GIS Courses Offered
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GEOG-487 Geographic Information Systems I
This course introduces many of the basic concepts of GIS and provides an overview of the functions and capabilities of PC ARC/INFO, GRID and ArcView 3.0 GIS software. It is taught as a combination lecture and hands-on course. The primary materials for the course are lecture notes, a text/tutorial, articles and other handout materials including laboratory exercises. The required text is Understanding GIS: The pc ARC/INFO Method.
(3 semester credit hours)
GEOG-488/588 Geographic Information Systems II
This course introduces advanced tools and techniques of data creation, data integration, mapping, and spatial analysis in geographic information systems (GIS). It provides basic approaches for solving problems of data integration including format identification, conversion, and registration. It gives a conceptual base to many methods and techniques associated with vector and rastor-based spatial analysis. It provides an in-depth examination of the functions and capabilities of Arc View Desktop GIS, its extensions and ARC/INFO GIS software. It introduces basic concepts and practical applications of global positioning systems (GPS) technology in GIS especially in creating GIS-compatible data sets. This course gives hands-on experience with PC and UNIX workstations, tablet digitizers, scanners, printers and plotters, GPS equipment, digital camera systems and all supporting software. Students work with real applications and are expected to complete an individual/small group project during the course.
(3 semester credit hours)
GEOG-489/589 Geographic Information Systems III
This course introduces many of the basic concepts of raster modeling in geographic information systems (GIS) with special emphasis on construction and use of digital elevation models (DEMs) in GIS. It provides an in-depth examination of the functions and capabilities of Arc View Desktop GIS extensions (Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst) and ARC/INFO GRID GIS software. Building on the skills and techniques learned in GIS I and GIS II courses, it gives a conceptual base to many of the quantitative methods associated with raster-based GIS spatial analysis. Topic include raster data formats and sources, data conversions, merging and projecting raster data sets, DEM displays including image drapes and other visualizations, overlay functions and dispersion models and change detection studies. Students are expected to complete an individual/small group project in Arc View or ARC/INFO with a raster component during the course.
(3 semester credit hours)
GEOG-786 Geographic Information Systems
Practical applications of GIS to problems and land-use planning, management of natural resources, transportation, as well as demographic data. Hands-on experience in the making of maps with computers, digitization, the storing and retrieving of geographic data, and design of simple GIS.
(3 semester credit hours) |
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