The University Consortium for GISc has been working for about a decade on creating a model curriculum that is now the Body of Knowledge (BoK).

Knowledge Area AM. Analytical Methods
AM1 Academic and analytical origins
AM2 Query operations and query languages
AM3 Geometric measures
AM4 Basic analytical operations
AM5 Basic analytical methods
AM6 Analysis of surfaces
AM7 Spatial statistics
AM8 Geostatistics
AM9 Spatial regression and econometrics
AM10 Data mining
AM11 Network analysis
AM12 Optimization and location-allocation modeling

Knowledge Area CF. Conceptual Foundations
CF1 Philosophical foundations
CF2 Cognitive and social foundations
CF3 Domains of geographic information
CF4 Elements of geographic information
CF5 Relationships
CF6 Imperfections in geographic information

Knowledge Area CV. Cartography and Visualization
CV1 History and trends
CV2 Data considerations
CV3 Principles of map design
CV4 Graphic representation techniques
CV5 Map production
CV6 Map use and evaluation

Knowledge Area DA. Design Aspects
DA1 The scope of GI S&T system design
DA2 Project definition
DA3 Resource planning
DA4 Database design
DA5 Analysis design
DA6 Application design
DA7 System implementation

Knowledge Area DM. Data Modeling
DM1 Basic storage and retrieval structures
DM2 Database management systems
DM3 Tessellation data models
DM4 Vector and object data models
DM5 Modeling 3D, temporal, and uncertain phenomena

Knowledge Area DN. Data Manipulation
DN1 Representation transformation
DN2 Generalization and aggregation
DN3 Transaction management of geospatial data

Knowledge Area GC. Geocomputation
GC1 Emergence of geocomputation
GC2 Computational aspects and neurocomputing
GC3 Cellular Automata (CA) models
GC4 Heuristics
GC5 Genetic algorithms (GA)
GC6 Agent-based models
GC7 Simulation modeling
GC8 Uncertainty
GC9 Fuzzy sets

Knowledge Area GD. Geospatial Data
GD1 Earth geometry
GD2 Land partitioning systems
GD3 Georeferencing systems
GD4 Datums
GD5 Map projections
GD6 Data quality
GD7 Land surveying and GPS
GD8 Digitizing
GD9 Field data collection
GD10 Aerial imaging and photogrammetry
GD11 Satellite and shipboard remote sensing
GD12 Metadata, standards, and infrastructures

Knowledge Area GS. GI S&T and Society
GS1 Legal aspects
GS2 Economic aspects
GS3 Use of geospatial information in the public sector
GS4 Geospatial information as property
GS5 Dissemination of geospatial information
GS6 Ethical aspects of geospatial informationand technology
GS7 Critical GIS

Knowledge Area OI. Organizational and Institutional Aspects
OI1 Origins of GI S&T
O2 Managing the GI system operations andinfrastructure
OI3 Organizational structures and procedures
OI4 GI S&T workforce themes
OI5 Institutional and inter-institutional aspects
OI6 Coordinating organizations (national andinternational)