Introduction to GIS

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Three lecture. This course will provide an overview of geodesign processes, an understanding of the concepts, principles, and applications of spatial analysis to design problem-solving projects, and provide student preparation for integrating geodesign techniques across disciplines of study and/or applications in the workplace, and/or to issues relating to optimizing the nature and course of human interactions in an environmental, social, or political context. Students will be able to: identify the concepts and principles of geospatial data analysis; demonstrate how to create, edit, and geocode geospatial data for mapping applications; illustrate basic geospatial applications using GIS software; demonstrate an understanding of problem identification, project design and successful geodesign modeling using geospatial technology. employ the concepts, principles, and applications of geodesign to develop an interdisciplinary approach to other academic coursework, and/or the workplace environment in order to generate solutions to problems of the human condition that result in designs that more closely follow natural systems.