University GIS Courses and Programs

Higher education has embraced the use of GIS technology for academics and research. Colleges and universities around the world offer health GIS courses and programs.

If you would like to list your health GIS course or program, please contact healthinfo@esri.com.

Canada  |  New Zealand  |  United Kingdom  |  United States

Canada

McMaster University  |  School of Geography and Earth Sciences  |  Hamilton, Ontario
Course Title: Applications Course

University of British Columbia  |  Department of Geography  |  Vancouver, British Columbia
Course Title: Applied GIS in Conservation Biology, Health Geography, and Crime Analysis

New Zealand

University of Canterbury  |  GeoHealth Laboratory  |  Waitaha, Christchurch
Course Title: Geography, Health and Welfare
Course Title: Geospatial Information Technology for Health Scientists

United Kingdom

University of Bristol  |  Department of Social Medicine  |  Bristol
Course Title: Geographical Information Systems

University of Leeds  |  School of Geography  |  Leeds
Program Title: MSc in Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

University of London  |  London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine  |  London
Course Title: Two-Day Introduction to Geographical Information Systems and the Software ArcView

United States

Carnegie Mellon University  |  H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management  |  Pittsburgh, PA
Course Title: 90-834, Health Geographical Information Systems
Program Name: Master of Science in Health Care Policy and Management

Columbia University  |  Mailman School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences  |  New York, NY
Course Title: EHSC P8390.023 Environmental Health Science GIS
Contact: Mark Becker at mbecker@ciesin.columbia.edu

East Tennessee State University  |  Public Health Department  |  Johnson City, TN
Web site: www.etsu.edu

Emory University  |  Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics  |  Atlanta, GA
Course Title: INFO 530 Geographic Information Systems for Public Health
Program Name: Public Health Informatics Master's Degree

Florida A&M University  |  Institute of Public Health  |  Tallahassee, FL
Course Title: Demographic Analysis Using GIS
Contact: Dr. Cynthia Warrick, 850-599-8145
Web site: www.famu.edu

George Mason University  |  Office of Continuing Professional Education  |  Fairfax, VA
Course Title: Public Health and Analysis

Harvard University  |  School of Public Health  |  Boston, MA
Course Title: GIS and Health Planning: Facilitating Use of Geographical Data in Public Health
Course Title: Spatial Statistics for Health Research

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health  |  Baltimore, MD
Course Title: Epidemiologic Applications of GIS

Loma Linda University  |  School of Public Health  |  Loma Linda, CA
Program Title: Health Geographics Bachelor's Degree (BSPH)
Health Geoinformatics Certificate Program
Health Geoinformatics Summer Institute

New York University  |  Robert F. Wagner Graduate School for Public Service  |  New York, NY
Course Title: GIS in Health Care
Contact: Dr. Zvia Segal Naphtali
Home/Office: 575 West End Avenue
New York, NY 10024
Tel.: 212-877-1475  |   Fax: 212-877-1677  |  Cell: 917-392-4453

State University of New York (SUNY), Albany  |  School of Public Health  |  Albany, NY
Course Title: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Public Health

Texas A&M University  |  College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences  |  College Station, TX
Course Title: Spatial Methods in Public Health

Tulane University  |  School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine  |  New Orleans, LA
Course Title: Introduction to Public Health GIS
Course Title: Introduction to ArcGIS I

University of California, Berkeley  |  School of Public Health  |  Berkeley, CA
Course Title: GIS and Remote Sensing in Public Health

University of Illinois, Chicago  |  School of Public Health  |  Chicago, IL
Course Title: Geographic Information System Application in Public Health

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign  |  College of Veterinary Medicine  |  Urbana, IL
Course Title: Workshop in GIS and Spatial Analysis for Public Health
Course Title: Spatial Epidemiology

University of Mississippi Medical Center  |  Jackson, MS
Course Title: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Course Title: Environmental Health
Contact: Fazlay Faruque, Associate Professor—Nursing
Instruction School of Nursing/Assoc. VC for Strategic Research Alliance
Tel.: 601-984-4993  |   Fax: 601-815-5957 (Please call first.)
Address: 2500 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
Web site: www.umc.edu

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  |  University Libraries  |  Chapel Hill, NC
Course Title: GIS and Health Geography

University of Pennsylvania  |  School of Medicine  |  Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology  |  Philadelphia, PA
Course Title: Epidemiologic Study of Geography and Health

University of Pittsburgh  |  Department of Behavioral & Community Health Sciences  |  Pittsburgh, PA
Course Title: Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Data Analysis