Office of Adult and Graduate Admission

Online GIS Certificate Program

Required Courses and Program Length
Admission Requirements
Academic Expectations
Tuition
Program Features
Software
Program Coordinators

Required Courses and Program Length

• Cohort model
• Each course is 0.75 credits (3 semester hours)
• Non-degree certificate program; entirely online format.

FALL TERM (16 weeks beginning in August); courses taken concurrently*
ISG 100    Programming with ArcObjects
GIS 200   Advanced Remote Sensing

SPRING TERM (16 weeks beginning in February); courses taken concurrently
ISG 200    Implementing Geodatabases
GIS 300    Capstone: Applications in GIS

*Note: GIS 100, Fundamentals of GIS, may be required to be completed during the eight week summer term based on prior  experience in GIS.

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Admission Requirements

• High school diploma or GED certificate
• Prerequisite courses in IS or GIS required or approval of program coordinator
• Students seeking only the GIS Certificate are admitted to the College as “non-degree” students
• Preferred application deadline is May 15th. Apply now.

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Academic Expectations
Continued enrollment in the GIS Certificate Program and awarding of the certificate is contingent upon the successful completion of each course. Registration for courses may require approval from the GIS program coordinator.

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Tuition
Non-degree students, including students in the GIS Certificate Program, should contact The School for Advanced Learning at (630) 617-3300 or email sal@elmhurst.edu for tuition information for the GIS Certificate Program.

Required textbooks and course materials are purchased by students at additional cost.

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Program Features

• Convenient online format is geared toward adult students and professionals
• Instruction from ESRI-certified GIS instructors
• Course work is aligned with the core guidelines of both the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) Body of Knowledge as well as proposed professional standards of the Urban Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) and GIS Certification Institute (GISCI).
• Earn the certificate in less than one calendar year (32 weeks worth of instruction)
• Courses taught in suitable style/format for working professionals employing collaborative and active learning techniques
• Course work applicable to current responsibilities at work
• Practical, hands-on projects with industry standard software and electronic portfolios
• Credits earned may be applied towards an undergraduate degree program
• Interact daily with attentive instructors and professional peers in a supportive and collaborative online learning environment
• Enjoy individual attention from experienced faculty
• Programs for adult learners at Elmhurst College since 1949

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Software
Registered students will receive the following software as part of registration fees:

• Microsoft Visual Studio .NET as part of Microsoft Alliance (upon request)
• ESRI ArcGIS Desktop 9.2 (or current version) including all extensions

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Program Coordinators
Dr. Richard B. Schultz, GIS
Department of Geography and Geosciences     
(630) 617-3128               
richs@elmhurst.edu

Professor Linda Krause, IS
Department of Computer Science and Information Systems
(630) 617-3224
lindak@elmhurst.edu

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