GeoAcademy 2.0 Announces New Offering
The award-winning GeoAcademy GIS training program is pleased to announce our new undergraduate Fundamentals in Geospatial Technology Using QGIS Certificate beginning in September 2015. The workforce education (CEU) certificate consists of five courses, each 50 clock hours long, offered in 8-week semesters over a total of 10 months (September 2015—June 2016). The entire five course sequence requires a total of 250 hours to complete. The courses are taught by industry certified (GISP) experts from leading US-based colleges and universities.
Class are fully online and can be completed at the learner’s pace within the dates of the 8 week semesters. Learners and their instructors will interact via video-based conferencing system at key milestones during each course. Learners will engage in self-study activities all based around project-based activities using leading open source software including QGIS, GRASS, Inkscape, etc. The Certificate is appropriate for anyone desiring to learn GIS technology from the open source software perspective. Learners with prior GIS experience will learn the latest in QGIS technology with ease. New users to GIS will be guide with more than 100 instructional videos to provide them step-by-step assistance.
Enrollment is limited to 25 learners per cohort in order to maintain a close learner to instructor ratio for quality instruction. The five courses include:
1. GST 101 Introduction to Geospatial Technology Using QGIS
2. GST 102 Spatial Analysis Using QGIS
3. GST 103 Data Acquisition & Management Using QGIS
4. GST 104 Cartography Using QGIS & Inkscape
5. GST 105 Remote Sensing Using QGIS with GRASS
Learners from anywhere in the world are encouraged to apply for the program. Cost of each course is $336 USD each. Total tuition cost for the Certificate is $1680 USD. Course grades are recorded on the Del Mar College registrar as workforce education units (CEU). Graduates can petition Del Mar College to convert the workforce CEU to academic credit for a fee of $55 USD per course on a case by case basis. Anyone interested in learning more about the Certificate is encouraged to contact Dr. Phillip Davis via email at pdavis@delmar.edu.