GEOG 311
Intermediate Geographic Information Systems
Geography
College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Course Description
Collecting, managing, and analyzing spatial data to solve common geographic tasks.
When Taught
Winter
Grade Rule
Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)
Min
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
0
Title
Lifelong Learning
Learning Outcome
Learn new concepts and technologies as needed to solve novel GIS management problems, with minimal supervision, using a variety of information resources.
Title
Geographic Information Theory
Learning Outcome
Understand the fundamental concepts of geographic information, and use those concepts to explain the core data models and procedures of GIS.
Title
Spatial Analysis
Learning Outcome
Perform common and novel GIS analysis procedures to solve practical geographic tasks.
Title
Data Management
Learning Outcome
Obtain existing GIS data and create new data that are appropriate for a given need, and transform data sets to make them appropriate for a given project, using tools such as format conversion, reprojection, data entry and editing, and reclassification.
