GEOL 410 Geographic Information Systems

This is a computer applications course analyzing datasets that have a spatial or geographic component. Course-supplied software integrates database applications, cartographic display, spatial mathematics and analysis, and import-utilities to work with proprietary databases or data retrieved from national repositories. Case studies are developed from the fields of natural resources and environmental management, facility and utility administration, regional planning, commerce and marketing, public health and epidemiology, and other topics of student interest. Local, regional, national, and international projects are explored.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

CSCI 148, CSCI 149, CSCI 150, or CSCI 190; junior or senior standing