{"id":379,"date":"2024-11-12T16:51:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T21:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/programs\/geographic-information-science-ms\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:18:47","slug":"geographic-information-science-ms","status":"publish","type":"clarku_program","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/masters\/geographic-information-science-ms\/","title":{"rendered":"Geographic Information Science, M.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element hero-program has-warm-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;grid-template-columns:auto 60%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-05278918 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<p class=\"intro has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-21db5df0ad6197b673e8f8ef20570eae\" style=\"font-size:1.4rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\"><em>Build your GIS career with leading technologies and top experts in the field.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f2772cc94a9d09491144d318fe56d82e\" style=\"font-size:1.4rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">The Clark University M.S. GIS is a natural extension of the university\u2019s internationally recognized work at the frontiers of geospatial technology, remote sensing, mapping, and analytics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sustainability-social-justice\/academics\/graduate-programs\/geographic-information-science-m-s\/\">Program Details<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-degree_type wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/?degree_type=masters\" rel=\"tag\">Master&#8217;s<\/a><\/div><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Graduate-Program-IDCE-GIS-Banner-880x550-2.jpg\" alt=\"two students looking over geographic maps on computers\" class=\"wp-image-2647 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Graduate-Program-IDCE-GIS-Banner-880x550-2.jpg 880w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Graduate-Program-IDCE-GIS-Banner-880x550-2-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Graduate-Program-IDCE-GIS-Banner-880x550-2-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns double-bottom-margin is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fc4fd283 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div 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