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University of Newcastle

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Graduate Certificate in Spatial Science

  • Graduate Certificate

Spatial Science underscores almost every aspect of modern life, from monitoring and managing natural hazards through to urban planning.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
1 - 3 years full-time
Course Code
40273
Study Mode
Online
Intake Months
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug
ATAR
61

About this course

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.

Study locations

Newcastle - Callaghan

Online Study

Online

What you will learn

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:

  • Advanced Spatial Science
  • Advanced Remote Sensing Data and Applications
  • Environmental Management
  • Impact Assessment and Climate Change Policy
  • Sustainability and Ecosystem Health
  • Data Wrangling and Visualisation

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Career pathways

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:

  • Spatial scientist
  • Remote sensing analyst
  • Cartographer
  • Environmental scientist