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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialization

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Course Features

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Duration

6 months

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Delivery Method

Online

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Available on

Limited Access

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Accessibility

Desktop, Laptop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Beginner

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Effort

7 hours per week

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

Course Description

Geographic Information Systems (GIS), is a highly sought-after skill in all industries, from agriculture to public healthcare. This specialization is offered in partnership by Esri ArcGIS developer. It will provide the skills necessary to use GIS software professionally. This Specialization will teach you how to analyze spatial data and use cartography techniques for communicating your results in maps. It also allows you to collaborate with other GIS professionals. The final Capstone Project will see you create a professional-quality GIS portfolio piece by combining data identification and collection with analytical map development and spatial analysis techniques. Are you interested in advanced GIS topics and techniques? You should check out Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization MasterTrack(tm).

Course Overview

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Virtual Labs

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International Faculty

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Post Course Interactions

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Instructor-Moderated Discussions

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Case Studies, Captstone Projects

Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

Create and work with raster data

Develop and analyze data for the geospatial analysis project

Develop a large processing workflow in ModelBuilder

Interpret and explain the results you obtained in comparison to your original GIS question and/or hypothesis

Course Instructors

Nick Santos

Geospatial Applications Researcher

Nicholas Santos is a GIS specialist, programmer, web developer, environmentalist and instructor with the UC Davis Division of Continuing and Professional Education. He works at the Center for Watersh...
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