GIS Professional

A graduate with courses or a minor in  Geographic Information System (GIS) can use his/her skills in a variety of different industries.  Careers demanding the use of GIS are far reaching and ever expanding.  GIS are automated systems used to capture, edit, store, manipulate, analyze and display spatial data.

   

The Occupational Outlook Handbook produced by the US Department of labor lists GIS as one of the 3 emerging industries with the highest demand of workers through 2016.

The following link produced by Cartographic and Geographic Information Society is a great stating point to discover the world of opportunities available with GIS knowledge.

http://www.cartogis.org/

Please visit our Geomatics website where our GIS curriculum is housed at 

http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/schoolofengineering/programs/geomatics/index.cfm