Graduate Certificate
Spatial Science underscores almost every aspect of modern life, from monitoring and managing natural hazards through to urban planning. Due to a rapid growth in this sector, there is increasing demand for employees with skills in managing and analysing location-based data to solve local through to global scale problems.
Due to a rapid growth in the spatial science sector, there is increasing demand for employees with skills in managing and analysing location-based data to solve local through to global scale problems.
A Graduate Certificate in Spatial Science from the University of Newcastle will equip you with the practical and critical problem-solving skills necessary for understanding and applying Spatial Science technologies.
You will learn about the theory of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) spatial analysis, data acquisition and data management. You will become competent in specialised GIS and RS software and gain practical skills analysing unique data sets from drones and accessing online global earth data products.
Courses you may study include:
View the full course list
Graduates will develop the knowledge and skills to contribute to a wide range of careers in government, private companies, and non-government organisations (NGOs).
Possible career opportunities include: