Esri Certification and University degree credit?

Question

A work colleague asked about the confluence of Esri Certification and University degree credit. Specifically he wanted to know which universities will accept various Esri certifications as credit towards a master's degree in GIS. I've given him my initial thoughts (training vs education, transfer credits, business plans, etc.) Does anyone track which schools accept Esri certs for credit?

JosephKerski · Answer

Thanks Shane.  I will check with our certification team but given the rapidly changing nature of higher education, I doubt this is tracked; we would have to ask university instructors to provide this and we always are very sensitive to not burdening them unduly (though we do work closely with them and value our partnership with them).   Aside from scanning programs' web pages and requirements and offerings (map and database for USA univ's is on www.geotechcenter.org for example), there is not much more I can suggest at this time.  --Joseph Kerski

ShaneMiles222 · Answer

Hi Robert Kraft‌,

I'm not aware of specific universities crediting only Esri certificates to whole units. Paired with industry experience and potentially some examples of applying said Esri certification or software to fields of science however could make the justification for this type of credit far more robust.

Shane

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