RSSA Courses

Remote Sensing Core Course

Course Number Course Title Units Typically Offered Instructor
REM 590** Remote Sensing for the Study of Planet Earth** 3 Fall William Smith

Spatial Analysis Core Courses

Course Number Course Title Units Typically Offered Instructor
RNR 517** Geographic Information Systems for Natural and Social Sciences** 3 Fall Craig A. Wissler
REM 590** Remote Sensing for the Study of Planet Earth** 3 Fall William Smith

Remote Sensing Technique Courses

Course Number Course Title Units Typically Offered Instructor
OPTI 506 Radiometry, Sources, and Detectors 3 Fall Richard Koshel
OPTI 508 Probability and Statistics in Optics 3 Spring Matthew Kupinski
ECE/OPTI 532 Digital Image Analysis 3 Fall Jeffrey J. Rodriguez
 
ECE/OPTI 533 Digital Image Processing 3 Fall Jeffrey J. Rodriguez
OPTI 539* Estimation Methods in Optics 3 Fall Currently Unavailable
ATMO 555 Introduction to Atmospheric and Hydrology Remote Sensing 3 Fall Ali Behrangi
GEN 560* Electrical Exploration Methods 3 Fall Currently Unavailable
GEOS 567 Inverse Problems in Geophysics 3 Fall and Spring Richard Bennett
BE 585 Remote Sensing Data and Methods 3 Spring Kamel Didan
OPTI 637 Principles of Image Science 3 Spring Eric Clarkson
ATMO656A** Atmospheric Radiation and Remote Sensing 3 Spring 
(even years)
Xiquan Dong
REM 696* Remote Sensing Seminar (not listed) 1 Spring Currently Unavailable

Remote Sensing Applications Courses

Course Number Course Title Units Typically Offered Instructor
PTYS 518* Instrumentation and Statistic** 3 Fall Chad Bender
Ewan Douglas
ENVS 520* Environmental Physics 3 Fall Marcel Schaap
RNR/GEOG 522* Resource Mapping Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems 3 Fall Willem J.D. van Leeuwen
HWRS/ATMO 524* Hydroclimatology 3 Spring Guo-Yue Niu
GEOG 583 Geographic Applications of Remote Sensing** 3 Spring W.J.D. van Leeuwen
ATMO 656B* Atmospheric Optics and Radiation** 3 Spring Currently Unavailable

Spatial Analysis Courses

Course Number Course Title Units Typically Offered Instructor
ATMO 545 Introduction to Data Assimilation 3 Fall Avelino Arellano
GEOG 516C Urban Geographic Information Systems** 3 Fall Currently Unavailable
GEOG 516E Geovisualization (GIS)** 3 Spring Currently Unavailable
RNR 517 Geographic Information Systems for Natural and Social Sciences** 3 Fall Craig A. Wissler
RNR/GEOG 519 Cartographic Modeling for Natural Resources 3 Spring D. Phillip Guertin
RNR/GEOG 520 Advanced Geographic Information Systems 3 Spring Craig A. Wissler
RNR/GEOG 522* Resource Mapping Using Unmanned Aircaft Systems 3 Fall Willem J.D. van Leeuwen
GEOG 524  Integrated Geographic Information Systems 3 Spring Unavailable
GEOG 553 Advanced Location Theory** 3 Fall Unavailable
GEOG 574G Introduction to Geostatistics** 3 Spring Unavailable
RNR/GEOG 573 Spatial Analysis & Modeling 3 Spring D. Phillip Guertin
RNR/GEOG 584 Fire Mapping 3 Spring Unavailable
GEOG 657* Spatial Analysis 3 Spring Currently Unavailable
GEOG 696C Spatiotemporal Data Analysis 3 Fall (not every year) Kevin Anchukaitis

Undergraduate Courses in Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis

Course Number Course Title Units Typically Offered Instructor
GEOG 330 Introduction to Remote Sensing** 3 Fall Tom Evans
BE 385 Precision Observations with Drones 3 Fall Kamel Didan
RNR/GEOG 403 Applications of Geographic Information Systems 3 Fall and Spring

D. Phillip Guertin

C.A. Wissler

GEN 407* Photogeology 3 Spring Currently Unavailable
RNR 417 Geographic Information Systems for Natural and Social Sciences** 3 Fall Craig Wissler
Gary Christopherson
RNR/GEOG 419 Cartographic Modeling for Natural Resources 3 Spring D. Philiip Guertin
RNR/GEOG 420 Advanced Geographic Information Systems 3 Spring Craig A. Wissler
RNR/GEOG 422 Resource Mapping using Unmanned Aircraft Systems 3 Fall Willem J.D van Leeuwen
GEOS/GEN 448  Geophysical Exploration and Engineering 3 Fall B.K. Sternberg
 
ECE 456* Optoelectronics 3 Fall Kelly Potter
GEOG 458 Geography of Transportation 3 Fall and Spring Unavailable
GEOG 483 Geographic Applications of Remote Sensing 3 Spring W.J.D. van Leeuwen
REM 490* Remote Sensing for the Study of Planet Earth 3 Fall upon request

*Courses are currently unavailable **Crosslisted with several other Departments