A rigorous study of fundamental GIS principles, including the nature of spatial data, vector and raster data models, and key GIS analysis operations.
A variety of workshops on special topics within the discipline. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of general knowledge and skills in the discipline. S/U or letter graded.
Update skills and knowledge of professionals in the discipline. Goals and objectives will be specifically directed at individual professional enhancement rather than the acquisition of general discipline knowledge or methodologies. S/U or letter graded.
Examine statistical techniques useful to the analysis of geographical data. Covers descriptive statistics, probability, statistical inference, hypothesis testing, statistical modeling and spatial statistics.
Examine a selected area of systematic geography; consider appropriate pedagogical approaches in teaching about that geographic topic.
Identify meaningful patterns in the distributions of plants and animals and explain how/why those patterns developed. Includes an examination of the role humans have played in shaping those patterns.
Learn theory, methods, and tools to understand and analyze the landscapes we live in and to solve landscape-related environmental problems.
Students will learn the conceptual foundations and technical skills to apply remote sensing in environmental and cultural applications. Topics will include land use/land cover classification, change detection, and vegetation modeling.
Explores the fundamentals of grant writing and culminates in the creation of a proposal for submission to a federal agency or nonprofit.
Students will gain in-depth knowledge on various urban topics, and evaluate critically economic, social, environmental and health problems in urban areas using GIS.
Web GIS development using ArcGIS Online, JavaScript, and html. Management of IIS websites for the delivery of REST and related GIS web services.
GEOG 412 or previous experience with Web GIS recommended.
Advanced study of geographic techniques. Topics will relate to applications in GIS, remote sensing, quantitative analysis, land use analysis, or the mapping sciences.
This course will develop advanced skills for geospatial programing. Topics include applying programing to automate processing tasks, interact with map elements, manipulate batches of GIS data, and create basic user interfaces.
GEOG 327 or previous experience with programming recommended.
Study and apply techniques used, solve geographic problems in the field and effectively present results of such studies.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Internship in a public agency or private firm to provide professional experience under the supervision of an area specialist. S/U graded.