该研究生证书课程为发展地理信息系统（GIS），遥感和空间分析方面的能力提供了强大的框架。该课程是为公共管理，社会和自然科学，信息技术，工程和商业领域的学士后学生设计的。这些领域的许多专业人员需要使用GIS软件，卫星遥感和全球定位系统提供的功能来处理和分析地理分布的数据的技能。
The certificate program in geographic information science is designed for post-baccalaureate students in social and physical sciences, public administration, information technology, engineering, business and other disciplines where skills in handling and analyzing geographically distributed data are needed.<br><br>The certificate program in geospatial applications of unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) provides post-baccalaureate students with the basic knowledge necessary to become an FAA-licensed small UAS remote pilot. This nine credit hour certificate program focuses on obtaining and analyzing airborne imagery to yield accurate two-dimensional maps of earth surface land cover and vegetation health, digital surface/terrain models, and three-dimensional models.