use your Master’s Thesis or Professional Report as your GIS Application.
- In other words, you can use 599 or 699 courses from your home department.
If you are an ISU doctoral student and you are using geospatial technology as part of your methodology in your PhD dissertation, then you are eligible to use your PhD dissertation as your GIS application. Contact the director of the GIS Graduate Certificate Program for approval.
- If approved, you will be able to use your PhD Dissertation as your GIS Application.
- in other words, you can use 599 or 699 courses from your home department.

GIS Seminar