Introduction to GIS - (Summer 2025)
Ended Aug 9, 2025
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Full course description
This course is designed to provide an introduction to geographic information systems/science (GIS). The topics covered will include: geodesy, basic cartography, data models, creating spatial data, editing data, querying data, analyzing data, and sharing data. The software used in this class: ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online. The goal of this course is to help students develop a systematic understanding about GIS and gain practical knowledge and skills about using GIS software.
The enrollment dates are:
April 8- June 9, 2025
Course Information:
Dates: June 2-August 8, 2025
*This course is 100% online
Wednesday/ Thursdays
5:30pm-7:30pm
Instructors:
Lindsay "Bar" Barbier
Email: lkbar@umd.edu
Jack Ma
Email: jma3@umd.edu
This course satisfies the intro to GIS pre req for all admitted GIS and GEOINT students.
Anyone with a desire to learn GIS may enroll.
Interested in furthering your Geospatial education? Learn more about our Masters and Graduate Certificate programs HERE
For more questions, please contact:
geog-gis@umd.edu