I am an instructor of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington (USA).  

I currently teach three GIS courses in the Masters of Environmental Studies (MES) program.  The three graduate GIS courses lead to a certification in GIS for any graduate student at The Evergreen State College. 

There are no prerequisites to take the graduate GIS certification courses. Most students enter the sequence with little or no prior GIS instruction. We use many components of the ArcGIS platform, provided by Esri, Inc to Evergreen through an educational site license.

I also co-teach drone courses during summer quarter.  We offer two summer drone technology courses which enable students to earn the “Mapping with Drones” certification.  My teaching partner for the drone certificate is Ryan Richardson – a full time Solution Engineer for Esri, based in Olympia WA.

Please feel free to contact me at my email (ruthm@evergreen.edu) or using the contact form.