Geospatial Technology

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Geospatial Technology

• Certificate of Completion Program

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Become a GIS Professional

• The Geospatial Technology for Environmental
  Sciences Certificate of Completion Program trains
  entry-level geospatial technicians.

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Become a GIS Professional

• Geospatial technicians collect, create, query,
  analyze, and present geographically-referenced
  data.
• They work with both line and photographic
  representations.

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Become a GIS Professional

• These data include characteristics of natural or
  constructed features and boundaries on, above, or
  below the earths surface.

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Become a GIS Professional

• Join a multibillion-dollar industry employing
  hundreds of thousands of people worldwide!
• You can, if you learn to use the tools
  professionals use.

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Become a GIS Professional

• With these tools you will be able to extract the
  patterns and trends inherent in location-based
  information.

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Career Opportunities

• Career opportunities include, but are not limited
  to
• environmental, agricultural, and forestry
  hospital, biomedical, and pharmaceutical
• utility, industrial, and engineering
• and local, state, and federal government
• offices and laboratories.

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Get Certified

• The Geospatial Technology Program prepares
  students for the STARS (Spatial Technology and
  Remote Sensing) Certification.

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Get Certified

• The Geospatial Technology Program prepares
  students for the STARS (Spatial Technology and
  Remote Sensing) Certification.

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Get Certified

• The Phoenix College Biology Department is a
  Geospatial Hub Site offering the nationally
  recognized STARS curriculum and STARS exam.

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Get Certified

• Upon successful completion of both, students will
  be awarded the STARS Certification which
  demonstrates the necessary level of knowledge
  needed to be employed in the geospatial
  workforce.

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Get Certified

• The Geospatial Technology Certificate of
  Completion Program could be just for you, whether
  you are
• looking to improve your skills as a current
  professional
• or a high school graduate looking to get into an
  exciting high tech career.

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Get Certified

• All courses are taught by professionals in the
  field and administered through the Phoenix
  College Biology Department, which upholds
  stringent academic standards.

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Partners

• ESRI
• Digital Quest
• Space Stars

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Course Descriptions

• ENV119Introduction to Geospatial Technology for
  Environmental Science
• Introduction to geospatial technology concepts
  and applications including map reading, aerial
  photography interpretation, and remote sensing.
  Hands-on experience investigating the local
  environment with an air photo browser, remote
  imaging viewer, and a geographic information
  system. Prerequisites None.

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Course Descriptions

• ENV219Geospatial Technology for Environmental
  Sciences I
• Hands-on experience using Geographic Information
  Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS), and Global
  Positioning Systems (GPS) with applications using
  local environmental data. Prerequisites or
  Corequisites BIO119 or permission of instructor.
  Prerequisites None.

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Course Descriptions

• ENV273Geospatial Technology for Environmental
  Sciences II
• Advanced geospatial techniques including
  Geographic Information System (GIS) data
  integration, surface creation and analysis, 3D
  displays, and animation using local environmental
  data. Prerequisites A grade of C or better in
  BIO219 or permission of instructor.

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Course Descriptions

• ENV295Geospatial Technology for Environmental
  Sciences Projects
• Completion of a self-paced geospatial technology
  project. Prerequisites A grade of C or better in
  BIO273 or permission of instructor.