Detailed schedule

Each week is comprised of up to four kinds of content: readings, slides, labs, and GISketches:

Week Topic Day Date Lab Sketch Read Slides
Week 01 Welcome! M 8/24/26
Geography and GIS W 8/26/26
Week 02 Geospatial data M 8/31/26
Mostly open lab W 9/2/26
Week 03 Projections and coordinate systems M 9/7/26
Classification W 9/9/26
Week 04 Cartography and design M 9/14/26
Generalization and symbolization W 9/16/26
Week 05 Census data M 9/21/26
Mostly open lab W 9/23/26
Week 06 Vector analysis M 9/28/26
Exam review W 9/30/26
Week 07 Midterm exam M 10/5/26
No class (Ian at conference) W 10/7/26
Week 08 No class (Fall break) M 10/12/26
Final project kickoff W 10/14/26
Week 09 Georeferencing M 10/19/26
Deep research (with Kyle Jenkins) W 10/21/26
Week 10 Raster analysis M 10/26/26
Mostly open lab W 10/28/26
Week 11 Spatial statistics M 11/2/26
Mostly open lab W 11/4/26
Week 12 Geovisualization M 11/9/26
Mostly open lab W 11/11/26
Week 13 QGIS M 11/16/26
Mostly open lab W 10/18/26
Week 14 No class (Thanksgiving break) M 11/23/26
No class (Thanksgiving break) W 11/25/26
Week 15 Crowdsourcing M 11/30/26
Mostly open lab W 12/2/26
Week 16 What’s next? M 12/7/26
No class (Study period) W 12/9/26
Exam week Exhibition A: Section 02 F 12/11/26
Exhibition B: Section 01 M 12/14/26