GIST empowers students with geospatial information technologies for high in-demand professional careers that are among the fastest growing of all sectors of the economy (e.g., environmental management and science, engineering & design, geo-intelligence & homeland security, facility and asset management, marketing and location-based services, telecommunications, transportation, etc.). Practical skills needed to successfully apply GIST to your major area of expertise, including: Basic and Advanced GIS Theory, Spatial Analysis and Spatial Statistics, Databases, such as Access, MySQL, Oracle Spatial, PostgreSQL, and ArcSDE, GIS Programming using VB.Net, ArcObjects, Javascript, PHP, Python, etc., Aerial Photograph Interpretation, Remote Sensing of the Environment, Global Positioning Systems, GIS Project Management, Environmental Assessment, and Research Methods. Career applications of GIST skills include: Business GIS Cartography Crime Analysis Energy Utilities Engineering Environmental Management Forestry Geospatial-Intelligence Military National Defense Public Health Remote Sensing