GIS and Urban Planning | Diploma / certificate | Art & Design | On Campus | 2 years | Fanshawe College | Canada

This Ontario College Diploma program is aimed at providing technical and design skills related to land use planning, land development, environmental design, land conservation and resource management in both urban and rural communities and from both private and public sector perspectives. Three major computer software technologies including GIS (Geographical Information Systems), CAD (Computer Aided Design) and Presentation Graphics are learned using case studies and actual land development projects. Students acquire skills to build and maintain spatial (geofraphic) databases; plan and design land development projects within a community context and prepare graphic presentations including 3D visualization of urban spaces. This program emphasizes work experience and is two years in length, comprising of four academic levels and two co-operative work terms.