GIST Graduate Certificate Program

The GIST Certificate curriculum involves four graduate courses. Core courses begin with Concepts for Spatial Thinking (GEOG 581), followed by Spatial Databases (GEOG 582) and GPS/GIS Field Techniques (GEOG 587), plus a GIST elective appropriate to the student's application interests. These online courses are available to students living and working anywhere. The Certificate coursework can be completed in 9 months when two courses are completed per semester.

The Following Chart Provides 2009-2010 Information Regarding the Certificate Program's:

U.S Department of Labor (DOL) Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code
Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code
On-Time Completion Rate
Program Costs
Median Loan Debt

1.	U.S Department of Labor (DOL) Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code	11-9199.00
2.	Classification of Instructional Program CIP Code	45.0702
3.	On-Time Completion Rate	58%
4.	Program Costs	$25,009 est.
5.	Median Loan Debt	0

Legend

SOC Code - Allows students to search the occupational profile that the certificate program prepares them for on the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) at www.onetonline.org/crosswalk/. DOL identified the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) as a primary source of occupational information. O*NET provides comprehensive occupational descriptions and data for use by job seekers. O*NET provides a framework that identifies the most important types of information about work based on theory, experiment and observation. In addition, O*NET allows occupational information to be applied across jobs, sectors, industries, and within occupations.
CIP Code - Links to additional occupational profiles on O*NET (www.onetonline.org/crosswalk/).
Completion Rate - Number of student who completed the Program within normal time (published length of the Program)
Costs - Includes estimated tuition (20,784), fees (554), books/supplies (1,008), room/board, field excursion (435), personal (1,828) and transportation, field excursion (400, est.) expenses
Loan Debt - Median loan (federal, private, institutional) debt incurred by students who completed the Program

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