For-credit University Classes
A selection of GIS-related classes offered on some of the IU campuses.

GIS Certificate and Masters Program
IUPUI Geography Department offers an undergraduate and graduate certificate of GIS as well as a Masters of Science in GIS.

IT Training Workshops
A list of GIS hands-on workshops available from IT Training. To download workshop files or presentation slides from past workshops or lectures, please click here.

IGIC Classes and Seminars
The Indiana Geographic Information Council offers free and low-cost seminars on a variety of GIS and remote sensing topics. You may also register for web seminars (webinars) at this site.

ESRI Virtual Campus
ESRI offers self-paced, virtual training courses on the web that include technical instruction for ESRI software and GIS concepts. IU's site license with ESRI allows students, faculty, and staff to take many virtual courses for free. ESRI also offers free training seminars on a variety of GIS topics available as live presentations on your computer.

ESRI Tutorials
You can download ESRI's Software Document Library from IUware. This package includes documentation and Quick Start Tutorials in PDF format for ArcGIS applications and extensions. These tutorials can also be found in Student Technology Centers at IUB under the R drive.

ESRI Press Book Request Form
Qualified faculty who will be adopting the requested text as a required course book may request a complimentary copy of the book by submitting their information using this web page.

ESRI Mapping Center
Learn how to make great looking maps by using professional cartographic concepts and techniques.

The following sources offer GIS training for purchase:

ESRI Instructor-Led Training
ESRI offers 40 on-site training courses for software (e.g., ArcGIS, ArcIMS, ArcSDE) in 50 US locations. You can choose basic, intermediate, or advanced level classes by location or topic. IU faculty and staff qualify for a 40% educational discount for on-site training. If you are interested, contact a UITS GIS Support Specialist at  uitsgis @ indiana.edu .

ERDAS classes
If you use ERDAS IMAGINE of Leica Photogrammetry Suite software, these basic, intermediate, and advanced courses are designed to develop skills in extracting information from imagery. ERDAS offers hands-on training at three Customer Education centers in the United States. IU students, faculty, and staff are eligible to take a limited number of training days for no cost. Free passes are issued each year on a first come, first served basis. Travel expenses are on your own. Contact a UITS GIS Support Specialist at  uitsgis @ indiana.edu .

Geo-Spatial Training Services
These affordable GIS training courses for GIS software (e.g. ESRI and Google Earth) are delivered on CD media, with audio PowerPoint presentations and exercises. Presentations include several examples to watch the instructor's computer desktop and see the software in action.

Polis Center
ESRI-authorized, instructor-led courses at the Polis Center at IUPUI.