What is GIS?
GIS allows us to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data in many ways that reveal rela‐ tionships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps, globes, reports, and charts. A GIS helps you answer questions and solve problems by looking at your data in a way that is quickly understood and easily shared. Complex data sets and rich data‐ bases come alive with geographic content and references when for‐ matted in a GIS. Maps allow us to study and shape our world in new and efficient ways. Join the digital mapping wave!
GIS Certificate Program at San Diego Mesa Mesa College offers one of the most comprehensive GIS pro‐ grams in Southern California, in close collaboration with San Diego State University. The two institutions are joint recipients of a major National Science Foundation grant to promote GIS education. Two degrees/certificates are offered at Mesa College:
Certificate of Performance Geographic Information Systems Specialist Associate in Science Geographic Information Sys‐ tems The Mesa College GIS program is unique because it is the only pro‐
gram in San Diego County specifi‐ cally designed to prepare students to enter the workforce as a GIS technician. Students completing the courses in the GIS Certificate or Associate Degree program will have a solid foundation of GIS concepts as well as hands‐on experience with GIS software by completing pro‐ jects that utilize sophisticated GIS functions. For more information on the Mesa College GIS program, courses, or career opportunities, contact Eileen Goff, Program Coordinator, at (619) 388‐2803 or egoff@sdccd.edu. If you wish to set up an appointment with the Counseling Department to discuss the GIS Program, call (619) 388‐2672.
"I feel Mesa's GIS program is prepar‐ ing me for a career in the industry. When I started, I had no geography or GIS experience. Instructors Kim Mathis and Casey Cook have helped me learn challenging software pro‐ grams, plan projects, and execute them. I am confident that the GIS skills I am acquiring in the program will be useful in the real world." ‐ Ellery Armstrong, Mesa College Stu‐ dent