Florence-Darlington Technical College P. O. Box 100548

Florence, South Carolina 29502 843-661-TECH

Geographic Information

Systems(GIS) Certificate

Florence-Darlington Technical College

P. O. Box 100548

Florence, South Carolina 29502

843-661-8070

Course Class LabCredit

Semester 1 EGR120EngineeringComputer Applications 3 0 3GMT101IntroductiontoGeographic InformationSystems 3 0 3

Semester 2 GMT103Introductionto GlobalPositioningSystems 3 0 3GMT115FundamentalsofCartography& Photogrammetry/Imaging 4 0 4

Semester 3 GMT240GeographicInformationSystems AnalysisandReporting 4 0 4GMT261SpecialTopicsRelatedtoGIS 1 0 1 18 0 18

Minimum Total Credit Hours: 18

C o u r s e R e q u i re m e n t s

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e-mailKamil.Zakhour@fdtc.edu

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POLICY ON NONDISCRIMINATIONFlorence-Darlington Technical College does not discriminate in employment or admission on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, creed, marital status, veteran status, disability, sex, or age.

Ear n A GIS Cer t i f icate

at Tech!

Ear n A GIS Cer t i f icate

at Tech!

EGR 120 — Engineering Computer Applications (3-0-3) Thiscourseincludestheutilizationofapplicationssoft-waretosolveEngineeringTechnologyproblems.

GMT 101 — Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3-0-3) Thiscourseisastudyofthedevelopmentofdigitaltechniquestoportraymapping/spatialdata,hardwareandsoftwarecomponentsofdigitalmappingsystems,andreviewofbasicproceduresincreating,maintainingandutilizingdigitalmapping.GMT 103 — Introduction to Global Positioning Systems (3-0-3) ThiscourseintroducesglobalpositioningsystemsandremotesensingandtheirapplicationstoGIS.Prerequisite(s): GMT 101GMT 115 — Fundamentals of Cartography & Photogrammetry/Imaging (4-0-4) Thiscourseisastudyoftheintroductiontotheprinciplesofmapconstructionandtheuseofaerialphotographyandimagingtechnologiesinmappreparation,areviewofmapcompilationandsymbolization,projectionsandcoordinatesystems,useofmaps,photographyandimag-ingproductstopresentthematicinformation.Prerequisite(s): GMT 101GMT 240 — Geographic Information Systems Analysis and Reporting (4-0-4) Thiscourseisastudyoftechniquesofretrievingspatialanddatabaseinformationfromadigitalmappingsystem,preparinganalysesandreportsandproducingmaps,graphicsandchartsusingplottersandprinters,anduseofsoftwaredesignedspecificallyforanalysisandreporting.GMT 261 — Special Topics Related to GIS (1-0-1) Thiscourseisdesignedtoprovidespecialtopicstokeepstudentsabreastofstate-of-the-artconceptsandapplica-tionsintheGIS/GPSfield.Prerequisite(s): GMT 103, GMT 115

Course Descriptions

FDTC’sGeographicInformationSystemsCertificateprogramisdesignedforadministrators,

managers,technicalprofessionalsandothersinvolvedinbuildingandimple-mentinginformationsystemsorthoseseekingtheskillstolaunchacareerintheGISfield.

Participants will:

• LearntheconceptsandapplicationsofGIStechnology,

• Obtainhands-onexperienceinusingthelatestGISsoftware,

• Becomefamiliarwiththeissuesfacingcommunitiesandindustryandlearntodevelopsolutionswithgeospatialtechnology,

• Exploretheinterdisciplinaryele-mentsofGISincludingcartography,topology,databasedesignandspatialanalysis,

• Understandhowgeospatial informationandtechnologyareused withinhealthcare,publicworks, naturalandhistoricalresources, environmentalmanagementand otherdisciplines.

GeographicInformationSystemscapture,store,edit,analyze,shareanddisplaygeographicinformationthatisusedinamultitudeofdecisionmakingprocessesacrossavarietyofindustriesandinthegovernmentsectoraswell.Thegeospatialtechnologiesarebecomingmorewide-spreadandhaveanamazinginfluenceonourdailylives.Afewoftheusesinclude:

• aerialvideo• agriculture• architecture• cartography• emergencymanagement• engineering• landsurveying• naturalresourcemanagement• navigation• photogrammetry• publicutilitymanagement• remotesensing• searchengines• urbanplanning

GIShasbecomeagrowingandconstantlyevolvingindustry.StartyourcareerinGISnowandyourcareercangrowalongwiththeindustry.

Callusorsendusane-mail.We’llbegladtoansweranyquestionsyouhaveaboutFDTC’sGISCertificateProgramandthecareerpossibilitiesitcanopenupforyou.

Graphic Information Systems (GIS)

FDTC’s GIS Certificate