GEOS 3044 - Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

4 (2-4)

This course will focus on developing spatial science skills using ESRI ArcGIS Desktop software. The course will introduce students to the concepts of spatial data analysis and spatial representations of environmental data. Students will learn the basic functions of a GIS and the specific operating procedure of ArcGIS. Students will learn to apply their functional knowledge of GIS to analyze spatial data that concerns distributions of anthropogenic, hydrologic, geomorphological, climatological, biological, geological environmental factors. Specific examples include, but are not limited to watershed boundaries, river drainage patterns, landcover and landcover change, species distributions, sediment distributions, geophysical data, elevation data, and precipitation gradients.

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