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Dr. Bean
Dr. Bean asked in EnvironmentOther - Environment · 1 decade ago

What is the best route to getting a GIS certification?

My wife would like to get her GIS certification. She has about 5 years of experience with obtaining, researching, and analyzing topographical maps with an environmental company. Having just been laid off she would like to get her GIS certification. Should she take 12 hours at a local community college (1 semester) or can she simply get it online though a place such as 'GIS certification institute.' Given our slowly but surely diminishing bank account would a GIS certification from an online 'school' be almost as good as if it came from a community college given her experience?

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  • AJ
    1 decade ago
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    Your wife can get GIS certification as well as a graduate degree from USC (University of Southern California) through their ONLINE programs. They are of very good quality and come with the USC seal.

    You can find out more here: http://college.usc.edu/gist/home/

    Source(s): Personal Experience
  • Alex B
    1 decade ago

    Well, Penn State has a good GIS program. But really any community college or technology school should have it.

    I think it is the best tool ever invented. I am a forester, and it makes my job so much easier.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    UC Riverside Extension

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