Students who are interested in this program will be most successful if they live in Lander, WY. Student housing is available for Lander students at our CWC Alpine Science Institute Campus. You can learn more about the Alpine Science Institute here: https://www.cwc.edu/alpinescience/
Program Description
The EHS (Environmental Health and Safety) Environmental GIS Certificate I combines hands-on training in environmental field methods with classroom instruction in environmental, geospatial, and physical science. The student will exit the program with a firm foundation in the field of environmental science and Geospatial Information Systems. This certificate will prepare the student to enter the professional realm with improved technical skills to work in the following industries: energy and natural resources, state government, conservation non-profits, wildlife biology, wildland firefighting, avalanche forecasting, and federal agencies such as the United States Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and the National Parks. Courses from the EHS Environmental GIS certificate program can be applied towards completion of either an Associate of Science in Expedition Science and/or towards the AAS in EHS Environmental GIS.
The student in this program will complete course work at the CWC Lander Center, CWC Alpine Science Institute, on public lands in the Wind River Mountains and Wind River Basin, and online.
General Education Requirements
Program Requirements
Students must complete the following courses:
GIS courses: Students must choose a minimum of 11 credits:
| GIST 1050 | GNSS Field Data Collection | 3 credits |
| GIST 1100 | Workshop in UAV Mapping and GIS Applications | 1 credit |
| GIST 1200 | Geospatial Foundations | 4 credits |
| GIST 2000 | Professional GIST: | 1 - 6 credits |
| GIST 2110 | Techniques in Cartography | 4 credits |
| GIST 2140 | Survey of Remote Sensing Applications | 4 credits |
| GIST 2180 | Geospatial Web Applications | 4 credits |
| GIST 2310 | Intro to Geographic Information Systems | 4 credits |
| GIST 2395 | Capstone Project in Geographic Information Systems | 3 credits |
| GIST 2410 | Advanced Geographic Information Systems | 4 credits |
| GIST 4950 | Research in: | 1 - 6 credits |
Program Electives
Students must choose a minimum of 11 credits from the following:
| AECL 1000 | Agroecology | 4 credits |
| AECL 1970 | Crop Production Practicum 1 | 3 credits |
| ANTH 2010 | Cultural Resources Field School | 3 credits |
| ATSC 2000 | Introduction to Meteorology | 4 credits |
| ATSC 2110 | Introduction to Climatology | 4 credits |
| BIOL 1010 | General Biology I | 4 credits |
| BIOL 1020 | Life Science | 4 credits |
| CHEM 1000 | Intro to Chemistry | 4 credits |
| ENR 1005 | Foundations of Trail Construction & Maintenance | 1 - 3 credits |
| ENR 2005 | Heavy Equipment Operations for Trails | 4 credits |
| ENR 2150 | NAI Certified Interpretive Guide | 3 credits |
| ENR 2200 | Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Naturalist | 4 credits |
| ENR 2425 | Mountain Environments | 4 credits |
| GEOG 1010 | Intro to Physical Geography | 4 credits |
| GEOG 1020 | Intro to Human Geography | 3 credits |
| GEOG 2950 | Research In: | 3 credits |
| HLED 2010 | Wilderness First Responder | 4 credits |
| HORT 2025 | Horticultural Science | 4 credits |
| MATH 1000 | Problem Solving | 3 credits |
| MATH 1400 | College Algebra | 4 credits |
| Any NOLS Wilderness Course | 1-5 credits |
| OEAC 1400 | Avalanche Level 1 | 1 credits |
| OEAC 2020 | Mountaineering: | 1 - 5 credits |
| OEAC 2025 | Wilderness Navigation | 1 credits |
| OEAC 2030 | Wilderness Backpacking: | 1 - 5 credits |
| OEAC 2031 | Combined Expeditions: | 1 - 5 credits |
| ORTM 1000 | Foundations of Recreation and Tourism | 3 credits |
| REWM 1300 | Intro to Water Resources | 3 credits |
| REWM 2000 | Principles of Rangeland Management | 3 credits |
| REWM 2500 | Rangeland Plant Identification | 2 credits |
| SOIL 2010 | Intro to Soil Science | 4 credits |