MS in Geographic and Cartographic Sciences - Non-thesis Option Postgraduate Programme By George Mason University |TopUniversities

MS in Geographic and Cartographic Sciences - Non-thesis Option

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Main Subject Area

Computer Science and Information SystemsMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Computer Science and Information Systems

Study Level

Masters

The Geographic and Cartographic Sciences, MS (GECA) focuses on the growing demand for scientists and professionals in the field of geographic information science, who use geographical approaches and tools such as geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, cartography, and geovisualization to address and solve geographic problems. This expertise is useful to a wide variety of employers in the federal, state, and local government sectors, as well as in business, industry, and non-profit organizations. The degree’s coursework concentrates on the collection, analysis, and display or geographic data, and the use of emerging geospatial technologies to address problems in the human and environmental geographic domains. The GECA program’s disciplinary domain has been recognized by the US Department of Labor as one of the three most strategic job growth areas. Students in this program benefit from a large and diverse local employment market, as well as a network of more than 700 program alumni (1978-present) who live and work in the local area.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Computer Science and Information Systems

Study Level

Masters

The Geographic and Cartographic Sciences, MS (GECA) focuses on the growing demand for scientists and professionals in the field of geographic information science, who use geographical approaches and tools such as geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, cartography, and geovisualization to address and solve geographic problems. This expertise is useful to a wide variety of employers in the federal, state, and local government sectors, as well as in business, industry, and non-profit organizations. The degree’s coursework concentrates on the collection, analysis, and display or geographic data, and the use of emerging geospatial technologies to address problems in the human and environmental geographic domains. The GECA program’s disciplinary domain has been recognized by the US Department of Labor as one of the three most strategic job growth areas. Students in this program benefit from a large and diverse local employment market, as well as a network of more than 700 program alumni (1978-present) who live and work in the local area.

Admission Requirements

6.5+
Other English Language requirements: Students are required to have paper-based TOEFL of 570 and 230 on the computer-based TOEFL ; overall band score of 59 on the Pearson Test of English.

Jan-2000

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