Advanced College Diploma - Geographic Information Systems - Victoria Avenue East Campus (Brandon)

Students can use the most modern GIS technologies to solve problems across a range of disciplines. They can apply their prior education to work in agriculture, forestry, environmental management or natural resources.

From Google to governments and marketing to mineral exploration, geographic information systems are used across a variety of industries. No matter what industry students are currently in, this advanced diploma gives them the opportunity to launch a new career or add a new marketable skill to their résumé. Students can build on their existing post-secondary education and learn cutting-edge environmental technologies.

Students will learn current GIS technologies and how to use them to solve real-world problems. They will use geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing and global positioning systems (GPS), and drone technology to detail minute variations in land, water, vegetation and nutrient conditions.

Students can experience with modern equipment and software will make them a hot commodity in resource-based industries. They can learn to analyze data, find and incorporate related information, and then translate it into practical management decisions that can be applied in any number of industries.

Students' career can take them almost anywhere: government, private industry and community organizations. There is tremendous opportunity for them in agriculture, forestry, watershed and environmental management, land use planning, natural resources and transportation.