GIS for Natural Sciences ((4))

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the basic functionality of GIS software. Skills to be covered include querying, editing attribute tables, analyzing spatial relationships, working with grid datasets, creating your own data and display techniques including layouts and 3D scenes. Students will also learn to download and convert some common spatial data formats available on the web. 150 minutes of lecture and 150 minutes of lab per week. Prerequisite: Familiarity with Windows operating system and 16 credit hours of upper division coursework in a scientific discipline. A course fee is required.