You can use your unique view of the world to help address environmental issues, large and small, using the cutting-edge knowledge and skills you’ll gain in our Environmental Geographic Information Systems (GIS) undergraduate program.<br><br>Most environmental scientists are problem solvers. They make an impact on their local community and the world by cleaning up contaminated areas, making policy recommendations, or working with industry to reduce pollution and waste. GIS professionals are a vital part of that team effort, whether for local government, private business, at the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Park Service, the United States Geological Survey or other agencies.<br><br>GIS is a very important computer-based skill for many environmental scientists. GIS allows better viewing and understanding of physical features and the relationships that influence a given critical environmental condition. For instance, factors, such as steepness of slopes, aspects, and vegetation, can be viewed and overlaid to determine various environmental parameters and impact analysis. Those skilled in using GIS offer businesses, organizations and government the ability to spot and address relationships between geographical entities and attributes that would be otherwise invisible.<br><br>This concentration in Environmental Geographic Information Systems introduces you to cartography, introductory and advanced GIS, advanced GIS database design and other related subjects. It is designed so that you graduate with an extensive skill set in GIS that you can use in the job market or as an entry point into graduate school, including AUM’s master’s degree in GIS.