URBN PL 206Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Urban Planning · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Practice-oriented study using Esri/ArcGIS. Survey and overview of spatial analysis techniques and training on data analysis, management, and visualization. Students are guided through series of exercises and assignments to build higher levels of spatial understanding and experience. Use of laboratory exercises, book exercises, and project to help illuminate principles and teach useful skills. Discussion of three major themes: spatial analysis, data management, design and visualization.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.