WKU is the first university in the Commonwealth of Kentucky to offer a Certificate in GIS, a Graduate Certificate in GIScience, an undergraduate minor in GIS, a GIS & Spatial Analysis concentration in the Geography B.Sc. degree program, and now a Geographic Information Science B.Sc. degree program. The Department of Geography & Geology continues to expand its programs in GIS to meet the needs of today’s students and to offer more opportunities for students seeking GIS as a tool and/or as a profession. Course offerings range from introductory GIS to advanced courses in GIS analysis and modeling, remote sensing, GIS database design, Internet GIS, and special topics in GIS applications. Throughout these courses, students will have opportunities to gain valuable experience by working on applied projects. In recent years, graduates from the WKU GIS program have been hired by various government agencies and private businesses. The GIS program focuses on (1) collection, input, and correction of geospatial data; (2) storage and retrieval of geospatial data; (3) manipulation and analysis of geospatial data; and (4) creating graphs, charts and maps from such data. The major in Geographic Information Science re- quires a minimum of 52 semester hours of GIS-related courses.

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