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Geographic Information Science (GIS) Courses

Academic Unit: Geography, Environmnt, Society

GIS 5530 - GIS Internship (independent study)

(1 cr [max 3]; Prereq-instr consent, strong GIS/mapping skills; S-N only; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)

Practical hands-on experience using GIS to solve problems in a real-world work environment.

GIS 5555 - Basic Spatial Analysis

(3 cr; Prereq-[STAT 3001 or equiv, MGIS student] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall)

How to use spatial data to answer questions on a wide array of social, natural, and information science issues. Exploratory data analysis/visualization. Spatial autocorrelation analysis/regression.

GIS 5571 - Intermediate Spatial Data Science Applied with ArcGIS

(3 cr; Prereq-[GEOG 5561 or equiv, status in MGIS program, familiarity with computer operating systems] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall)

This is the first of a two-course series focused on teaching skills in spatial data science with emphasis on the Esri ecosystem of geospatial technologies. Students will gain the baseline skills required to build end-to-end data integration pipelines and perform reproducible deterministic spatial analyses. By the end of the course, students will be able to build geospatial workflows and data systems that can address intermediate-level spatial analysis problems

GIS 5572 - Advanced Spatial Data Science Applied with ArcGIS

(3 cr; Prereq-[5571, [GEOG 5561 or equiv], in MGIS program] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Spring)

This is the second of a two-course series focused on teaching advanced skills in spatial data science with emphasis on the Esri ecosystem of geospatial technologies. Students will further develop the skills required to build end-to-end data integration pipelines in the cloud, build automated quality assurance and quality control procedures for data, and run and validate stochastic simulation models. By the end of the course, students will be able to build geospatial workflows and data systems, basic stochastic simulation models, store results and model validation steps in a database, and create professional-level communication maps and graphs.

GIS 5573 - Introduction to Digital Mapping: ArcGIS Basics

(2 cr; Prereq-[GEOG 5561 or equiv, in MGIS program] or instr consent; A-F only; offered Every Fall)

Equivalent courses: GEOG 3573

Desktop mapping functions using ArcGIS software. Application of systems to display/analysis of geographical data.

GIS 5574 - Web GIS and Services

(3 cr; Prereq-[GEOG 5561 or equiv, in MGIS program] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall)

Plan, design, develop, publish web-based GIS solution. Build websites, prepare data for web. Commercial software, Open Source software, volunteer geographic information, open GIS standards/developing web GIS application. Hands-on experience with variety of web GIS technologies/software.

GIS 5576 - Spatial Digital Humanities

(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)

Introduction to Spatial Digital Humanities GIS 5576 is a basic overview of desktop GIS (both Esri and open source), as well as an introduction to a number of other mapping techniques (such as Esri Maps for Office, ArcGIS Online, web mapping basics, georeferencing historical maps, etc) in addition to digital scholarship techniques. Course objectives include: understanding the basics of mapping and geospatial information using GIS; documenting and managing spatial data using coherent/standardized methods; understanding several spatial analysis methods that are relevant to student research area; and applying spatial research methods into student research.

GIS 5577 - Spatial Database Design and Administration

(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)

This semi-synchronous online graduate level course is aimed at students who have a foundation in GIS and spatial analysis methods and applications, and are interested in expanding their knowledge into the area spatial database design and spatial analysis. The course covers the following topics: 1) SQL and spatial-SQL queries, database design, and ArcServer Administration. This is an applied course and the objective is to introduce the fundamentals of databases, learn about how spatial data is treated into databases and apply spatial analysis methods. Students taking the class will have moderate to advanced understanding of GIS classes, but do not have much exposure to databases.

GIS 5578 - GIS Programming

(3 cr; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Spring)

This Python-focused GIS course is intended for students who have some Python programming experience, or have experience with other programming language(s) and knowledge transferable to Python. Following a review of Python basics, students will use Python modules for spatial data management, mapping, and analysis, including ArcGIS's ArcPy package; work with classes in Python; develop custom modules; and create development environments. A semester-long programming project applying Python skills to a GIS challenge is a significant component of the course.

GIS 8333 - FTE: Master's

(1 cr; Prereq-Master's student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall & Spring; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)

(No description)

GIS 8501 - GIS Project Management and Professional Development

(3 cr; Prereq-MGIS student or instr consent; A-F only; offered Every Fall)

Project management/professional development. Portfolio creation, career exploration, degree program planning. GIS project management through lectures, class exercises, guest speakers.

GIS 8990 - Research Problems in GIS (independent study)

(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-MGIS student, instr consent; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 3 times)

Project of sufficient scope/complexity to document student's ability to apply spatial analysis and visualization techniques to real-world problems. Supervised by faculty member.

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