Academic GIS Courses at Cornell
Official Cornell courses dealing with GIS can be found in several departments across campus. Note that some of these courses focus entirely on GIS, while others may include GIS-related topics only as a portion of the total course content.
Fall 2022
- CRP 4080: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- CRP 5080: Introduction to GIS for Planners
- GDEV 3140: Spatial Thinking, GIS, and Related Methods
- PE 1609: Geocaching (fall)
- PLSCS 2200: Introduction to Mapping and Spatial Analysis with GIS
- PLSCS 4290: Remote Sensing and Modeling for Ecosystems
- PLSCS 5290: Remote Sensing and Modeling for Ecosystems
Spring 2022
- CEE 6100 / PLSCS 6600: Remote Sensing Fundamentals
- CRP 5080: Introduction to GIS for Planners (spring)
- CRP 5680: Urban Spatial Data Analytics
- PAM 6950: Spatial Demography
- PE 1609: Geocaching (spring)
- PLSCS 4200/5200: Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Concepts and Application
- PLSCS 6200 / NTRES 6200: Spatial Modeling and Analysis
Other courses previously offered
In addition to the above, the following courses have been offered in the past few years. Some are no longer offered, while others may be offered every other year.
- CEE 4110 / PLSCS 4110: Applied Remote Sensing and GIS for Environmental Resource Inventory and Analysis (fall 2020)
- CEE 6150: Digital Image Processing (spring 2019)
- CLASS 6702: Geographic Information Systems Approaches to Ancient Landscapes (spring 2018)
- CRP 6290: Advanced Topics in GIS (spring 2021)
- EAS 2550: Observing the Earth: Remote Sensing and GIS (spring 2021)
- EAS 3540/6540: Ocean Satellite Remote Sensing (spring 2020)
- EAS 5770 / ASTRO 6577: Planetary Surface Processes (spring 2020)
- NTRES 6700: Spatial Statistics (spring 2020)
- PLSCS 4650: Global Navigation Satellite Systems (spring 2020)
- PLSCS 6210: Applications of Space-Time Statistics (spring 2017)