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GIS Technology

Certificate of Completion

This program is designed to provide the student with the skills necessary to perform as an entry level GIS Technician/Analyst.

Upon completion of this program, successful students will have demonstrated the ability to apply their skills and knowledge in the following ways:

Demonstrate sufficient skills to perform entry level work as a GIS Technician.
Understand and apply basic GIS techniques and methods as required in the workplace.
Design and create geospatial maps using GIS software.

Gainful Employment Program Disclosure Cost of Program
Tuition & fees:	$ 3,741
Books & supplies:	$ 2,100
Total cost of Instruction (does not include room & board):	$ 5,841
Length of Program
Intended time to complete:	3 quarters
% of graduates who completed on time:	Not Applicable (N/A)*
* Not enough data for students completing this program
Employment
Jobs related to this program:	SOC:
Geographic Information Systems Technicians	15-1199.05
Mapping Technicians	17-3031.02
Surveying Technicians	17-3031.01
Job placement rate:	N/A
Debt
Median program graduate debt from:
Federal loans:	$0.00
Private educational loans:	N/A
Institutional financing plan:	N/A
% of program graduates who took educational loans:	N/A
% of our students successfully repaying federal loans:	N/A

Required Courses			Credits
CIS	154	Access for Professionals*	4
GEOG&	100	Introduction to Geography	5
GEOG	260	Earth from Space*	5
OLRM	220	Human Relations in the Workplace	3
TEC-D	121	Plane Surveying*	4
TEC-D	122	Introduction to Legal Descriptions	2
TEC-D	150	Introduction to GIS*	4
TEC-D	151	Intermediate GIS with ArcView*	4
TEC-D	200	Computer-Aided Design I*	4
TEC-D	217	Computer-Aided Design II*	4
TEC-D	270	3D Analyst*	2
TEC-D	275	Spatial Analyst*	2
Total Credits Required			43

*See course description for prerequisite.

Source: 2013-2014 Olympic College Catalog, Gainful Employment 11/23/11

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