Master of Geospatial Information Science

at Flinders University

You can select from a range of geospatial topics to build a study program that suits your interests and current or future employment requirements. The program is specifically designed to provide flexibility to students with different levels of GISc and remote sensing experience and skills. Specifically, the program allows students who have already completed undergraduate introductory topics in GIS or remote sensing to complete more advanced topics in these areas, while also providing an entry level for those who have no GISc experience.

Core Modules

• Research Methods and Professional Skills

Applicants will normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution. The articulated graduate program in GISc is not available to graduates of the Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems or of equivalent undergraduate courses from other tertiary institutions.

Applicants must normally hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification; or hold either the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Geographical Information Systems from Flinders University or equivalent qualification. Applicants who have completed the Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems from Flinders University or equivalent qualification are not eligible to apply for this degree.
 

International students must satisfy our English language proficiency requirements for admission. If your first language is not English you will need to have:
 

• Achieved the required test score for the course you are applying for. The IELTS and equivalent scores to meet the various levels #. IELTS, TOEFL, PTE and Cambridge tests must be taken in a registered testing centre.; or
• Successfully completed an approved secondary or tertiary qualification, taught in the English language in a country where English is the official language or the main language spoken (for up to an overall IELTS of 6.0) with evidence no more than five years old on the proposed date of commencement of the course; or
• Successfully completed a pre-course English program from an approved ELICOS Provider*.

Annual fees:   $35,500

The use of geospatial information science technologies is rapidly increasing. GIS technologies are now commonly used in industries such as agriculture, forestry, mining, environmental management, biodiversity conservation, archaeology, health and the social sciences. Consequently, employers in these areas are now requiring their staff to have more skills in GIS.
 

Potential occupations include:

• geographic analyst

• GISc data coordinator

• GISc technician

• geospatial specialist

• mapping technology officer

• natural resource information officer

• remote sensing officer

• research officer

• spatial ecologist

• spatial scientist.
   

Potential employers include:

• government departments

• regional development centres

• agriculture and horticultural centres

• not-for-profit agencies

• private companies that supply or collect spatial information.