GEOS 5033 - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Geosciences
3 (2-2)
This course focuses on developing spatial analysis skills using ArcGIS software and online analysis tools. Students will learn to access and download data, integrate, analyze, and model data, create new data sets, and make maps and presentations. The course will comprise case studies and laboratory activities with diverse applications including delineation of watershed boundaries; assessing susceptibility of ground water to point- and nonpoint-source pollution; investigating global patterns and trends in natural hazard/disaster; monitoring land cover change and its potential impacts; applying topographic maps to study geomorphology; exploring patterns and types of plate boundaries; and working with geological, structural, and geophysical data with applications for geologic mapping and resource exploration.