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Institution

Saint Louis University

Currency

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Program Level

M.S

Program

Geographic Information Science

Summary

Saint Louis University’s master’s program in geographic information science addresses an increasing demand for professionals with geospatial science skills. It offers a combination of geospatial theory and practical training.

SLU's interdisciplinary Master of Science in Geographic Information Science, also known as geospatial science, from the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Geospatial Science, is offered in cooperation with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and other departments that offer GIScience courses such as the departments of biology and computer science. The program combines geospatial theory and practical training in geographic information systems, remote sensing and global positioning system, or GPS, software. The program prepares students to become experts who are well-qualified to meet the increasing demand for experts in geospatial analytics, imaging science, photogrammetry, spatial statistics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. As an interdisciplinary program, the M.S. in GIScience focuses on research to address environmental, social and economic issues. 

Students apply GIS, remote sensing, geovisualization, spatial analysis and statistics, database management and GIS programming within natural science, social science and integrative human-environment domains using innovative technologies and software programs (e.g., ArcGIS, QGIS, ENVI+IDL, SARscape, Python, GeoDA, R).

Tuition Fees

28480.00 $

Duration

Year

Application Fee

0.00 $

Living Costs

0.00 $

CertificateName

Geographic Information Science, M.S.

Intake

May, June, July

Program Length

4 years

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Co-Op Internshiop

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Acadmic Assemnt

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