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.
Spring 2024
- CRP 4080: Introduction to GIS for Planners
- CRP 5080: Introduction to GIS for Planners
- CRP 5680: Introduction to Urban Data Science: Data, Interpretation, and Presentation
- EAS/ENGRD 2400: Observing the Earth: Remote Sensing and GIS
- EAS 3540/6540: Ocean Satellite Remote Sensing
- ENVS/NTRES 3260 / NTRES 6260: Applied Conservation Ecology
- PUBPOL 6950: Spatial Demography
- PE 1609: Geocaching
- PLSCS 4200/5200: Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Concepts and Application
- PLSCS 6200: Analysis of Spatial Data: A Case-Based Approach
Fall 2023
- CRP 3850/5850: Mapping and Countermapping (the seminar taught by Wenfei Xu)
- CRP 4080: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- CRP 5080: Introduction to GIS for Planners
- CRP 5171: Visual Communication and Analysis in Urban Design: Software Training for Urban Designers
- PE 1609: Geocaching
- PLSCS 2200: Introduction to Mapping and Spatial Analysis with GIS
- PLSCS 4290/5290: Remote Sensing and Modeling for Ecosystems
- VTPEH 6175: Introduction to GIS for Public Health
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 6100 / PLSCS 6600: Remote Sensing Fundamentals (spring 2022)
- 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)
- GDEV 3140: Spatial Thinking, GIS, and Related Methods (fall 2022)
- NTRES 6700: Spatial Statistics (spring 2020)
- PLSCS 4650: Global Navigation Satellite Systems (spring 2020)
- PLSCS 6210: Applications of Space-Time Statistics (spring 2017)