Remote Sensing (RS) Certificate Description

The Graduate Certificate in Remote Sensing (RS) is administered jointly through the Departments of Ecosystem Science and Management and Geography. The program has been designed to meet the rapidly growing demand for qualified individuals in the field of RS technologies.

Remote Sensing (RS) technologies are applied to wide-ranging fields such as environmental and resource management, marketing, facility management, agriculture, urban planning, homeland security and intelligence. In addition, the synergistic linkages between RS technologies and geographic information systems (GIS) are rapidly increasing.

The Office of the President has approved this program, and it will appear on the official Texas A&M University transcript. The certificate requires four courses (12 hours), including an introductory, two advanced, and one elective course. Students are expected to maintain a 3.0 GPR for all applicable coursework.

For more detailed information, please visit the Spatial Sciences Laboratory website. For questions regarding this certificate program, you may contact the Spatial Science Lab at 979.862.7956 or the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Geography at 979.845.2783.

Introductory Level (one of the following is required): GEOG 651 – Remote Sensing for Geographical Analysis FRSC 608 – Remote Sensing for Natural Resource Management	3 hours
Intermediate Level (Both are required): GEOG 661 – Digital Image Processing FRSC 661 – Advanced Remote Sensing	6 hours
Specialized Remote Sensing Courses (one of the following is required): BUSH 689-653 – Technical collection Systems in International Security GEOG 696 – Geomorphology and Remote Sensing METR 655 – Satellite Data in Meteorology ELEN 634 – Morphological Methods in Image and Signal Processing ELEN 642 – Digital Image Processing ELEN 649 – Pattern Recognition	3 hours