{"id":919,"date":"2017-05-17T21:22:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T21:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/?page_id=919"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:50:31","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/academics\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Offerings to Suit Your Needs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Core\u00a0courses are available\u00a0regularly each\u00a0semester to help meet degree timelines, and\u00a0a revolving number of experimental Special Topics courses introduce you\u00a0to new and innovative frontiers in geospatial science. Many of our courses can be completed\u00a0through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/online-distance.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Online\u00a0Education<\/a>\u00a0as well as on-campus.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our courses serve the <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ncsu.edu\/undergraduate\/natural-resources\/center-geospatial-analytics\/geospatial-analytics-minor\/\">Undergraduate Minor in Geospatial Analytics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/online-distance.ncsu.edu\/program\/graduate-certificate-in-geographic-information-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Graduate Certificate in GIS<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/online.geospatial.ncsu.edu\/programs\/master-of-geospatial-information-science-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Master of Geospatial Information Science and Technology<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/academics\/phd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ph.D. in Geospatial Analytics<\/a>. Many of these courses can also be taken individually through <a href=\"https:\/\/nds.registrar.ncsu.edu\/\">non-degree studies<\/a> if you are not ready to commit to a full program or just want to learn a new skill. For the most up-to-date course offerings and details such as credit hours and pre-requisites, please search the course catalog:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/webappprd.acs.ncsu.edu\/php\/coursecat\/directory.php\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n                      >\n                  <span class=\"text\">Visit the NC State Course Catalog<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offerings to Suit Your Needs Core\u00a0courses are available\u00a0regularly each\u00a0semester to help meet degree timelines, and\u00a0a revolving number of experimental Special Topics courses introduce you\u00a0to new and innovative frontiers in geospatial&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":529,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"pageIntro\":\"Whether you're interested in a career in geospatial analytics or would like to acquaint yourself with the field, NC State and the Center for Geospatial Analytics offer a variety of courses just right for you. Students can choose from a comprehensive curriculum that spans introductory courses in <strong>GIS fundamentals<\/strong> and <strong>spatial reasoning<\/strong>, progressing into technical topics such as <strong>geospatial programming<\/strong>, <strong>spatial data structures<\/strong>, and the development of <strong>web and mobile GIS applications<\/strong>. Students can also gain experience in <strong>environmental remote sensing<\/strong>, <strong>geospatial modeling<\/strong>, and <strong>UAS mapping<\/strong>, with advanced instruction in <strong>computation and simulation<\/strong>, <strong>geovisualization<\/strong>, and <strong>GeoAI<\/strong>, just to name a few! \"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-919","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24976,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/919\/revisions\/24976"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}