----------------------------Original message---------------------------- This may be of some interest to the person inquiring about an associates degree in GIS. Diana Rivera [log in to unmask] ----------( Forwarded letter 1 follows )---------------------------------------- Date: Monday, 4 April 1994 11:14am ET To: GIS-MSU From: Ryan_J.Simmons Subject: GIS Certification info ------------( Forwarded letter 2 follows )-------------------------------------- Received: by TAOMLR3@MSU ; Fri, 01 Apr 94 13:52:31 Received: from MSU.EDU by MSU.BITNET (Mailer R2.08 PTF008) with BSMTP id 2420; Fri, 01 Apr 94 13:52:28 EST Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 09:44:00 -0500 Reply-To: Geographic Information Systems Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Geographic Information Systems Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was [log in to unmask] From: Rob Mcgrath <[log in to unmask]> Organization: Online Systems Of Canada BBS Subject: GIS Certification info To: Multiple recipients of list GIS-L <[log in to unmask]> Newsgroup: comp.infosys.gis To all interested in obtaining a certificate or diploma in GIS: There is a school in Lawrencetown, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, CANADA which specializes in the instruction of GIS. Main instruction is centred on the use and application of Arc/Info on a SUN Mini capable of handling about 35 users effectively (class size is limited to about 25-30). Other GIS packages and platforms used are : SPANS (OS2), CARIS (SUN UNIX), ArcCAD (DOS), Atlas (DOS), plus several smaller desktop GIS. Additional required study includes Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing. This is done in PCI EASI/PACE (DOS and RISC6000), Aries DIPIX (VAX). Programming is also a required course. FORTRAN is taught in either VAX or SUN UNIX environments (your choice). The above is accomplished in 1 year and you end up with a GIS certificate. Optionally, you can return for a second year and go for a GIS diploma. Study includes additional ArcInfo and use of GPS and programming in C. This school has a *special* relationship with ESRI and always has the latest and greatest (we had version 6.1 while the rest of the world was discovering 6.0). Also, there are several grads of this school who are now working at ESRI (If you can pass this GRUELLING course, you are almost a shoe-in). I have 3 friends from this school who now work there, and there are others for sure. If you would like any of their email addresses for further questions, send me a message and I'll give them to you. Not a good idea for me to broadcast their email addresses I think. Anyway, to get in to the school, a bachelor's degree in geography or geology or forestry or engineering or environmental studies or some related discipline is not specifically required (it doesn't say you need it in the course calendar), but it seems everyone who has taken this course has one, plus some related work experience. You also have to take an aptitude test which you can do in the city where you live. The school is called College of Geographic Sciences on Elliot Road in Lawrencetown, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia. Their phone number is: (902) 584-2226. Other courses offered include Remote Sensing (more involved that what the GIS students have to take), surveying, planning (CPT), and a couple of others i think. I am a grad (cert. 1993) AND I have a job. I only know of one grad from my class who doesn't have a job and that's because she decided she didn't like GIS. Mind you, my job is on a contract basis only for now, soooo, if any potential employers out there are reading this, please feel free to contact me directly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ... / Rob McGrath, B.A., G.I.S.C. .01100. 405 Commissioners Road West, Suite 708 .0110011. London, Ontario, Canada N6J 4G3 .0100011. .01001. (519) 473-8110 (voice) / -+- (519) 471-0318 (fax.) | (416) 581-2939 (current office no.) ^^^^^ [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --- ~ SLMR 2.1a ~ C++ should have been called D.