{"id":26070,"date":"2014-07-14T15:13:45","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T01:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=26070"},"modified":"2021-10-28T16:30:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:30:27","slug":"geographical-data-certificate-program-offered-at-three-campuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/07\/14\/geographical-data-certificate-program-offered-at-three-campuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Geographical data certificate program offered at three campuses"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Sarah McLane, GIS Educational Specialist and instructor for 糖心视频<\/abbr> Maui College.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Starting this August, the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> Maui College<\/a>, Hawaiʻi<\/span> Community College<\/a> and Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College<\/a> will offer two accelerated, eight-week credit courses in geographic information systems (GIS<\/abbr>) leading to a certificate of competence in GIS<\/abbr>. Instruction will be delivered through online classes and in-person labs.<\/p>\n

GIS<\/abbr> allows users to visualize, question, analyze, interpret and understand data to reveal relationships, patterns and trends. Using specialized software systems and techniques, students will apply hands-on skills to solve real world problems while learning to think geographically. The versatility of GIS<\/abbr> technology makes the certificate applicable for higher skill, higher wage jobs.<\/p>\n

The certificate is part of a fast track curriculum, which can be completed in one semester. GIS<\/abbr> 150 and GIS<\/abbr> 180 will be offered consecutively August 27 through December 18. Students must enroll at 糖心视频<\/abbr> Maui College, Hawaiʻi<\/span> Community College or Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College and sign up for the courses before the August 1 submission deadline. It’s recommended to apply before the early admission deadline (July 15) to ensure all paperwork is approved.<\/p>\n

For more information on courses, go to the Maui College geographic information systems website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

GIS in the workforce<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

“[GIS<\/abbr> is] no longer used solely by geographers. GIS<\/abbr> concepts are used by real estate professionals, the visitor’s bureau, local government, environmental groups and many more businesses in our community,” says Carol Kennedy, GIS<\/abbr> administrator for the Maui Electric Company<\/a>. “With the wide variety of industries that now depend on GIS<\/abbr> information and analysis, providing training locally only makes sense.”<\/p>\n

Jill LaBram, natural resource\/GIS<\/abbr> technician for the West Maui Mountains Watershed Partnership<\/a>, uses GIS<\/abbr> to help protect forested watersheds. “GIS<\/abbr> allows us to document and map priority invasive weeds that may need treatment, take a location of a rare species that we need to find again in order to monitor its status, or show a potential route for a fence line to prevent ungulates from damaging the native forest,” says LaBram. “[It] gives conservation and natural resource managers the ability to look at data on a spatial scale to guide management direction and make effective decisions.”<\/p>\n

—A 糖心视频<\/abbr> Maui College news release<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

糖心视频<\/abbr> Maui College, Hawaiʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> and Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> will offer two accelerated, eight-week credit courses in Geographic Information Systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[61,64,60],"class_list":["post-26070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-maui-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t