The Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma
For more information, please consult the
UNIGIS
study guide
1) What will I learn?
The Postgraduate Diploma Course aims to provide students with an understanding
of the technical, geographical and organizational aspects of GIS. In doing so, the
students will obtain knowledge and skills necessary to:
- translate management and scientific problems into GIS
- design and implement appropriate methods of data capture
- design spatial analysis procedures within GIS
- design and use databases within GIS
- design map output in a variety of media
- implement quality control procedures; and
- analyse a GIS project and understand GIS within an organization.
2) Course structure and time table
The Postgraduate Diploma in GIS is a modular
study programme. Students will have to complete assignments of eight modules and
attend at least two workshops at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. In addition
to the generalised GIS option, the student can choose from several specialised pathways:
GIS, GIScience, GIS and Management, GIS and Environment. The first four modules
of the course are standard for all students, and give a solid foundation in the
principles and issues of GIS. The remaining four modules can be selected (depending
on the pathway chosen) from a growing list of optional modules, allowing each student
to follow a path to completion of the diploma which best suits his/her particular
study requirements. The programme can be completed in two years; based on a schedule
of studying approximately 10 hours per week.
The Postgraduate Certificate (PgC)
The Postgraduate Certificate in GIS is attained on completion
of the first four modules and a four-day workshop that is annually organized in June at the university. The programme can be
completed within one year.
The Postgraduate Diploma (PgD)
The Postgraduate Diploma in GIS is attained on completion
of the Postgraduate Certificate course plus another four modules and another four-day workshop at the university, again organized in June. The PgD programme can be
completed within two years.
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