MGIS and PGDipGIS live at VUW

I’m very pleased to announce the launch this year of the collaborative Masters and Postgraduate Diploma in Geographic Information Science (MGIS/PGDipGIS) at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW).  The MGIS/PGDipGIS qualifications are jointly offered by VUW and the University of Canterbury at the Wellington and Christchurch campuses.

The courses available from both Wellington and Christchurch are:

GISC 401: Foundations of Geographic Information Science (GIS)

GISC 402:  Geographic Information Science (GIS) Research

GISC 403: Cartography and Geovisualisation

GISC 404: Geospatial Analysis

GISC 405: GIS Programming and Databases

GISC 406: Remote Sensing for Earth Observation

GISC 410: GIS 2.0

GISC 411: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Health

GISC 412: Spatial Algorithms and Programming for GIS

GISC 413: Special Topic - Geomatic Data Acquisition Techniques

GISC 415: GIS Internship

GISC 690(UC) GISC 591 (VUW): Masters in Geographic Information Science (GIS) Thesis

Electives outside the MGIS programme are also possible with the permission of the Programme Director

Further information on the courses are available at www.mgis.ac.nz and I am happy to answer any questions or queries.  We can still accept late entry into the programme and courses.

We’re also in discussions about offering the programme at other New Zealand locations – so watch this space!