Current Courses - Introduction to GIS (GEOL 4331)
Syllabus and Tentative Class Outline
Fall 2009, Tuesdays 5.30-8.30pm
Instructor: Dr. Shuhab D. Khan
TA: Ana Petrovic
Office Hours:
2.00-4.00 pm Tuesdays
Required Texts: GIS Tutorial Workbook for ArcView 9, by W. L. Gorr and K. S. Kurland, ESRI Press (2008)
Objective:
- Understand what GIS are
- Learn basic terminology and principles of GIS
- Learn basic operation of industry-standard GIS software (i.e. ESRI's ArcGIS)
- Conduct basic GIS analyses
Grading: Final grade will be based on two exams (40%); Lab. exercises (30%); Class project (25%); and class participation (5%)
Assignments: Each student must do his or her own homework and project. Discussion among students on homeworks and cases is encouraged for clarification of assignments, technical details of using software, and structuring major steps of solutions – especially on the course's Web site. Students must do their own work on the homeworks and exam. Cheating and plagiarism are strictly forbidden. Cheating includes but is not limited to: plagiarism, submission of work that is not the student's own, submission or use of falsified data, unauthorized access to exam or assignment, use of unauthorized material during an exam, supplying or communicating unauthorized information for an assignment or exam.
GIS assignments build upon each other, so it is important to be up to date on your assignments. Students have a week to finish the assignments. Assignments that are not submitted properly will be returned to the student. Re-grading of assignments is done only in exceptional cases and must be coordinated through the TA within one week of the assignment being returned.
Students with Disabilities: Students with any type of health impairment, learning disability, or physical handicap that might affect their performance in this class should contact me as soon as possible so that special accommodations, if needed, can be made.
Schedule:
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TENTATIVE LECTURE TOPICS |
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Aug 25 |
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Sept 1 |
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Sept 8 |
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Sept 15 |
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Sept 22 |
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Sept 29 |
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Oct 6 |
Exam 1 |
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Oct 13 |
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Oct 20 |
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Oct 27 |
Spatial Data Processing |
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Nov 3 |
Spatial Analysis |
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Nov 10 |
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Nov 17 |
Google Earth vs GIS |
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Nov 24 |
Projects presentation |
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Dec 1 |
Exam 2 |
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