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A selected sample of agencies that may opt to send their employees to this program include the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Native American Tribal Governments, Natural Resources Conservation Service (previously called the Soil Conservation Service), Environmental Protection Agency, local and county level planning agencies, and state environmental and natural resources agencies.

Core Requirements and Enrollment Procedures

A certificate in Geomatics requires 16 units of course credit from the Department of Geosciences, and 6 units of course credit from either the Departments of Information Systems and Technologies or Computer Science. Prerequisites (courses or permission from an instructor) must be met prior to enrolling in each course in the Certificate program. An overall GPA of 2.75 is required for the six core courses to receive a certificate. Registration procedures are outlined on the Weber State University web site at http://www.weber.edu/prospective.asp. Additional information pertaining to the Certificate and Geospatial Analysis programs and Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Laboratory (RSGISL) may be found at: http://www.weber.edu/Geosciences/.

Department of Geosciences Courses

  • Geosci 3400 - Remote Sensing I (4 credits).
  • Geosci 4400 - Remote Sensing II: Advanced Digital Image Processing (4 credits).
  • Geosci 4210 - Introduction to Computer Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (4 credits).
  • Geosci 4220 - Technical and Application Issues in Geographic Information Systems (4 credits).

Department of Computer Science Courses

  • CS S11022 - Software Development Using Pascal and Delphi (4 credits).
  • CS S11023 - Selected Programming Language (4 credits).

Department of Information Systems and Technologies

  • IS&T SI2110 - Software Development I (3 credits).
  • IS&T S3130 - Software Development II (3 credits).
  • IS&T S2510 - Database Design and Implementation (3 credits).

Curriculum Outline

  • Geosci 4210 - Introduction to Computer Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (4 credits).
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