GIS and Geospatial Certificate Program Overview
The modern energy and environmental sectors couldn’t operate without geospatial technology and expertise. From identifying new oil and natural gas deposits and new sites to place renewable energy farms to estimating their future energy output and environmental impact, there’s always an individual skilled in GIS at the helm. But the applications just start there.
The Diverse Career Potential of GIS
You’ll find GIS applications across the professional world. The criminal justice field uses GIS to identify areas where more law enforcement resources need to be allocated. Public health officials use GIS to identify and target disease hotspots and predict where new outbreaks might crop up. Many city governments have at least one GIS analyst on staff, and some major cities have entire dedicated departments. You’ll see GIS technology used in areas as diverse as biology, business management, political science, social media, and sociology.
With virtually unlimited professional applications, GIS and geospatial skills and credentials bring tremendous potential for your current or future career. That’s where The University of Texas Permian Basin’s graduate-level online GIS and Geospatial Certificate comes in. Through our 12-credit, asynchronous online program, you’ll build valuable skills at your own pace—from any location—without compromising your professional or personal commitments.
Drawing from our close, decades-long relationship with the GIS and geospatial industry, we’ll show you how to use the latest tools, create your own maps, and immediately apply core principles of the field on the job. What kind of jobs? Here are a few to start:
You may complete our program’s four required courses in any order you wish.
Admission Requirements
Our online GIS and Geospatial Certificate is designed for students who have earned an undergraduate degree in science, engineering, or another field (with professor approval) and who have been accepted into the program.
Regular Admission Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
- Minimum GPA of 3.0 in last 60 credits of undergraduate work
- Official transcripts
Conditional Admission Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
- GPA of 2.50-2.99 in last 60 credits of undergraduate work
- Official transcripts
Official Transcripts
Official copies of transcripts must come directly from the school in a sealed envelope and can be mailed to:
UT Permian Basin
Graduate Studies Office
4901 E. University Blvd.
Odessa, TX 79762
Official transcripts in electronic format can be sent to gradstudies@utpb.edu.
Application Fee
The application fee is $40.
If you have any questions regarding the admission requirements, please email studentinquiries@online.utpb.edu.
Associate Professor, Faculty Senate
Department of Geosciences
heo_j@utpb.edu
We’re pleased to offer program admission on a rolling basis.
Rolling admission refers to our process of accepting and evaluating applications as we receive them and moving any applications that miss the deadline to the next semester. However, if you want to enroll in courses for a specific semester, you will need to make note of the application deadlines found below. If you don’t complete your application and submit the required materials by the deadline, your application will be rolled over to the next semester.