Curriculum

Core, Technical Elective and Elective Courses

The career studies certificate requires a minimum of 29 credits as shown below. A minimum grade of "C“ for each class is required. GIS courses added to the NOVA curriculum in future will be considered in meeting the GIS requirement.

Core Courses (23 hours required)		Credit Hours
ENG/SPD	Elective	3
GIS200	Geographic Information Systems I	4
GIS201	Geographic Information Systems II	4
GIS205	GIS 3-Dimensional Analysis	4
GIS290	GIS Internship	1
(1 to 3 hours, based on advisor input)
GIS255	Viewing Our World: Intro to Remote Sensing	4
GEO220	World Regional Geography	3

Technical Elective Courses (3 hours required)		Credit Hours
ENV/GIS230	GIS Applications in Environmental Science	3
GEO200	Intro to Physical Geography	3
GEO210	Intro to Cultural Geography	3
GIS203	Studies in Cartography for GIS	4
ITD110	Web Page Design (or higher ITD)	3
ITN101	Intro to Network Concepts (or higher ITN)	3
ITP112	Visual Basic.net (or higher ITP)	4
MTH241	Statistics I (or Math163 or higher)	3

Elective Courses (3 hours required)	Credit Hours
Biology (especially Ecology)	3
Chemistry	3
Engineering	3
Environmental Science	3
Geography	3
Geology	3
History	3
Physics	3
Mathematics	3
Information Technology	3
Marketing	3

To be credited toward the certificate, minimum grade of "C" for each class is required. All first-time students must take a one-credit SDV course prior to enrolling in their 16th credit at NOVA.

For further information contact Dr. Michael Krimmer, mkrimmer@nvcc.edu.