Geography & Geographic Information Science

Spring 2026

All Classes
  • Geography & Geographic Information Science
  • Head of Department: Julie Cidell
  • 2042 Natural History Building: 1301 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801
  • P: 217-333-1880
  • GGIS is the new Subject code for courses formerly listed under the Geography (GEOG) rubric.
Course Number Course Title
GGIS 100 Introduction to Meteorology
GGIS 101 Global Development & Environment
GGIS 103 Earth's Physical Systems
GGIS 106 Geographies of Globalization
GGIS 204 Cities of the World
GGIS 210 Social & Environmental Issues
GGIS 221 Geographies of Global Conflict
GGIS 222 Big Rivers of the World
GGIS 223 Geopolitics & Technology
GGIS 224 Environmental Data Science
GGIS 280 Intro to Social Statistics
GGIS 287 Environment and Society
GGIS 350 Sustainability and the City
GGIS 370 Water Planet, Water Crisis
GGIS 371 Spatial Analysis
GGIS 379 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
GGIS 380 Geographic Information Systems II
GGIS 390 Independent Study
GGIS 391 Honors Independent Study
GGIS 392 Geography & GIS Internship
GGIS 403 Geographic Information Science and Systems
GGIS 407 CyberGIS & Geospatial Data Science
GGIS 425 Urban Geographies of Migration
GGIS 427 Geospatial AI Literacy
GGIS 436 Biogeography
GGIS 476 Environmental Remote Sensing
GGIS 477 Introduction to Remote Sensing
GGIS 478 Techniques of Remote Sensing
GGIS 480 Principles of Geographic Information Science
GGIS 489 Programming for GIS
GGIS 491 Research in Geography
GGIS 495 Advanced Topics in Geography
GGIS 517 Geospatial Visualization & Visual Analytics
GGIS 570 Advanced Spatial Analysis
GGIS 590 Graduate Independent Study
GGIS 593 Geography & GIS Colloquium
GGIS 594 Seminar in Social Geography
GGIS 595 Graduate Seminar
GGIS 598 Graduate Capstone Project
GGIS 599 Thesis Research
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