The postbaccalaureate certificate in geospatial intelligence is a 14-credit program made up of five online courses. Our curriculum is designed so that all 14 credits earned in this certificate program count toward Penn State's online master of geographic information systems degree, should a student be accepted into the master's program.
The courses for the certificate program are offered on a traditional semester schedule. Although you are expected to deliver assignments by their due dates, you are free to work at times and places that suit you best.
The courses are led by world-class faculty who are intensely involved in the online education process. Throughout the certificate program the students communicate with their peers and instructors through e-mail and online discussion groups.
The course content focuses not just on technical skills but also on the analytical knowledge necessary to apply those skills in the real world. In the capstone course the students put to use all they have learned in a semester-long virtual field experience.
