Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

Shuhab Khan

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Current Courses - GIS Applications (GEOL 6326)

Syllabus and Tentative Class Outline

Spring 2009, Monday-Wednesday 5:30-7:00 pm

Instructor: Dr. Shuhab D. Khan
Office Hours: Any time or by appointment

Software: ESRI's ArcGIS 9.3.

Grading: Labs/homework assignments: 30%; Exam: 40%; Final project and presentations: 30%

Students Class Projects webpages

Schedule:

Date	Tentative Lecture Topic(s)	Lab/Assignment
Jan 21	Introduction
Jan 26-28	Mapping Concepts	Exploring basic GIS Functionality
Feb 2-4	Data visualization and map design	Integrating graphs and maps, and designing map layouts
Feb 9-11	Relational Database Management systems	Working with relational databases
Feb 16-18	Spatial data models, data formats and data conversion	Spatial analysis exercise
Feb 23-25	Spatial Analysis: Interpolation, density estimation etc.	Surfaces exercise
March 2-4	Modeling Dynamic systems: 3D and 4D GIS	Visualization exercis;ExtraCredit
Mar 9	Exam 1
Mar 11		Visualization exercis
Mar 16-21	Spring Break
Mar 23-30	High resolution digital topography, LiDAR	LIDAR exercise
Apr 1-8	Global Positional System (GPS)	GPS exercise
Apr 6-8	Internet GIS	Internet GIS exercise
Apr 13-15	LULUC	LULUC exercise
Apr 20-22	Customizing ArcGIS: VB for ESRI and AMLs	Customization exercise
Apr 27-29	Presentations	Presentations
May 4	Exam 2