GEOL 235 - Applied GIS


Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 4 hours
Attribute: 4NS, QP-H
Geographic information systems (GIS) are used widely in the sciences, business, and other disciplines to examine data that have spatial distribution. This course will introduce students to the methods for collecting spatial data and analyzing those data using GIS, mainly through hands-on use of the industry standard ESRI ArcGIS software. Through lecture and laboratory, students will learn to collect, manage, visualize, and analyze geographic data. Students will create their own GIS based research project.
Enrollment Limit: 14
Instructor: J. Asante
Prerequisites & Notes
Geology 120 or consent of the instructor.


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