G 361 Applied GIS ‐ Solution to Unsustainability

Spring

This course builds proficiency in GIS mapping and analysis by providing students with practical intermediate and advanced GIS analysis techniques commonly used to find solutions to complex real‐world problems and issues. Students will be doing project‐based learning, producing professionally designed maps and writing analyses. by applying and synthesizing geographic thinking, critical thinking, and analytical thinking. Topics include data acquisition, geodatabase design, management, and implementation, Web Mapping, georeferencing, vulnerability/risk surface modeling and predicting. While GIS/geospatial technology is emerging in all field studies these days, the skillsets particularly taught in the course will enable students to understand a problem or an issue in a deeper interdisciplinary way and then communicate the findings and take actions. Skills from this class have applications in various disciplines such as sustainability, engineering, biology, business, marketing, entrepreneurship, history, government, criminal justice, and public health. Prerequisite: G 261.

3 credit hours