The ISU GIS Facility offers academic and training opportunities to enhance GIS skills. Students can pursue a GIS undergraduate minor, which provides interdisciplinary learning in spatial data and analysis across fields like urban planning, agriculture, and environmental sciences. The facility also offers a GIS graduate certificate through the Department of Community and Regional Planning, open to graduate students from all disciplines.
For training, the GIS Facility provides short courses like Essentials of ArcGIS Pro and access to Esri Virtual Campus courses through ISU’s ArcGIS Online. These courses offer both free and paid options, with customized learning plans to help users focus on specific GIS topics. These opportunities support academic and professional development in GIS.