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Graduate degree-seeking students are encouraged to pursue GIS and our Graduate GIS Certificate as it compliments many different fields and essentially any study involving location.

• Use Navigate to schedule an advising appointment to discuss course options.
• Due to differences in our online and Pensacola Campus courses, all online GIS courses are restricted by the program, limiting enrollment.  Special permission is required to enroll for any graduate student outside of the Earth and Environmental Sciences department.
• Generally, graduate students

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• pursuing another program who request to register in GIS5050 w/L will be granted permission provided they agree to be prepared (extra cost, meet technology/hardware requirements, time commitment, and skills).
• GIS5050 with lab is a required prerequisite for all other GIS course offerings. All other courses we offer online assume that students have completed our online section of GIS5050/L and have gained experience working with Argo Apps for GIS and completing assignments within an accelerated 8-week course schedule. Therefore, student advising and permission are required.

1. Review the following information about online GIS Certificate Courses Details and Expectations. You All students will be asked to agree to the statements listed below.
2. Contact Victoria McNeil, program advisor, via Navigate 
   1. Students seeking to enroll in a single course, contact the program advisor to request permission to enroll. Include your student ID in correspondence,  list any prior GIS courses taken, and include the course section details you're interested in enrolling in.  Program level approval is required.declare the Graduate Certificate need to provide:
      1. A brief letter of interest addressing the Program Director, Amber Bloechle.
      2. Current
      Students seeking to declare the Graduate Certificate need to provide:
      1. A brief letter of interest addressing the Program Director, Amber Bloechle.
      2. Current resume
      3. If you've taken college GIS courses at an accredited institution you would like for us to consider, please submit your transcripts (an unofficial copy is acceptable).
      4. Be on the lookout for an email from gisonline@uwf.edu regarding your GIS program admission decision and the next steps.
      5. Upon acceptance, your advisor will initiate a Graduate Certificate Declaration form which must be signed by the student (sent to @student.uwf.edu email address).
   2. Students seeking to enroll in a single online Graduate GIS course, contact the program advisor to request permission to enroll. Include your student ID in correspondence,  list any prior GIS courses taken, and include the course section details you're interested in enrolling in.  Program level approval is required.
   3. MS Environmental Science students enrolled in any one of our 3 master's programs are permitted to enroll in the following online GIS courses: GIS5050/L (pre-req for all), GIS5007/L, GIS5027/L, GIS5103, GIS5100 (best taken after GIS5103). If you run into a registration error, contact the program advisor. There is no need to apply when taking courses listed as options on your degree audit. You will be expected to agree to the statements listed below.

Online Graduate GIS Certificate Program Course Details, Expectations, & Prerequisites

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