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GIS at Tufts

GIS at Tufts is a vibrant, university-wide community and strategic resource dedicated to advancing geospatial education, research, and career pathways for all Tufts students, faculty, researchers, employees and alumni. Tufts University offers two graduate Geospatial certificates and approximately 28 geospatial courses annually across all schools, supporting an active and interdisciplinary network of nearly 1,000 GIS power users each year. GIS coordination and support services are provided through TTS Research Technology and the Data Labs, which serve as central hubs for geospatial innovation and collaboration at Tufts. As a unified institutional effort, these initiatives position Tufts as a leader in interdisciplinary geospatial scholarship and applied spatial research.

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GIS Council

The GIS Council is a university-wide body of faculty and staff charged with advising Tufts leadership on cross-school GIS educational strategy. Membership consists of full-time faculty and staff actively engaged in GIS teaching and related support services across the Tufts schools.

The GIS Council serves as a central body for advancing institutional engagement with GIS education through four primary functions. First, the Council supports curriculum mapping of core material in GIS to provide a consistent learner experience across the various offerings. Additionally, the Council explores ways to extend uniform cross-school credentials in both the graduate and undergraduate spaces, and the development of shared teaching content and modules to support consistent GIS pedagogy and learning across the schools. The GIS Council also serves to support and elevate GIS research through collaboration on grants as well as events and speakers designed to bring the Tufts community together around the theme of GIS. Finally, the Council serves in an advisory capacity to the Provost’s office on the approval of new programs and credentials in GIS.