Faculty-Led Courses

Advancing education through immersive learning and expert-led instruction.

See below for some of the courses taught by our in-house faculty. These classes are designed to merge advanced research with high-quality academic instruction, providing students with the opportunity to learn directly from experts at the forefront of their fields. Courses span a range of topics that reflect the center's key research areas while fostering critical thinking, innovation, and a thorough understanding of the latest advancements in the discipline.

The center also offers a range of educational and engagement opportunities, including talks and demonstrations, led by experts in the field. These events provide insights and hands-on experiences that complement our academic offerings. For a full list of these activities, please visit our Training & Outreach page.

  • CSCI 4950: Directed Study in Computer Science: Instructor: Dr. Sergio Bernardes.
  • GEOG 4/6330-4/6330L: Aerial Photographs and Image Interpretation. Principles and techniques of extracting descriptive and metric information about the environment from aerial photographs acquired in analog and digital forms. Applications emphasize planimetric mapping and interpretation of physical and cultural landscapes. Instructor: Dr. Marguerite Madden, Dr. Sergio Bernardes.
  • GEOG 4/6350-4/6350L: Remote Sensing of Environment. Remote sensing with emphasis on aerospace applications in the natural sciences. Fundamental properties of the electromagnetic spectrum and remote sensing devices such as multispectral cameras, thermal infrared line scanners, and television and radar imaging systems. Instructor: Dr. Deepak Mishra.
  • GEOG 4/6450: Digital Image Analysis. A geospatial image analysis course that will allow students to obtain necessary skills to process airborne/satellite images for environmental resources mapping and monitoring. Instructor: Dr. Deepak Mishra.
  • GEOG 4/6460: Field Methods in Remote Sensing. A field-based remote sensing course that teaches students the theory and practical applications of field spectroscopy or proximal sensing (non-imaging systems). The field exercises will include experiment design and data collection using in situ sensors, model calibration, and validation to quantify environmental biophysical parameters. Instructor: Dr. Deepak Mishra.
  • GEOG 6920: Special Problems in Area Analysis. Instructor: Dr. Sergio Bernardes.  
  • GEOG 8390: Directed Problems in Quantitative Geographic Methods. Topics in statistical analysis of geographic data and geographic modeling. Instructor: Dr. Sergio Bernardes.
  • GEOG 8450: Geospatial Techniques in Landscape Analysis. Topics on geospatial analysis tools to display, analyze, model and visualize landscape characteristics. Aspects of geographic information systems, remote sensing, spatial analysis, geovisualization, landscape metrics, and landscape ecology are presented. Instructor: Dr. Marguerite Madden.
  • GEOG 8550: Problems in Remote Sensing of Environment II. Advanced problems in photointerpretation, photogrammetry, and remote sensing. Topics may vary. Emphasis on research and applications. Instructor: Dr. Deepak Mishra, Dr. Marguerite Madden.
  • GEOG 8590: Directed Problems in Geographic Techniques. Topics in mapping sciences, such as cartography, air-photo interpretation, remote sensing, photogrammetry, and geographic information systems. Instructor: Dr. Sergio Bernardes.
  • HIST 7500: History and GIS. The course explores GIS usefulness to historians and teaches the use of GIS software and tools applied to history. It includes a mapping project related to students's own interests and research. Instructor: Dr. Sergio Bernardes.