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GEOG 7Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

Geography · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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Designed for freshmen/sophomores. Introduction to fundamental principles and concepts necessary to carry out sound geographic analysis with geographic information systems (GIS). Reinforcement of key issues in GIS, such as geographic coordinate systems, map projections, spatial analysis, and visualization of spatial data. Laboratory exercises use database query, manipulation, and spatial analysis to address real-world problems.

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GEOG 7

  • GEOG 180Cartography
  • GEOG 181AIntermediate Geographic Information Systems
    • GEOG 181BAdvanced Geographic Information Systems
    • GEOG 181CGeographic Information Systems Programming and Development
  • GEOG 182AIntroduction to Remote Sensing
    • GEOG 182BRemote Sensing: Digital Image Processing and Analysis
    • GEOG 182CAdvanced Remote Sensing
    • GEOG 185Field Methods in Physical Geography

3 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 8 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Summer 2026
  • Fall 2026
  • Winter 2027
  • Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.