GIS Class Schedule

Class Number: 2097 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

Class Status Message

Instructor

Jerry Davis

Location

HSS 290

Description

Collection of imagery with drone-mounted cameras and processing into georeferenced imagery and 3D models using photogrammetric and image analysis methods in Pix4D and ArcGIS. For 2D mapping, the focus is on multispectral imagery increasingly used for precision agriculture and biogeographic analysis; vegetation health indices such as the normalized difference vegetation index will be derived. For 3D mapping we'll primarily use color imagery for capturing landform features such as hillslopes, gullies and landslides, but also features and structures in the built environment. We'll also explore methods of capturing and processing ground control points for georeferencing and accuracy checking.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

In-Person
Class meets in-person at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 8907 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

Fall 2025 registration will begin on Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Instructor

Quentin Clark

Location

Online

Description

This course is an introduction to the concepts and uses of GIS. Lecture topics include history of GIS, GIS data structures and sources of data, GIS tools, vendors and software, applications, and resources. Exercises include spatial data display and query, map generation, and simple spatial analysis using ArcGIS software. Class format is approximately 50% lecture and 50% lab exercise.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 8908 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

Fall 2025 registration will begin on Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Instructor

Quentin Clark

Location

Online

Description

This course is an introduction to the concepts and uses of GIS. Lecture topics include history of GIS, GIS data structures and sources of data, GIS tools, vendors and software, applications, and resources. Exercises include spatial data display and query, map generation, and simple spatial analysis using ArcGIS software. Class format is approximately 50% lecture and 50% lab exercise.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online asynchronous
Class sessions are entirely online with no set day/time.

Class Number: 8909 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

Fall 2025 registration will begin on Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Instructor

Jessica Solis

Location

Online

Description

GIS professionals should be comfortable acquiring, manipulating, and converting most common types of spatial data into a format that can be used for analysis and/or cartographic purposes. This course explores creating and working with vector data to ensure best data management practices (topology, domains, etc.). It will also involve converting different spatial data formats. We will be briefly viewing available data using ArcGIS Online Living Atlas. Methods include data capture, data editing, attributing, geo-referencing, joins/relates, domains. Class format: approximately 50% lecture, 50% software applications.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 8910 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

Fall 2025 registration will begin on Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Instructor

Tom Robinson

Location

Online

Description

This course teaches current methods for assessing vulnerabilities and resilience to expected effects of climate change - e.g., extreme heat, aridification, flooding - from both community (built environment) and natural (unbuilt) perspectives, using GIS.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 8911 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

Fall 2025 registration will begin on Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Instructor

Seth Hiatt

Location

Online

Description

This course focuses on the planning, construction, and administration of a GIS database including spatial and attribute data. The lecture provides a conceptual background, as well as practical guidelines, and is reinforced with exercises using both ESRI software and traditional database design techniques. Topics include data requirements analysis; relational database design; attribute and entity definitions; table normalization; table creation and population; query optimization; and data integration. Class format: approximately 50% lecture, 50% software application.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 8912 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

Fall 2025 registration will begin on Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Instructor

Jerry Davis

Location

Online

Description

Topics in this course include the use of raster GIS tools for natural resource modeling and environmental analysis; the raster structure and its advantages and limitations, appropriate data and procedures; simple raster surface modeling and image integration; map algebra concepts using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst; proximity and dispersion modeling, and cost surfaces.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 8913 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

Fall 2025 registration will begin on Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Instructor

Leonhard Blesius

Location

Online

Description

This course covers basic concepts and procedures used in remote-sensed image processing. Emphasis is placed on use of imagery from passive sensors like digital satellite or aerial data. The course is designed for beginning level users and consists of lecture, examples, and introductory labs. Topics include sensor properties, the electromagnetic spectrum, image analysis and classification, image transformations and enhancement, applications, integration with GIS, accuracy assessment, and ERDAS Imagine. Prerequisites: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (Geog 9003) or equivalent.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 8914 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

Fall 2025 registration will begin on Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Instructor

Ana Carolina Pelegrini Guimaraes

Location

Online

Description

ArcGIS Online is a cloud-based web mapping platform used across multiple industries and by GIS professionals worldwide. It enables you to make maps, host data, create various mapping applications, and share your data with anyone who has internet access. Web GIS is becoming the cornerstone of sharing GIS data and map distribution. In this course you will learn the fundamental terminology and capabilities of ArcGIS Online. We will review the various data types, web map configurations, mobile data collection, sharing security model, and various desktop web applications. ArcGIS Online is becoming an industry standard for sharing and creating data, GIS students who would like to expand their knowledge of GIS should take advantage of this course.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 8915 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

Fall 2025 registration will begin on Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Instructor

XiaoHang Liu

Location

Online

Description

The geodatabase is the newest spatial data model created by Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. for use in the ArcGIS desktop application suite. The model vastly improves the accuracy and integrity of spatial data through key advantages that allow you to assign behaviors to individual features, define relationships between classes of features, apply high-level topological models, and network editing. This course serves as an introduction to personal geodatabase concepts and illustrates how to implement geographic database designs. Topics include: * Building a new geodatabase, feature data set, feature class, and table * Populating a geodatabase with GIS data * Adding behavior to your features by creating subtypes and validation rules * Migrating existing GIS data into a geodatabase * Setting up relationships between objects * Applying topology rules to improve data accuracy * Using network analysis for path searching, flow tracing etc. Class Format: Approximately 50% lecture, 50% software applications.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online Bichronous (mostly online asynchronous with occasional online synchronous)
Class sessions are mostly online with no set day/time and has occasional online meetings at scheduled days/times. See class note for meeting days/times.

Class Number: 8916 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

Fall 2025 registration will begin on Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Instructor

Seth Hiatt

Location

Online

Description

An introduction to the use of GIS in the visualization of map and image-based scientific data sets, and subsequent interpretation. Topics covered include terrain analysis, viewshed analysis, spatial statistical analysis of point sample data, and surface generation from points and contour data sets. ArcGIS 3D Analyst will be used to explore the possibilities of three-dimensional data visualization.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 8917 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

Fall 2025 registration will begin on Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Instructor

Location

Online

Description

Use of geospatial technologies to map physical coastal and ocean processes is necessary for analysis of conservation issues, effective coastal zone management, and designation of marine protected areas. This intensive application course focuses on using GIS for spatial analysis and basic image processing to support coastal and marine research. Covered topics include benthic habitat mapping, spatial analysis of marine animal movements, habitat modeling, and mapping of marine protected areas. Fundamental knowledge of geospatial analysis theory and tools is required, as outlined in the prerequisites above. Class Format: Approximately 40% lecture, 60% lab exercises.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 8918 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

Fall 2025 registration will begin on Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Instructor

Quentin Clark

Location

Online

Description

This course is a discussion and demonstration of the essential cartographic principles and practices used for designing maps. The focus is on techniques for creating maps that effectively communicate single/multi-variant qualitative and quantitative spatial data to the viewer. Through numerous hands-on exercises, participants will have the opportunity to use most of the map production tools provided with ESRI software products to prepare raw data and produce a variety of thematic maps. Class format: approximately 50% lecture, 50% software application.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 8919 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

Fall 2025 registration will begin on Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Instructor

Tom Robinson

Location

Online

Description

Designed for managers who may be new to supervising GIS projects. Topics covered include defining the scope of a project; data acquisition; project planning; project budget estimation; staffing; pilot studies; cooperative projects. Case studies.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.