Undergraduate Certificates
Certificate in Disaster Resilience and Emergency Management
The Certificate will prepare current students and professionals with skills and knowledge to prepare for and respond to a growing and changing landscape of increasing urbanization, climate change, and globalization. This certificate combines a foundation of resilient Planning curriculum for preparedness, recovery, and disaster mitigation, along with environmental assessment, emergency management and response. Geospatial skills training provide required tools and experience for real-time disaster planning and response.
Certificate in Effective Selling
The Effective Selling Certificate offers a list of training courses to excel in today’s competitive sales environment. The certificate is open to working professionals and non-degree students.
Certificate in Geographic Information Systems
The Certificate will prepare current students and professionals with skills and knowledge related to GIS fundamentals and advanced GIS and modeling skills. The Certificate includes training related to vector, raster, and 3D GIS. It covers required knowledge and skills for spatial data collection, analysis, and visualization. Courses include field, internet, and spatial modeling applications. This Certificate will enhance skills and experience needed for environmental, sustainability, planning, and business careers.
Certificate in Real Estate
This 12-credit Certificate has two required courses and two electives. The program offers a broad exposure to the practice of real estate and focused understanding in a chosen area of specialization within the real estate industry. Upon successful completion of the two required courses, you will qualify to take the Pennsylvania Real Estate Salesperson exam. Pennsylvania requires residential real estate salespersons to pass the Real Estate Salesperson exam to be licensed.
Certificate in Unmanned Aerial Systems and Image Analysis
This Certificate will provide professional and academic training in the areas of unmanned aerial vehicle flight and licensing, mission planning and flight data management, image analysis, experience related to other disciplines, and insight into growing market and career potential opportunities. It combines a selection of courses that cover the basics of 1) flight, 2) spatial data and imagery management, 3) spatial analysis and visualization, and 4) applications and careers. This Certificate covers the use of GIS and flight management software for flight planning, image processing, and visualization. Image classification and analysis curriculum also includes the growing use of Machine Learning modules for supervised and unsupervised image classification and object extraction.