GIS Degree/Certification?

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<p>Can you guys help me out by posting 4 year universities that offer either a Major, a Minor or a certification in GIS?
DS would probably be a major in computers of some sort and a minor in gis. But kind of unsure at this point. </p>

<p>I've tried the search functions here and on college board and have found them very lacking. There are schools that I know that offer such a thing that don't come up on either site so since I know of the one or two that are missing, I'm wondering how many others I'm missing.</p>

<p>So, anybody know of any?</p>

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<p>Search via google. This is a good site: [Colleges</a> & Universities | URISA](<a href=“http://www.urisa.org/career/colleges]Colleges”>http://www.urisa.org/career/colleges)</p>

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<p>Thnigs have probably changed since my S did this (2003 grad), but we found many GIS courses were offered through geography departments.</p>

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<p>Texas A&M has programs related to GIS. They also have a very unique (and I think interesting) program in Spacial Sciences.</p>

<p>Here is a link to the Course Catalog. Check out -
page 422 - Spacial Sciences
page 427 – GIS Option for the Geography degree
page 438 - minor in Geoinformatics (also some info on page 428)</p>

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<p>The University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA, has a certificate in GIS. UMW is a VA public school with around 4000 students.</p>

<p>[University</a> of Mary Washington](<a href=“http://www.umw.edu/]University”>http://www.umw.edu/)</p>

<p>[University</a> of Mary Washington | Geographic Information Science Home Page](<a href=“http://www.umw.edu/cas/gisc/default.php]University”>http://www.umw.edu/cas/gisc/default.php)</p>

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<p>The gis program at the University of Oklahoma is part of the Center for Spatial Analysis:</p>

<p>[Center</a> for Spatial Analysis](<a href=“http://csa.ou.edu/]Center”>http://csa.ou.edu/)</p>

<p>OU is very generous towards National Merit Scholars. I think they get free rides, or at least free tuition.</p>

<p>I know two OU grads with gis degrees. One has a well paying and interesting job with an oil exploration company headquartered in Norman, OK. The other had good gis related job offers, but chose to work in a different computer related field. I don’t know if the job prospects of these two is typical or not.</p>

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<p>The site listed by cleslie is a great place to start.</p>

<p>My S is a geography major at the University of Kansas. It is a great program and offers a BS in Geography with a GIS concentration.
<a href=“http://www2.ku.edu/~geography/Docs/KUGeog_UG_Handbook.pdf[/url]”>http://www2.ku.edu/~geography/Docs/KUGeog_UG_Handbook.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Michigan State has another good program.
[Bachelors</a> of Science Program | Geographic Information Science | Research | Department of Geography](<a href=“http://www.geo.msu.edu/research/giscimain/giscib.html]Bachelors”>http://www.geo.msu.edu/research/giscimain/giscib.html)</p>

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<p>Here is a website that allows you to sort based on geography field (GIS included).</p>

<p><a href=“https://communicate.aag.org/eseries/scriptcontent/custom/giwis/cguide/opportunity/cguide_education.cfm[/url]”>https://communicate.aag.org/eseries/scriptcontent/custom/giwis/cguide/opportunity/cguide_education.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>There are a lot of schools that offer GIS either as a major/minor or as a certificate program.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the great links!</p>

<p>I guess I should also have noted that I’d be particularly interested in Universities in FL</p>