UW Courses in Geospatial Information Science
UW-Madison offers courses in GIS, Remote Sensing, Surveying, Photogrammetry, GPS, and Cartography. The majority of these courses are taught in the Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geography departments, and in the Institute for Environmental Studies. A smaller number of related courses are offered in other departments such as Forestry, Landscape Architecture, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Urban & Regional Planning, and Statistics.
This listing of courses reflects the usual course offerings by these departments each semester. For detailed course information, please check a timetable or department listing.
Diagram of UW Geospatial Information Science Courses
Courses offered in Fall
Civil and Environmental Engineering:
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307 Fundamental Computations for Land Information Systems
308 Spatial Frameworks for Land Information Systems
403 Geometric Analysis of Vertical Aerial Photographs
656 Engineering Application of Land and Geographic Information Systems
659 Special Topics in Surveying and Photogrammetry
951 Seminar in Surveying and Photogrammetry
Geography:
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360 Quantitative Methods in Geography
370 Introduction to Cartography
377 An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
572 Graphic Design in Cartography
560 Advanced Quantitative Methods
675 Special Topics: Land Use/Land Cover Change
579 GIS and Spatial Analysis
970 Seminar in Geographic Information Science
Institute for Environmental Studies:
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301 Introduction to Aerial Photographic Systems
302 Introduction to Electro-optical and Microwave Remote Sensing Systems
303 Introduction to Remote Sensing Digital Image Processing
304 Remote Sensing Visual Image Interpretation and GIS Integration
695 Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resources
758 Image Processing Algorithms for Remote Sensing
900 Special Topics Seminar
950 Environmental Monitoring Seminar
Other:
Courses offered in Spring
Civil and Environmental Engineering:
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403 Geometric Analysis of Vertical Aerial Photographs
405 Digital Orthophotography
Geography:
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360 Quantitative Methods in Geography
370 Introduction to Cartography
377 An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
575 Interactive Web-based Mapping
577 GIS Modeling
578 GIS Applications
970 Seminar in Cartography
Institute for Environmental Studies:
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301 Introduction to Aerial Photographic Systems
302 Introduction to Electro-optical and Microwave Remote Sensing Systems
303 Introduction to Remote Sensing Digital Image Processing
304 Remote Sensing Visual Image Interpretation and GIS Integration
556 Remote Sensing Digital Image
695 Application of GIS: Natural Resources
766 Environmental Monitoring Practicum
900 Topics in Environmental Monitoring
950 Environmental Monitoring Seminar
Other:
Geology and Geophysics 376: Topics in Geology, Eye in the Sky - Monitoring the Earth by Satellite *
Geology and Geophysics 376: Topics in Geology, Practical Applications of GPS *
* In the future, these courses will be renumbered Geology & Geophysics
118 and 444, respectively.
UW-Madison Timetables
