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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

SUMMER 2025 FALL 1, 2025 FALL 2, 2025 SPRING 1, 2026 SPRING 2, 2026 SUMMER 2026
Registration Begins* February 3 April 25 April 25 October 15 October 15 February 2
Classes Start May 21 August 20 October 8 January 7 February 25 May 20
Registration Deadline May 25 August 24 October 12 January 11 March 1 May 24
Classes End July 30 October 29 December 17 March 18 May 6 July 29

Dates for 16-week Classes

(GEOG 570, GEOG 594A, and GEOG 870)

 Summer 2025Fall 2025Spring 2026Summer 2026
Registration Begins*February 4April 18October 9February 3
Classes StartMay 19August 25January 12May 18
Registration DeadlineMay 18August 24January 11May 17
Classes EndAugust 15December 19May 8August 14

*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

Course Topics Technologies Summer 2025 Fall 1, 2025 Fall 2, 2025 Spring 1, 2026 Spring 2, 2026 Summer 2026
Geospatial Intelligence NodeXL Thomas, G Giannakis, P
Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis ArcGIS Pro Zhou, B TBA TBA TBA Gaertner, B TBA
Applications in GIS, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis ArcGIS Pro, GeoCue LP360 Heidemann, H 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, Python Goldsberry, A Goldsberry, A Goldsberry, A Avery, A TBA Avery, A
Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Story Maps Avery, A King, B Zeiders, M King, B Zeiders, M TBA
Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking ArcGIS Pro, ModelBuilder Zeiders, M Zeiders, M Zeiders, M King, B
Applications in GIS, Geospatial Programming and Software Development ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, Python Giannakis, P Kling, J TBA Giannakis, P TBA TBA
Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking ArcGIS Pro, Mapbox, Mapbox Studio, Tableau Suárez, M Suárez, M Suárez, M Kessler, F Iverson, A
Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Story Maps, Prezi Zeiders, M Zeiders, M Zeiders, M
Geospatial Programming and Software Development Anaconda, ArcGIS, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, GDAL, Github, Jupyter, OGR, OpenStreetMap, Python, QGIS, R Kling, J 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 TBA
Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence, Geospatial Programming and Software Development, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis Varies TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence, Geospatial Programming and Software Development, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis Varies Gaertner, B Burnicki, A
Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Story Maps, Google MyMaps, Portal for ArcGIS Sulewski, L TBA Sulewski, L Gaertner, B Sulewski, L
Applications in GIS, Geospatial Programming and Software Development ArcGIS Insights, ArcGIS Pro, CARTO, Tableau Burnicki, A Burnicki, A Burnicki, A TBA
Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking DiBiase, D DiBiase, D DiBiase, D
Applications in GIS, Geospatial Programming and Software Development Giannakis, P Giannakis, P
Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking Varies Gaertner, B Gaertner, B Baxter, R Gaertner, B Baxter, R 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 Giannakis, P TBA
Applications in GIS ArcGIS Pro, GeoDa, R Suárez, M Suárez, M Burnicki, A Kessler, F Burnicki, A Suárez, M
Applications in GIS, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, R Piekielek, N
Applications in GIS, Geospatial Programming and Software Development R, R Studio Suárez, M Suárez, M Suárez, M
Applications in GIS, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, Google Earth Engine, Javascript, Python TBA Miller, D TBA
Applications in GIS ArcGIS, GeoDa, R Kessler, F
Geospatial Intelligence Varies Bacastow, T Thomas, G Bacastow, T
Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence, Geospatial Programming and Software Development, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis Varies TBA 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 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 TBA
Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence, Geospatial Programming and Software Development, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis Varies TBA 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 Kroon, J Kroon, J Kroon, J
Applications in GIS, Geospatial Programming and Software Development Amazon Web Services, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Server, CARTO, HTML, Javascript, Mapbox, Portal for ArcGIS Baxter, R Baxter, R Baxter, R
Applications in GIS, Geospatial Programming and Software Development Amazon Web Services, ArcGIS Pro, ArcSDE/Multiuser Geodatabases, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, QGIS, SQL TBA TBA
Applications in GIS, Geospatial Programming and Software Development, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis Varies Kessler, F Kessler, F
Applications in GIS, Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking Microsoft Project, Project Libre Croswell, P Croswell, P DiBiase, D DiBiase, D Croswell, P Croswell, P
Geospatial Intelligence Corson, M Handwerk, S Corson, M Handwerk, S Thomas, M Corson, M
Fundamentals of GIS and Mapmaking, Geospatial Intelligence, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis Amazon Web Services, ArcGIS, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, eCognition Developer Sharma, J Sharma, J Sharma, J Sharma, J
Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, CARTO, GeoDa, QGIS Steiner, D Steiner, D
Applications in GIS, Geospatial Intelligence ArcGIS, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Story Maps Jimenez, D Sulewski, L Bacastow, T Jimenez, D
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