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About the Course

Explore the world of spatial analysis and cartography with geographic information systems (GIS). In this class you will learn the basics of the industry’s leading software tool, ArcGIS, during four week-long modules: Week 1: Learn how GIS grew from paper maps to the globally integrated electronic software packages of today. You will install ArcGIS on your computer and learn how to use online help to answer technical questions. Week 2: Open up ArcGIS and explore data using ArcMap. Learn the foundational concepts of GIS, how to analyze data, and make your first map. Week 3: Make your own maps! Symbolize data and create an eye-catching final product. Week 4: Share your data and maps and learn to store and organize your data. Take Fundamentals of GIS as a standalone course or as part of the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialization. By completing the first class in the Specialization you will gain the skills needed to succeed in the full program. Students who need an ArcGIS license will receive a non-commercial, 1 year student license for participation in this course and specialization....

Top reviews

BC

Jun 24, 2016

Excellent content, and the assignments were great as well. Even better is that now as I work through my workflows, I now have these videos to reference if I am having difficulty with anything. Cheers!

MH

Feb 3, 2025

One of the amazing platforms UC Davis provided to the students through Coursera. Enjoyed the course by doing practical work and its submission. I feel lucky to have hands on such an amazing course.

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By Sanchita P

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Feb 20, 2017

Awesome!

By Nikolas A

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Nov 6, 2016

great..

By Mary O E

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Apr 14, 2023

great

By Tarek M

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May 29, 2021

BIEN

By Shailesh T

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Nov 5, 2024

good

By MEGHANA G

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Dec 15, 2022

BEST

By Mustafa M

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Sep 7, 2022

Nice

By hmuigaimwangi@yahoo.com

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Mar 1, 2017

Good

By Akram A M E

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Apr 10, 2016

good

By Duncan M

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May 30, 2023

I gave this class 3 stars and even though I wanted to give it 0. The reason I gave it 3 stars was because the instructor and the material was very good. Even though it was review for me I felt like the lessons were very informative and were a good refresher. Now the reason I wanted to give it 0 stars is because of the peer grading on the final project. This is garbage. The final assignment which says wether you pass the class or not is graded by others taking the class most of who don’t understand the assignment themselves. There is also a language barrier for most of the graders so you get no useful feedback. My first submission missed out on passing by 1 point and there was no intelligent reason why. The reason i got back was actually incorrect so I resubmitted the exact same project and passed easily.Hoping this gets better with more difficult courses.

By Marshall H

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Oct 14, 2024

Overall these courses were interesting. I do feel like I learned a bit and am more comfortable using ArcGIS. I will say though that I was not super impressed with the structure of this specialization. I felt that many times the instructor would skim over topics and not really clarify or provide context. I would then have to answer quiz questions related to those. I also was not impressed with structure of the assignments and all the grammatical errors. Finally, I had a hard time following one of the instructors. They seemed uncomfortable and didn't really explain things well.

By Moriah B

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Aug 25, 2023

I feel like this course was more difficult than it should have been. Certain topics went really in depth and the instructor would say things like , "I don't expect you to know this yet, but this is the tool to use for this situation," as an example. Many basic things were glanced over, while doing too deep into topics that interested the instructor like spatial analysis tool. Overall, I still learned a lot and it was fun to work on my own project.

By Seaver M

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Jan 28, 2024

The course materials are truly stellar. However, it isn't (currently) a five star course because it isn't maintained well. You don't get stuck because it's online and you can't talk to a teaching assistant. You get stuck because there are gaps where the materials were only partially updated. It is challenging enough to learn GIS skills for real, so I'm enjoying the specialization.

By Amelia S

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Apr 24, 2024

The course was decent however, there were some issues with the final peer reviewed assignment. The instructions were not detailed enough and involved using a geoprocessing tool that hadn't been demonstrated in previous modules. I also disagreed with my peer review after my first attempt and there were no comments provided which made it difficult to make improvements.

By Laura

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Feb 6, 2025

Had to go to Univ. of Toronto. Sorry UCD- your instructors were very nice, but you need a more clear and cohesive script. Hard to follow the "kinda", "like", and "um". Content organization could be more clear. And having trouble getting graded appropriately to finish, even though I followed the parameters

By Meagan H

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Sep 1, 2024

It's a dense subject, but I think there could have been more written summaries after the videos and specific troubleshooting walkthroughs. The wording in the quizzes and assignments sometimes felt disjointed from the lessons. I appreciate I had the chance to practice GIS though.

By Pierre V

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Apr 3, 2017

Quiet good introduction with clear objectives.

Some step by step explanations could be shortened because they seem too detailed.

A brief introduction to creating your own data could be great and will cover more steps

By hte way, thanks for this good introduction

By Mohammad H A

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Oct 15, 2022

The course is very intresting. I really appreciate the opportunuty given to me through finantial aid

By Akshat J

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Sep 15, 2019

Focuses mainly on ArcGIS tool whereas the objective of this course should be to explain GIS concepts.

By Sean C

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Feb 18, 2019

Good information. A little simple at times

By Darcy J G

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Sep 30, 2021

Very difficult to learn online.

By soundhar r

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Jul 11, 2021

i cant access all materials.

By Avishek H

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May 30, 2020

Helpful for beginners.

By Dia P

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Mar 4, 2023

very nice

By NAGIM E M I

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Oct 29, 2019

perfect