Check out our Professional Training courses

Michigan State University offers a wide range of courses to prepare students to obtain a Professional Certificate. These courses are non-credit offerings, taken through onGEO and the Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences. Registration for these courses is done through Cashnet. We offer online courses that can be completed on your own time to best fit your busy schedule.

 

Required courses for a Professional GIS Certificate:

onGEO-IGT, Introduction to Geospatial Technologies

onGEO-GIS, Geographic Information Systems

onGEO-RS, Remote Sensing

onGEO-CART, Cartography

 

Required courses for a Professional Geospatial Data Analytics & Visualization Certificate:

onGEO-CART, Cartography

onGEO-GTIM, Geovisualization: Temporal and Interactive Mapping

onGEO-PAPG, Python and ArcPy Geoprocessing -- coming soon

onGEO-SPST, Spatial Statistics -- coming soon

 

Elective courses (taken individually or in addition to a Certificate):

onGEO-CJ, Criminal Justice Applications in Geographic Information Systems

onGEO-DIP, Digital Image Processing

onGEO-DITF, Drones in the Field

onGEO-FAA, FAA Part 107 Drone Test Prep and Beyond

onGEO-GPO1, Geoprocessing using Python & Open-source Tools, Part 1 (Vector Data Processing) -- coming soon

 

Registration for the courses below is done through Cashnet.

 

Required courses for a Professional GIS Certificate:

onGEO-IGT, Introduction to Geospatial Technologies

onGEO-GIS, Geographic Information Systems

onGEO-RS, Remote Sensing

onGEO-CART, Cartography

Registration for the courses below is done through Cashnet.

 

Required courses for a Professional Geospatial Data Analytics & Visualization Certificate:

onGEO-CART, Cartography*

onGEO-GTIM, Geovisualization: Temporal and Interactive Mapping

onGEO-PAPG, Python and ArcPy Geoprocessing (coming soon)

onGEO-SPST, Spatial Statistics (coming soon)

 


*We strongly recommend taking either onGEO-IGT, Introduction to Geospatial Technologies or onGEO-GIS, Geographic Information Systems prior to taking CART.

Registration for the courses below is done through Cashnet. These courses are taken individually and/or in addition to a Certificate's core courses.

 

Specialization courses:

onGEO-CJ, Criminal Justice Applications in Geographic Information Systems

onGEO-DIP, Digital Image Processing

onGEO-DITF, Drones in the Field

onGEO-FAA, FAA Part 107 Drone Test Prep and Beyond

*Coming soon!
onGEO-GPO1, Geoprocessing using Python & Open-source Tools, Part 1 (Vector Data Processing)