GEOG 364 - GIS and Community Partnerships

This course provides students with the basic concepts and principles essential in applying geographic information systems (GIS) to practical project development in areas such as natural resource management, urban studies, and geographic education. Topics covered in the course include data collection, data quality and metadata, data structures, visualization, and spatial analysis and modeling. Students are required to develop GIS projects. Lab section is required. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour per week required. $25 materials fee is required. Prerequisite(s): GEOG 225 or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. (4 Credits)