UCGIS Education Committee
Model Curricula Project
GI S&T Body of Knowledge
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Published by the Association of American Geographers in 2006, the GIS&T Body of Knowledge includes ten knowledge areas, 73 units, 329 topics, and over 1,600 formal educational objectives. The GIS&T Body of Knowledge will be useful as:

• A resource for course and curriculum planning for academic and professional programs at four-year and two-year institutions.

• A basis for comparison of educational programs by prospective students

• A basis for professional certification (the GIS&T Body of Knowledge used by the GIS Certificate Institute to adjudicate applicants’ educational achievement point claims)

• A basis for program accreditation

• A basis for articulation agreements between and among two-year and four-year higher education institutions

• A resource for human resources professionals seeking guidance in employee recruiting, selection, and continuing professional development.

Proposed timetable for completion of Model Curricula products

• Summer 2006: Publication of the 1st edition of the GIS&T Body of Knowledge

• 2007: Workshop organized to delineate curricular pathways for diverse professional objectives and institutional contexts; editorial board empaneled for 2nd edition of the GIS&T BoK

• 2008: Publication of multi-author volume delineating curricular pathways

• 2010: 2nd edition of the GIS&T Body of Knowledge

Contributors to the 1st edition of the GIS&T Body of Knowledge include:

 
EDITORS 

David DiBiase
Penn State University

CONTRIBUTORS

Model Curricula Task Force members

Duane Marble
Ohio State University

                 
BoK Advisory Board members