Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Professional Certificate
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Coordinator Contact Information
Doug Miskowiak, Chair
Office: Room B307, Science Building
Phone: 715-346-4789
Email: geoggeol@uwsp.edu
Web: www.uwsp.edu/geo
About this Program
The GIS Professional Certificate is awarded upon successful culmination of a series of courses that focus on professional competency and proficiency in using GIS. Valued by both private and public employers, it substantiates your expertise in using GIS to address a broad range of geographic-based issues and problems. Program participants will acquire abilities to communicate effectively with maps, represent earth’s cultural and physical features with GIS data, analyze geospatial patterns, trends, and relationships, and design geospatial models and scenarios for critical decision-making.
This certificate is also available at the graduate level. Contact the UW-Stevens Point Department of Geography and Geology for more information about the program.