New Courses

Oct 20, 2020

Meet Vaishnavi Thakar, Our Center’s Newest Assistant Teaching Professor

Assistant teaching professor Vaishnavi Thakar teaches a core course in our MGIST program, develops new courses, studies the spatial spread COVID-19 and is shaping the Center’s growing undergraduate offerings.

May 9, 2019

Image Gallery: Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. Student Course Projects Shine

As part of their required Geospatial Computation and Simulation course, our first cohort of Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. students developed unique class projects and presented them in Hunt Library during the last week of Spring classes.

Okan Pala looks on as students collaborate during a simulated drill in a disaster management class at the North Carolina State University Center for Geospatial Analytics

Apr 10, 2017

Disaster Response Drill Trains Next Generation of GIS Professionals

When disasters strike, it’s important to be prepared. Responses can hinge on the ability of skilled, agile GIS teams to swiftly map and communicate the locations of impacts, for decision-makers and emergency personnel. But how do GIS teams gain crucial mapping skills and best learn to perform important tasks under pressure? At the Center for…

May 14, 2014

Special Topics course in Social Network Analysis – Fall 2014

CEO Faculty Fellow Jordan Smith will be offering a 3-credit special topics course this fall focused on social network analysis for natural resource management and governance. Below is a brief course description: Social networks play a vital yet often under appreciated role in the governance of ecological systems. Their structure and composition affect the flow and distribution…