{"id":344,"date":"2013-07-15T12:16:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T19:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/gis\/?page_id=344"},"modified":"2026-01-02T17:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:58:10","slug":"getting-started","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/gis\/getting-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Get started today!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get your certificate or associate&#8217;s degree in GIS in <strong>3 easy steps!<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 16px\"><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/apply\">Apply for Palomar College admission<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: Enroll in required courses by reviewing our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/schedule\/\">online class schedule<\/a>. (Tip: All GIS courses can be found within the Geography [GEOG] department) Find out when our classes will be offered by looking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/gis\/current-students\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Step 3<\/strong>: Complete the required courses and apply for your certificate or degree by filling out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/evaluationsandrecords\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2015\/09\/grad-petition-pdf-updated2020.pdf\">graduation form<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"line-height: 24px\">Please review our <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1AFDyvbEHbSuYmeyxzBUgkzS-0J9-ndBQ\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">program brochure<\/a> for more information or contact us at <a href=\"mailto:wcheung@palomar.edu\">wcheung@palomar.edu<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"line-height: 24px\">Thank you for your interest. &nbsp;We look forward to seeing you at Palomar College.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get your certificate or associate&#8217;s degree in GIS in 3 easy steps! Please review our program brochure for more information or contact us at wcheung@palomar.edu. &nbsp; Thank you for your interest. &nbsp;We look forward to seeing you at Palomar College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-344","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3P4gr-5y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/gis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/gis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/gis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/gis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/gis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/gis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1638,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/gis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions\/1638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/gis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}