Courses on Campus | Online Courses | Recommended Texts

Learning Resources

Courses on Campus

Courses focusing on or utilizing Geographic Information Systems/Science are offered by a few departments on campus. Some of these courses are only offered at the graduate level.

• Geographical Studies
  • Introduction to GIS (GEOG 28200/38200)
  • Intermediate GIS (GEOG 28400/38400)
  • Advanced GIS Analysis (GEOG 28600/38600)
• Geophysical Sciences
  • Settlement Systems, the Management of Nature, and the Emergence of Humankind with a Dynamic Environment (PHSC 13300)
• Economics
  • Methods and Models in Spatial Economics (ECON 21500)
  • Economics of Urban Policies (ECON 26600/36500, GEOG 26600/36600, LLSO 26202, PBPL 24500)
• Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
  • Ancient Landscapes 1: GIS and Landscapes (NEAA 20061/30061, GEOG 25400/35400, ANTH 26710/36710)
  • Ancient Landscapes 2: GIS and Landscapes (NEAA 20062/30062, GEOG 25800/35800, ANTH 26711/36711)

Online Courses

ESRI's Virtual Campus offers many technical training courses in GIS software and analysis techniques. A list of courses (under Standard Subscription) are available free of charge for students, staff, or faculty affiliated with the University of Chicago. In order to access the online courses, please request an access code for a particular course or courses from gis@listhost.uchicago.edu. Enrollment for other courses is available with an educational discount from ESRI. Please contact gis@listhost.uchicago.edu with any questions or for enrollment information.

Recommended Texts

Burke, Robert. Getting to Know ArcObjects: Programming ArcGIS with VBA. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press, 2003.

Burt, James E. and Gerald M. Barber. Elementary Statistics for Geographers, 2nd ed. New York: Guilford Press, 1996.

Longley, Paul A., Michael F. Goodchild, David J. Maguire and David W. Rhind. Geographic Information Systems and Science, 2nd ed. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., 2006.

Mitchell, Andy. The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 2, Spatial Measurements and Statistics. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press, 2005.

Ormsby, Tim, Eileen Napoleon, Robert Burke, Carolyn Groess and Laura Feaster. Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop, 2nd ed. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press, 2004.

Wang, Fahui. Quantitative Methods and Applications in GIS. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2006.

ESRI Tutorial texts (listed below) are available in PDF format by request at gis@listhost.uchicago.edu for University of Chicago affiliates only.

• ArcGIS Desktop Developer Guide
• Building a Geodatabase
• Editing in ArcMap
• Geocoding in ArcGIS
• Geocoding Rule Base Developer Guide
• Geodatabase Workbook
• Geoprocessing Commands Quick Reference Guide
• Geoprocessing in ArcGIS
• Getting Started with ArcGIS
• Linear Referencing in ArcGIS
• Understanding Map Projections
• Using ArcCatalog
• Using ArcGIS 3D Analyst
• Using ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst
• Using ArcGIS Publisher
• Using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
• Using ArcGIS Survey Analyst
• Using ArcGIS Tracking Analyst
• Using ArcMap
• Using ArcReader
• Using ArcScan for ArcGIS
• Using Maplex for ArcGIS
• What Is ArcGIS
• Writing Geoprocessing Scripts