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GIS Certificate

The GIS Certificate was approved November 2013 by the State Office.  The new GIS Associate Degree was approved Fall 2019. Certificates of Achievement and the AS Degree are awarded through the State of California thru Admissions and Records Office and appear on student records/transcripts.

 

What if you have completed all courses (or by the end of the semester)

Upon completion of required Certificate of Achievement courses, students must file an application in order to receive the certificate. Deadlines change each semester to petition for Graduation (Degree and/or Certificate of Achievement).  For more information visit the Rio Hondo College Graduation Page. 

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Please note: The GIS Certificate is currently under review in Curriculum with changes in required courses and will be current in fall 2021.  Main change is to move the CAD courses to "Select one of the below" in addition to the required courses (newly added GIS 280 Programming).  The reason for change is in part that some industries do not use CAD (ENGT) such as Public Health, Public Safety.  If you are in the field of planning, public works, engineering, landscape architecture then you are recommended to select either ENGT 150 or 170 for "select one of the elective courses below"

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Required Courses* 

  • GIS 120 Introduction to GIS (fall, Spring, Summer Semester) 4 units

  • GIS 130 Applied GIS (added in Fall 2021)

  • GIS 220 Intermediate GIS (Spring & Fall Semester) 4 units

  • GIS 221 GIS Cartography (Spring & Fall Semester) 4 units

  • GIS 280 Geospatial Programming & Web Services (Spring & Fall ) 4 units (added in Fall 2021)

  • ENGT 150 AutoCAD for Basic CADD Applications or ENGT 170 MicroStation for Basic CADD Applications (4 units).  (moving to elective in Fall 2021)

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Select one of the following elective courses** below:

  • GIS 281 Crime Analysis & Mapping (Fall) 4 units

  • GIS 222 GIS in Public Works (new Fall 2021) 4 units

  • GIS 230 GIS In Environmental Technology  (Spring) 3 units

  • GIS 130 Applied GIS** (Summer only)

  • CIVIL 142 Introduction to Surveying and Global Positioning Systems 4 units

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* In the fall 2021, the GIS Certificate required course ENGT will be provided an alternative option GIS 280 Geospatial Programming and Web Services.

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** In the Fall 2021, the GIS Certificate will be revised with additional elective course offerings including (1) GIS 130 Field Data Applications for GIS,(2) GIS 150 UAVs and Photogrammetry and (2) GIS 222 GIS in Public Works

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