Rio Hondo College | Geographic Information Systems

Welcome to GIS

Student learning outcomes are determined by the GIS advisory group from GIS professionals in Los Angeles county, local cities and local industries.  GIS Advisory advisors provide competencies of needed geospatial skillsets. Selected courses are further articulated with 4 year transferability requirements (CSU).

 

GIS Advisory

Members of the Rio Hondo College Advisory group are from various locations through Los Angeles County, Local cities and industries. Advisory members

 

Resource Provided

The campus is an ESRI site license campus.  Students are provided ESRI ArcINFO 10 & ESRI Online Courses & attend ESRI Conference each Summer.

 

GIS Local (& not so local) Events

ESRI Regional User Group Mtg March 7 - 8 in Redlands
http://www.esri.com/events/cahinvrug/index.html

CALGIS in Sacramento April 11 - 13
http://www.urisa.org/calgis/info/

 

 

Spring Registration open

If you plan to join us this Spring, classes start January 30.  Register ASAP. GIS 281 Crime Mapping has seats available (obtain prerequisite clearance for AJ101 if necessary (see GIS schedule link on left). If you are new to Rio Hondo, you must apply to be a student following only then can you register.  Entire process can be performed online.

See schedule for when courses are available

 

Welcome to GIS

For the past 10 years, students enrolled in GIS at the community college either work and have been requested to perform GIS, or changing positions or careers, graduated from university and job prospects require GIS or simply students exploring career options. GIS is a horizontal technology as reflective of our students including LAPD, County Sheriff to local fire, Department of Health, Public Works, Parks and Recreation to Education, Assessor, Children Services and many local cities.

Applied Learning

Lessons are practical with the use of local geographic information in lessons from community analysis, incident mapping, digitizing to field data collection (GPS). Furthermore, we can come to your agency or facility to make custom GIS training economical and convenient for your employees as we have for several agencies with the County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Police Department, and other agencies throughout Southern California.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: The Community College system has increased in student population. However, courses are cancelled if students do not register before the scheduled start date.