Program: Geographic Information Science Certificate - San Diego State University

Apr 01, 2025

2024-2025 University Catalog

(SIMS Code: 112949 )

Additional prerequisites required for this certificate.

The purpose of the program is to prepare students to acquire, analyze, manage, visualize, and develop applications with geospatial data in public and private organizations. Students must apply for admission to the program before the completion of 12 certificate units and must complete the required units with a 2.5 grade point average.

Required Courses

Courses with relevant content (e.g. CS 596 or GEOG 596 ) may be substituted for the computer science and geography courses with the approval of the certificate adviser. Courses in the certificate may be counted toward the major in computer science if applicable.

The certificate requires 27 units distributed between the departments of Computer Science and Geography as follows:

12-15 Units Selected from

CS 210 - Data Structures Units: 3
CS 320 - Programming Languages Units: 3
CS 503 - Scientific Database Techniques Units: 3
CS 514 - Database Theory and Implementation Units: 3
CS 420 - Advanced Programming Languages Units: 3

12-15 Units Selected from

GEOG 104 - Geographic Information Science and Spatial Reasoning Units: 3
GEOG 381 - Computerized Map Design Units: 3
GEOG 484 - Geographic Information Systems Units: 3
GEOG 581 - Data Visualization Units: 3
GEOG 582 - GIS Programming with Python Units: 3
GEOG 583 - Internet Mapping and Distributed GIServices Units: 3
GEOG 584 - Geographic Information Systems Applications Units: 3
GEOG 585 - Quantitative Methods in Geographic Research Units: 3
GEOG 586 - Qualitative Methods in Geographic Research Units: 3
GEOG 589 - GIS-Based Decision Support Methods Units: 3
GEOG 590 - Community-Based Geographic Research Units: 3
GEOG 591 - Remote Sensing of Environment Units: 3
GEOG 591L - Remote Sensing of Environment Laboratory Units: 1
GEOG 592 - Intermediate Remote Sensing of Environment Units: 3