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Dibs Fall 2026

GEOG 7

Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours. Designed for freshmen/sophomores. Introduction to fundamental principles and concepts necessary to carry out sound geographic analysis with geographic information systems (GIS). Reinforcement of key issues in GIS, such as geographic coordinate systems, map projections, spatial analysis, and visualization of spatial data. Laboratory exercises use database query, manipulation, and spatial analysis to address real-world problems. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.63
n = 1,848 · 13 terms · ± 0.013
A range
77%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
6%
92% of those passed
D / F / W
2.9%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Sections offered, with live enrollment and predicted GPA
Section Status Enrolled Seat risk Meets Instructor Predicted GPA
Lec 1 Open
298 of 311
96% full
 fills Time TBA The Staff
3.63n=1,848 · course average

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 13621F
  • 14622W
  • 11422S
  • 12922F
  • 13823W
  • 12623S
  • 16023F
  • 22824S
  • 11225W
  • 12425S
Enrolment by term: 21F 136, 22W 146, 22S 114, 22F 129, 23W 138, 23S 126, 23F 160, 24S 228, 25W 112, 25S 124
Peak 228 Most recent 124 in 25S 10 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 31 · 1.6%
  • A 1,155 · 58.5%
  • A- 240 · 12.2%
  • B+ 115 · 5.8%
  • B 118 · 6.0%
  • B- 63 · 3.2%
  • C+ 29 · 1.5%
  • C 32 · 1.6%
  • C- 11 · 0.6%
  • D+ 5 · 0.3%
  • D 8 · 0.4%
  • D- 3 · 0.2%
  • F 38 · 1.9%
  • P 100 · 5.1%
  • NP 9 · 0.5%
  • S 16 · 0.8%
  • U 1 · 0.1%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
SHIN, MICHAEL EDWARD 3.61 3.61 1,575 11 76%
BURKHART, SIERRA NICOLE 3.73 3.73 273 2 83%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term