Offered Spring 2026

1. Required foundational courses (select two of these)

• ANTH 1201. An Introduction to GIS and Spatial Analysis for Anthropologists and Archaeologists. Introduction to the concepts, techniques, and the histories that motivate geographic information systems and their employment in anthropological and archaeological scholarship.  Parker VanValkenburgh (TTh 9am-10:20am)

2. Elective courses

a. Advanced courses in spatial methods (strongly recommended for quantitatively oriented students)

• SOC2960G. Spatial Data Analysis Techniques for the Social Sciences. Survey of spatial data analytical techniques with emphasis on the analysis of cross-sections of point and areal data. It introduces source software for spatial statistical analysis, such as the various specialized packages included in R, the PySAL library for spatial analysis in Python, and the GUI-based GeoDa and GeoDaSpace software.  Jennifer Candipan (F 1pm-4pm)

b. Disciplinary offerings

• ECON 2410. Urbanization. Advanced land use theory, sources of productivity advantages of size and density, systems of cities and New Economic Geography models.  Matthew Turner ( MW 10:30am-11:50am)