Remote Sensing for Earth Observation Certificate

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The online and residential graduate certificate in Remote Sensing for Earth Observation requires 16 units of graduate course work in the rapidly evolving and expanding area of remote sensing and geographic information science (GIS) as it is applied to Earth observation, spatial data collection and the integration and management of Big Data, including human-generated geo-referenced information.

Required Courses

Students must take both of the following courses:

SSCI 576 Remote Sensing Applications and Emerging Technologies Units: 4
SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4

Elective Options

Students must take two of the following:

SSCI 575 Spatial Data Science Units: 4
SSCI 587 Spatial Data Acquisition Units: 4
SSCI 588 Remote Sensing for GIS Units: 4
Additional SSCI course selected in consultation with an adviser