Dean's Message

The USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences is pleased to welcome you to our innovative online Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) Master of Science and Graduate Certificate Programs.

The online courses are designed to enhance your spatial thinking abilities, build your knowledge of the field, and develop your skills in geospatial technologies. As a result of completing one of these programs, you will be well-prepared to meet the needs of existing and emerging jobs in emergency and environmental management, food production, intelligence, public safety, real estate, telecommunications and utility sectors.

As a student at USC, you will be part of a vibrant intellectual community and directly benefit from:

  • interacting with our world-class faculty;
  • collaborating, networking and exchanging ideas with a diverse student population;
  • learning from an approach that examines today's problems from multiple perspectives, including health, planning, architectural and more;
  • participating in a one-week trip to the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island as part of the GPS/GIS Field Techniques class;
  • accessing an online program at any time from any place; and
  • joining USC, an official ESRI development center.

Students enrolled in the Master of Science program – a program that can be completed in one year – will prepare an individually guided thesis that they may take with them when they apply for a job.

We look forward to having you join our online GIST Master of Science or Graduate Certificate program.

Sincerely,

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Howard Gillman
Dean and Anna H. Bing Chair
USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Professor of Political Science, History and Law