What is GIS?

GIS Undergraduate Minor

Masters in Science in GIS

Graduate Certificate in GIS for Educators (online)

GIS in the News

GIS and GIT (Geographic information systems and Geospatial information technology) are making great strides at EMU with more faculty becoming involved in this fascinating technology both in the department and within the university.

Prof. Randal Baier of the University Library, incorporated GIS into his UNIV 177 FIG D Explorations of Rhetoric class. Students mapped the school and familiarized themselves with the campus.

Geographic information systems (GIS) have become indispensable tools for government, commerce, and environmental and social science. The demand for innovative GIS products, services, and ability is strong, and increasing. Consequently, the need for basic and applied research and education in geographic information technology (GIT) is great.

This site is your gateway to GIS education, research, and data sources at EMU.

We invite inquiries to the program. Please contact a GIS professor for additional information.

The department now offers a Masters in Science in GIS/Urban Planning and a GIS undergraduate minor.

Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS), and Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies are an important and versatile set of interdisciplinary tools used to provide analysis and portrayal of spatial data. GIS disciplines enable students and faculty to seek answers to questions that were previously too complex and expensive or too difficult to analyze.