Geographic Information Science (CERT)

Description

Geographic Information Science (GIScience or GISci) includes the existing technologies and research areas of geographic information systems (GIS), cartography, remote sensing, photogrammetry, surveying (also termed geomatics in the U.S.), and quantitative spatial analysis. GIScience therefore addresses fundamental issues in the use of digital technology to handle geographic information; namely, information about places, activities, and phenomena on and near the surface of the Earth that are stored in maps or images.

GIScience includes questions of data structures, analysis, accuracy, meaning, cognition, visualization, and many more, and thus overlaps with the domains of many traditional disciplines (e.g., Earth science, mathematics, computer science, physics, cognitive science, and ethics). However, GIScience is not central to any of these, representing instead a new kind of scientific collaborative that is defined by researchers from many distinct backgrounds working together on particular sets of interrelated problems. 

GIScience is available to take through Oregon State University's Corvallis campus and Ecampus.

Campus

Corvallis
Ecampus

Contact

Primary Contact
Kuuipo Walsh
Geographic Information Science Program Director
541 737-3795

Application process

English Language Requirements

Requirements Notice

Application requirements, including required documents, letters, and forms, vary by program and may not be completely represented here. The processing of your application will not be completed until these requirements have been met. Please, before applying to this program, always contact the program office to confirm application requirements.

Application Process

Deadlines

Admissions Deadline for all applicants
You should have a complete application, including all supporting materials, on file no later than eight weeks prior to the academic term that you intend to start.

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