Vancouver Island University Online Advanced Diploma in GIS
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The Advanced Diploma in GIS Applications provides skills training in geographic information systems (GIS) to university and college graduates who wish to strengthen their employment opportunities in GIS applications � an area that is in high demand around the world.
Program Options
Students have the option of taking the ADGISA Program either face-to-face or online. The face-to-face is an intensive, 8 month program where students have the opportunity to interact with instructors and colleagues in a classroom setting and engage in a work-study practicum. The online version extends over a 16 month period and has been designed for those unable to relocate to Nanaimo, British Columbia for the face-to-face option. ADGISA Face-To-Face begins in September and ADGISA Online begins next in January, 2011.
GIS Skills Acquisition
In both options, students learn how to will learn to use GIS as a spatial information and problem-solving tool in addressing real-world issues or problems. The face-to-face program has a 9 credit work-study practicum; the online version includes course work with a number of GIS project assignments. The range of GIS skills acquired in each version of the ADGISA program are the same � a skill set where graduates are well positioned to secure full-time employment in the field of GIS.
GIS Software and Program Materials
ESRI�s ArcGIS is the main software package used in the delivery of these programs. Published materials and instructional courseware packages provide support for some of the courses. A select number of course modules, available through ESRI�s Virtual Campus, are incorporated into the delivery of specific courses. Use of these modules enables students and instructors to keep pace with changes in the world�s most popular GIS package � ArcGIS.
Learn more about the Vancouver Island University Online GIS Program.
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