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Certificate of Undergraduate Study

This certificate is designed to provide pre-professional study in the collection, management, analysis, and display (mapping) of spatial data. The certificate of undergraduate study is open to all students admitted to NIU. Students must maintain good academic standing in the university, achieve a minimum grade of C in each certificate course, achieve a GPA of at least 3.00 in all certificate courses, and complete all certificate course work within six calendar years. A minimum of 12 semester hours towards the certificate must be completed at NIU. With department approval, some or all of the certificate courses may be applied toward undergraduate degree requirements in the department. The Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment reserves the right to limit enrollment in any of the certificate courses.

Requirements (9)

EAE 256 - Maps and Mapping Credits: 3
EAE 359 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Credits: 3
EAE 459 - Geographic Information Systems Credits: 3

Course work from the following with consent of advisor (6)

EAE 360 - Earth from Space: Introduction to Remote Sensing Credits: 3
EAE 400 - Internship Credits: 1-6
EAE 407 - Technological Hazards Credits: 3
EAE 418 - Soils and Environmental Land Use Planning Credits: 3
EAE 432 - GIS for Public and Environmental Health Credits: 3
EAE 452 - Geovisualization Credits: 3
EAE 455 - Land-Use Planning Credits: 3
EAE 460 - Remote Sensing of the Environment Credits: 3
EAE 465 - Location Analysis Credits: 3
EAE 466 - Workshop in GIS Credits: 3
EAE 467 - Workshop in Cartography Credits: 3
EAE 470 - Web Mapping Credits: 3
EAE 487 - Community Geography Credits: 3
EAE 489 - Undergraduate Research Credits: 1-3
EAE 492 - Hydrology Credits: 3
EAE 493 - Computer Programming for the Geosciences Credits: 3
EAE 495 - Seminar in Current Problems Credits: 3