• 专业概况
• 所属院系
• 中国学生入学要求
• 课程信息

专业概况

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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.). The GIST Major is a 124-credit hour bachelor degree program, including 39 credits of required core courses and 23-26 credits of a specialized, marketable and student-chosen concentration. Students in the GIS minor are required to take 15 credits of GIST course work.

Learn

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.

Opportunities

The skills of GIST professionals are needed in federal agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA); GIS for K-12 Educators; as well as with municipal agencies, and private engineering, planning and technology firms. Many GIST majors will secure both paid and unpaid internships, which often lead to full-time employment.

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

This is a designated STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) program.

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所属院系

进入哪个院系学习？ College of Arts and Sciences

中国学生入学要求

为来自中国的学生设计 Students must have completed a high school. TOEFL: 61 iBT, IELTS: 6.0, MELAB: 72, PTE: 44.

课程信息

学制：全日制(124 学分)

学费：US$29,614.00 (¥ 191,718) /年

开学时间：2022八月30日

申请截止日期：1-Jul-22

留学地点：College of Arts and Sciences214 Pray Harrold,YPSILANTI,Michigan,49197, United States