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PSM in GISci

Online Professional Science Master's in GISci

Providing advanced training in geospatial theory and analytics needed to gain a competitive advantage in a dynamic and growing job market.

Announcement: The PSM in GISci is going online in Fall 2021!

EIU’s Professional Science Master's in Geographic Information Sciences (PSM in GISci) is an interdisciplinary program offering you advanced courses in geospatial technologies, theory and analytics sought by GIS employers.

Our program delivers geospatial courses in the fundamentals of GIScience and remote sensing, spatial analysis and statistics, GIS programming and geodatabase management. The program also includes a business component and internship requirement designed to provide professional project management and budgeting skills needed to succeed in the workforce. Join the geospatial revolution and let us equip you with professional skills highly valued by business, government and non-profit sectors.

Our program is certified by the National Professional Science Master’s Association, and most courses are taught by tenured or tenure-track faculty. Many online courses are available for the working professional. Our program is the perfect size to encourage and allow individual mentoring by faculty.


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Meet our Faculty

Dr. Michael Cornebise

Professor

Dr. Cornebise's research and teaching interests are in cultural and population geography. Please contact Dr. Cornebise for more information about the Professional Science Master's in GIS program.

Dr. Christopher Laingen

Associate Professor

Dr. Laingen's research involves assessing multi-decadal trends of rural and agricultural land use change in the conterminous U.S. and describing the complex web of socio-ecological driving forces that cause them. He relies highly upon land use and land cover change data products derived from remotely-sensed satellite imagery, as well as more traditional types of data such as those from the quinquennial U.S. Department of Agriculture's Census of Agriculture.

Dr. Barry Kronenfeld

Associate Professor

Dr. Kronenfeld is a geographic information scientist with focus on geovisualization and spatial statistics. Active research projects include analysis of spatial interaction between species, visualizing patterns of uncertainty in health data, and cartogram construction.

Don't take our word for it

"The hands–on practices of current development and the frontier of GIS technology are always incorporated in every course. The training I got from the program prepared me well for my current position. It gives me a sense of self-esteem and accomplishment."

Dian Nurhayati, Visiting Hydrologist Illinois State Water Survey (2014)

"I love the fact that the curriculum covers a variety of disciplines. The knowledge I acquired from the classwork and field exercises, combined with the practical experience gained during my internship, provided me with a skill set desired by many different types of employers.”

Brittany Walbright (2014)

"The Professional Science Masters at EIU offers a variety of resources that provided me an outlet to study the GIS subjects that interests me. The dedicated staff and multi-disciplinary coursework gave me the support I needed to have a successful career after graduation."

George Cernetig (2013)

"The education I received while attending Eastern Illinois University (EIU) in the Professional Science Master’s in GISci (PSM) program allowed me to transition straight from graduate school into the professional world and start my career."

Nathaniel Hardwick (2012)

Contact Information

Dr. David Viertel
Director of PSM
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Geology/Geography

2055 - Physical Science
217-581-6244
dviertel@eiu.edu


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