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Graduate Certificate in Spatial Information Science - Available in 2008

The Graduate Certificate consists of a 1 semester (approx. 5 month) program of course work covering a broad range of elementary issues associated with working with spatial information. The aim of the certificate is to rapidly provide the student with knowledge to skillfully and productively use spatial information systems. The modules cover both the theory and practical issues surrounding the application of spatial information systems to environmental and socio-economic problems. The Practical issues of using both Remote Sensing and GIS software forms the major focus of the course.

Course Structure

The certificate consists of 4 core modules. Each is taught as a short course with a 1 week intensive set of lectures and practicals followed by approximately 3 weeks of supervised practical work.

Duration: 5 months (no mid year intake).

Course Outline

Students must choose four of the six subjects below:

Further Information

For further information on Entry Requirements, Fees and Applying  for admission to one of our courses, click on the following link to see the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Postgraduate Coursework web page.

Further information on admission to the university is available on the university's Postgraduate Coursework Programs page