GIS for Population Science. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours

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Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. This course is designed to give graduate students interested in population science and policy fields a hands-on introduction to the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The course will cover geographic data types, spatial data creation and management, exploratory spatial analysis, and basics of geospatial modeling. At the close of the course, students are expected to be able to: create and modify geographic data, perform GIS visualization of spatial data, use database software to manage geographic data and perform descriptive analysis of spatial data using industry-standard GIS software. (Same as DEM 5093 . Credit cannot be earned for both DEM 5093 and DEM 7093 .) Course Fee: STHC $18, LRHC $10, GHC1 $75.