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| TYPE | COURSE | UNIVERSITY | DEPARTMENT | SPECIAL | OUTLINE | LECTURE | LAB | PROJECT | EXAM | METADATA | STANDARDS/LEGAL | DATA QUALITY | DATA SOURCES | IMPLEMENTATION | DECISION MAKING | FUTURE | NCGIA CC | GEOGRAPHER'S CRAFT | OTHER ON-LINE | SOFTWARE | TEXT | COMMENTS | WEBSITE | INSTRUCTOR | |
| short | GIS software classes | Berkeley | Geographic Information Science Center | certificate, short course | na | na | na | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | ArcView, ArcInfo | Core Classes: Intro to GIScience, Intro to Mapping, Spatial Data Structures, Intro to ArcView, Intro to ArcInfo, Intro to Remote Sensing. Manager courses: Advanced ArcView and ArcInfo, Applied Metadata, Quality Control and Standards, Integrating GIS and CAD, Integrating Public Data, Integrating GPS and GIS. Analyst Classes: Managing a GIS project, Managing GIS Datasets, Metadata and Quality Control, Database Design; Specialist Classes: ArcView extensions, Avenue, Visual Basic | http://www.gisc.berkeley.edu | ||||
| short | Natural Resource Management with GIS and Remote Sensing | Berkeley | Center for the Assessment and Monitoring of Forest and Environmental Resources | short | "intensive hands on technical training, extensive data introduction, and real-world problem solving casework in the context of GIS, remote sensing, and natural resource management" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| short | Professional Series in GIS | Berkeley | Geographic Information Science Center | short | na | na | na | na | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | Two tracks: Introduction to Desktop GIS or GIS Planning and Design (managers). Involves five 6 hour short courses. Manager series includes "data quality, error analysis and metadata" and "integrating and using public data". Desktop GIS series only covers ArcView and its extensions. Metadata covered at managerial but not technical level! | http://www.gisc.berkeley.edu/education/extension/ | |||||
| advanced issues/applications | GIS and Environmental Management | Brigham Young University | Geography | yes | yes | na | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | no | readings | Application specific, modeling, decision making; team project | ||||||
| advanced software specific | Vector methods in GIS | Brigham Young University | Geography | yes | yes | na | yes | no | no | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | arc/info | readings | objectives: sound understanding of the prinicples of GIScience; marketable skills in using a popular GIS program | |||||
| spatial awareness | Into to GIS for Non-Majors | Brigham Young University | Geography | yes | yes | na | no | no | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | no | arcview | Kraak and Ormeling 1996. Cartography: visualization of spatial data | From course description: "In a wide variety of fields from biology to economics to business, professionals are sometimes required to answer questions and solve problems that are inherently geographic… using these tools effectively involves more than just knowing which buttons to push, so the course will also address some of the conceptual and methodological issues that must be addressed in real world. | |||||
| gis basic | Intro to GIS | Brigham Young University | Geography | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes | arcview | readings | Test question on metadata and "truth in labelling" | http://kayenta.geog.byu.edu | Brandon Plewe | ||
| gis other discpline | GIS in Planning and Urban Geography | Brigham Young University | Geography | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | Case study of a municipal government GIS, urban demography study, site/transportation planning project | |||||||
| advanced spatial analysis | Spatial Analysis with GIS | Cal Poly Pomona | Geography | na | na | na | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | yes | arcview | deMers, GTAV | student project: start out with a "one page report describing your database in more detail, this will be a mini-metadata document that you can add to throughout the quarter" | http://www.csupomona.edu/~sagarver/GEO442/home.htm | Sara Garver | |||
| gis basic | Intro to GIS | Cal Poly Pomona | Geography | yes | na | yes | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | yes | arcview | deMers, GTAV | http://www.csupomona.edu/~sagarver/GEO240/classsched.htm | Sara Garver | ||||
| short | GIS certificate program | Cal Poly Pomona | College of Extended Study | certificate, short course | na | na | na | na | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | arcview | Certificate availabe for GIS or Progamming for GIS, both available in one year with 5 evening courses: Understanding GIS, Intro to GIS with ArcView, Data Sources and Conversion, Intermediate GIS with ArcView, Spatial Analysis, and GIS application development. The Programming Certificate covers application development, but does it provide a sufficient base in GIS and data issues? | http://www.csupomona.edu/_cgisr/giscert.html | Keith Mann | |||
| short | Faculty training | Cal Poly Pomona | Center for Geographic Information Systems Research | workshop | yes | yes | na | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | arcview | deMers, GTAV | Two five day workshops "to help faculty from all disciplines develop course materials and undertake research projects using GIS and related technologies". First session is basic intro to GIS/GPS, second session includes development of GIS pilot project including procedural flowchart, project log file, data dictionary and metadata, and requires a proposal for uing GIS in teaching, curriculum development or research projects. | http://www.csupomona.edu/~sagarver/GISFW99/adv-frontpage.htm | Sara Garver | ||
