Academic Coursework
The GSAV Certificate is based on five course offerings, with two required courses and one elective course. A total of 12 hours is required for the campus certificate.
The two courses (8 hours) required of all students are:
- UPP 460, 4 hours—Introduction to Geospatial Analysis and Visualization
- UPP 508, 4 hours—Geographic Information Systems for Planning .
Each student will develop more advanced skills in a particular aspect of geospatial analysis and visualization through the choice of one elective (4 hours) from among an additional three courses:
- UPP 462, 4 hours—Intermediate GIS for Planning (currently offered as UPP 594: Special Topics in Urban Planning and Policy).
- UPP 463, 4 hours—Complexity-based Models for Planning and Policy (currently offered as UPP 555: Special Topics in Physical Planning).
- UPP 464, 4 hours—Advanced Visualization Techniques (currently offered as UPP 507: Computer Topics in Urban Planning).
These courses allow students to focus on the geospatial analysis or visualization methods that are most applicable to their particular educational and career goals. The GSAV Campus Certificate will take 9-15 months to complete, based on a student’s time of admission, course load, and schedule of course offerings.
For more detailed descriptions of coursework, please refer to the UIC Graduate Catalog.
For information about course scheduling, please refer to the Two Year Plan for Course Availability on the UPP Classes page.