GIS Courses

GIS and geospatial mapping courses at Vassar College that specifically focus on GIS tools and applications include:

  • GEOG/ESCI 220 – Cartography: Making Maps with GIS
  • GEOG/ESCI 224 – GIS: Spatial Analysis
  • GEOG 228 – Web Mapping: Advanced Approaches to Publishing

GIS is an important part of many courses in Earth Science and Geography, Anthropology, and other departments on campus. Some of these include:

  • GEOG 102 – Global Geography: People, Places, and Regions
  • GEOG/ESCI 260 – Conservation of Natural Resources
  • GEOG 256 – Geographies of Food and Farming
  • GEOG/URBS 356 – Environment and Land Use Planning
  • ESCI 151 – Earth, Environment, and Humanity
  • GEOG/ESCI 340 – Arctic Environmental Change
  • ANTH 100 – Archaeology
  • ANTH 170 – Topics in Anthropology
  • ANTH 231 – Topics in Archaeology