ONLINE GEOSPATIAL EDUCATION
Course Calendar
We offer over 30 courses in five 10-week terms each year: two every fall, two every spring, and one every summer.
Class and Registration Calendar
Most classes are offered in 10-week sessions, which allows for all certificates to be completed in one year or less. Most capstone experiences for Master's students are 16 weeks in length.
Dates for 10-week Classes
| FALL 2, 2026 | SPRING 1, 2027 | SPRING 2, 2027 | SUMMER 2027 | FALL 1, 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registration Begins* | April 24 | October 14 | October 14 | February 1 | April 23 |
| Classes Start | October 7 | January 6 | February 24 | May 19 | August 18 |
| Registration Deadline | October 11 | January 10 | February 28 | May 23 | August 22 |
| Classes End | December 16 | March 17 | May 5 | July 28 | October 27 |
Dates for 16-week Classes
| SUMMER 2026 | FALL 2026 | SPRING 2027 | SUMMER 2027 | FALL 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registration Begins* | February 3 | April 16 | October 9 | February 3 | April 15 |
| Classes Start | May 18 | August 24 | January 11 | May 17 | August 23 |
| Registration Deadline | May 17 | August 23 | January 10 | May 16 | August 22 |
| Classes End | August 14 | December 16 | May 5 | August 14 | December 16 |
*Registration deadlines are different for nondegree and degree-seeking students. Please check the Registration Timetable for details. If you are a degree-seeking student, look for the number of credits you have earned under “Graduate Students.” If you are a certificate student, choose “Nondegree” under Graduate Students.
Schedule of Classes
All Topics
Applications in GIS
Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking
Geospatial Intelligence
Geospatial Programming and Software Development
Remote Sensing and Image Analysis
| Course | Topics | Technologies | Fall 2, 2026 | Spring 1, 2027 | Spring 2, 2027 | Summer 2027 | Fall 1, 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geospatial Intelligence | ArcGIS Online, NodeXL | Thomas, G | Giannakis, P | ||||
| Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | ArcGIS Pro | Gaertner, B | Doorn, B | Gaertner, B | Doorn, B | Doorn, B | |
| Applications in GIS, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | ArcGIS Pro, GeoCue LP360 | Heidemann, H | Heidemann, H | Heidemann, H | |||
| Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking, Geospatial Programming and Software Development | ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Story Maps | Goldsberry, A | Avery, A | Gaertner, B | Avery, A | Goldsberry, A | |
| Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking | ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Story Maps | Zeiders, M | King, B | Zeiders, M | Burnicki, A | King, B | |
| Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking | ArcGIS Pro, ModelBuilder | Zeiders, M | TBA | Haupt, B | |||
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Programming and Software Development | ArcGIS Pro, Python | Tropasso, C | Grzinic, R | Detwiler, J | Kling, J | ||
| Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking | ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Story Maps, ArcGIS Vector Tile Style Editor, Tableau | Singh, H | Kessler, F | Iverson, A | Robinson, A | ||
| Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking | ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Story Maps, Prezi | Goldsberry, A | Zeiders, M | Zeiders, M | |||
| Geospatial Programming and Software Development | Anaconda, ArcGIS, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, GDAL, Github, Jupyter, OGR, OpenStreetMap, Python, QGIS, R | Grzinic, R | Kling, J | Kling, J | |||
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence, Geospatial Programming and Software Development, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | Varies | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence, Geospatial Programming and Software Development, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | Varies | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence, Geospatial Programming and Software Development, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | Varies | Burnicki, A | TBA | ||||
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence | ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Story Maps, Google MyMaps, Portal for ArcGIS | Sulewski, L | Gaertner, B | Sulewski, L | Kantor, C | ||
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Programming and Software Development | ArcGIS Online, CARTO, Tableau | Burnicki, A | Greatrex, H | Burnicki, A | |||
| Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking | Video and Presentation Tools | DiBiase, D | DiBiase, D | ||||
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Programming and Software Development | Anaconda, ArcGIS Pro, Jupyter, Python | Giannakis, P | Giannakis, P | ||||
| Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking | Varies | Baxter, R | Gaertner, B | Baxter, R | Gaertner, B | Gaertner, B | |
| Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking, Geospatial Programming and Software Development | CSS, GDAL, GeoServer, HTML, Javascript, Leaflet, OGR, OpenLayers, OpenStreetMap, QGIS, TileMill | Giannakis, P | Giannakis, P | Baxter, R | |||
| Applications in GIS | ArcGIS Pro, GeoDa, R | Burnicki, A | Kessler, F | Greatrex, H | Kessler, F | Kessler, F | |
| Applications in GIS, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, R | Piekielek, N | |||||
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Programming and Software Development | R, R Studio | Ahlswede, B | Greatrex, H | ||||
| Applications in GIS, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | Google Earth Engine | Doorn, B | Doorn, B | ||||
| Applications in GIS | ArcGIS, GeoDa, R | Kessler, F | |||||
| Geospatial Intelligence | Varies | Thomas, G | TBA | TBA | |||
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence, Geospatial Programming and Software Development, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | Varies | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence, Geospatial Programming and Software Development, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | Varies | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence, Geospatial Programming and Software Development, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | Varies | ||||||
| Geospatial Intelligence | Varies | ||||||
| Geospatial Intelligence | Varies | ||||||
| Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking | ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, D3, HTML, Javascript, R, Tableau | ||||||
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence, Geospatial Programming and Software Development, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | Varies | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence, Geospatial Programming and Software Development, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | Varies | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence | ArcGIS Online, Claritas PRIZM, Esri Business Analyst Online (BAO), US Census Bureau | Steiner, D | |||||
| Applications in GIS | ArcGIS Pro | ||||||
| Applications in GIS | ArcGIS Pro, Geocart | ||||||
| Geospatial Programming and Software Development | ArcGIS API for Javascript, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Web AppBuilder, CodePen, CSS, HTML, Javascript, Portal for ArcGIS | Detwiler, J | Detwiler, J | Detwiler, J | |||
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Programming and Software Development | Amazon Web Services, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Server, CARTO, Internet Information Services, Mapbox, Microsoft Windows, Portal for ArcGIS | Baxter, R | TBA | ||||
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Programming and Software Development | Amazon Web Services, ArcGIS Pro, ArcSDE/Multiuser Geodatabases, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, QGIS, SQL | TBA | Detwiler, J | ||||
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Programming and Software Development, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | Varies |
Baxter, R
Goldsberry, A |
TBA | ||||
| Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking | Microsoft Project, Project Libre | DiBiase, D | DiBiase, D | Croswell, P | Croswell, P | Croswell, P | |
| Geospatial Intelligence | Jimenez, D | Corson, M | Corson, M | ||||
| Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking, Geospatial Intelligence, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | ArcGIS Pro, eCognition Developer, Google Earth Engine | Sharma, J | Sharma, J | Doorn, B | |||
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence | ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, CARTO, GeoDa, QGIS | Steiner, D | Steiner, D | ||||
| Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence | ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Online Survey123, ArcGIS Story Maps | Bacastow, T | Jimenez, D | Sulewski, L | |||
| Applications in GIS, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | Pix4D | Abdullah, Q | Abdullah, Q |
What Our Students Say
Related to my job.
“The course content was related to what I was doing at my job. I was focusing on programming and development and I was able to take courses where I could implement the content at work. That was really important to me instead of just theory. ”
— Jaclyn Meade Cardillo, MGIS