FEATURES
Courses are offered in a three-day seminar format. Classes can be taken individually
to strengthen your working knowledge or as part of the certificate program to enhance your career development.
Certificate and non-certificate students are awarded 1 CEU (Continuing Education Unit) per ten hours of successful
classroom participation. It is possible to complete the certificate in 4 to 36 months. Tailored seminars taught on your
premises can be arranged through the Program Manager.
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CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
This course is part of the Geographic Information Systems and Mapping for Public Safety and Homeland Security certificate programs.
It may also be taken alone without pursuing a certificate.
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PDF BROCHURE
Please click here to download the PDF brochure for the GIS certificate program.
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND
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Computer Scientists and Engineers
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Geographers and Cartographers
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Planners and Environmental Scientists
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Application Specialists
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People interested in changing careers
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Law enforcement officers and administrators
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Crime analysts and coordinators
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Database and system administrators
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EMS & First response professionals
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Public Health Administrators
INSTRUCTOR
Lee De Cola, PhD
Lee De Cola has a BA in mathematics and a master of City Planning, both from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in geography from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is a Research Scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey studying the landscape epidemiology of vector-borne diseases and multiscale space/time technologies for distributing public health information over the Internet. As a consultant or researcher he has published on spatial demand for health services, world urbanization, feature extraction from imagery, map generalization, multiscale spatial analysis, knowledge management, and health risk forecasting. Lee has taught the Universities of Boston, West Virginia, Ibadan, Southern California, and Vermont, and he is currently an adjunct professor at George Mason University. Dr. De Cola is qualified to teach Public Health Administration and Analysis and Spatial Statistics & Geostatistical Analysis.
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