The graduate-level Professional Certificate Program in GIS will provide the skills to acquire, process, analyze, and appropriately display geographic data, locally or on the Internet. It is designed to facilitate those students working toward graduate degrees in a variety of disciplines, as well as those who use GIS in the workplace and would like to obtain systematic training in the technology without having to complete a graduate degree. The Certificate Program consists of five courses with a total of 16-18 credit hours, including elective courses from a variety of departments/programs.