Students develop expertise in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS is a tool that grew out of the environmental movement that permits the analysis of environmental data on a landscape level. For landscape level environmental issues and for spatially related environmental problems, no tool is as efficient as GIS. Students choosing this area will acquire the skills needed to pursue jobs with companies or agencies employing GIS. GIS is utilized in many fields including business, utilities, natural resources and the environmental sciences. UMFK has geared its education to ESRI based products (ArcInfo and ArcView) as they hold a dominant position in the current GIS market.