| gis basic | Intro to GIS | California Sate University Monterey | Social and Behavorial Sciences | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | arcview | Clarke | The Institute of GIS and Spatial Analysis at CSUMB is dedicated to research, instruction, and deployment of geographic information technologies as they are applied to the social and behavioral sciences. | http://www.monterey.edu/academic/centers/sbsc/institute_gis/curricu.html | Yong Lao | |||
| gis other discpline | GIS for Demographic Analysis in Business and Social Sciences | California Sate University Monterey | Social and Behavorial Sciences | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | arcview | learning objectives: understanding of principals of business demography; comfort with acquiring, transferring and evaluating GIS data; skills of using GIS to display and analyze market data; ability in applying GIS to solve common business marketing and site selection problems. Sample exam questions include projections, categorizing data | |||||
| advanced issues/applications | Environmental Applications of GIS | California State University Hayward | Geography | yes | na | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | arc/info | readings | Two-three sets of sample data will be provided. Your responsibilities are to set up a goal as to how to use these data and to result in a spatial analysis. The project should include (but not limited to) spatial analysis, output design, and report writing. | |||||
| spatial awareness | Interdiscplinary Applications of GIS | California State University Hayward | Geography | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | arcview | clarke | In a wide variety of fields professionals are somtimes required to answer questions and solve problems that involves presenting data and information graphically and intepreting them geographically. This course introduces you to some of the tools and technologies that are available for accomplishing above tasks, including maps, spatial information, and GIS. Using these tools effectively involves more than just knowing which buttons to push, so the course will also discuss some of the conceptual and methodological issues that must be addressed in real-world applications | |||||
| gis basic | Intro to GIS | California State University Hayward | Geography | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | ArcView | GTAV, Clarke | "Create your own GIS project" | http://isis.csuhayward.edu/ALSS/Geography/gli/teaching/IntroGIS/Syllabus.html | Gary Li | |||
| advanced issues/applications | Applications of GIS | California State University Long Beach | Geography | no | na | na | na | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | arcview | burrough GTAV | Learning objectives provided: including data structures, data conversion and translation, data and research materials available over the internet, how to organize and implement a simple GIS project | http://Humboldt.geog.csulb.edu/classes/gis/g488_syl.html | Frank Gossette | |||
| gis basic | Intro to GIS | California State University Long Beach | Geography | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | arcview | clarke, GTAV | Internet project required: find GIS-related site, define groups or agencies that might find the site useful, describe what is good or bad about the site. Analysis project allows but does not require use of outside data. | http://humboldt.geog.csulb.edu/sw/syllabus.html | Suzanne Wechsler | |||
| gis basic | GIS | California State University Northridge | Geography | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | arcview | aronoff, star and estes, GTAV | starts with overview of different kinds of data (socioeconomic, enivronmental, remote sensing; then vector/raster, then coordinate systems/projections, then algorithms for storage and analysis, then DEMS, TINS and interpolation. Data provided for project. | http://www.csun.edu/~hfgeg005/eturner/classes/g405intro.htm | Eugene Turner | |||
| advanced spatial analysis | GIScience II | City University of New York Hunter | Geography | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | ArcView | DeMers | Object-oriented GIS, advanced spatial structures, statistical surfaces, modeling. Under lecture "data input, storage and editing", mention of data validation is indirect reference to metadata | http://geography.hunter.cuny.edu/~amyjeu/gtech362/class.schedule.html | Sean Ahearn | ||
| gis basic | GIScience I | City University of New York Hunter | Geography | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | yes | ArcView | Clarke, Inside ArcView | "describe all metadata characteristics used by ArcView that define the spatial location (theme properties)" "write down the listed values for area sq km, persons, and popden for the two polygons you chose in each of three tracts coverages in different projections. Explain how and why they are different and the implications of these differences in error propogation" | http://geography.hunter.cuny.edu/~chuck/gt361/gt361.html | Chuck Ehlschlaeger | |||
| advanced spatial analysis | GIS Capstone | Cleveland State University | College of Urban Affairs | certificate | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | yes | ArcView, MapInfo | readings | Final project; also a "GIS function presentation" - each student assigned a GIS function and must explain it and demonstrate it to the class | http://urban.csuohio.edu/fall98syllabi/ust644.html | Jim Wyles | ||
| gis basic | Intro to ArcView GIS | Columbia College | Computer Science | community college | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||||||
| gis basic | Intro to GIS | Cypress College | geography | community college | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | Queens University | Community college: includes project design, data sources | http://geography.cypress.cc.ca.us/ladgis/230expl.htm | |||||
| spatial awareness | Basic Geographic, Spatial, and GIS Concepts | Denver University | GIS | certificate, evening course | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | ArcView | clarke, GTAV | GIS industry and functional components of GIS; GIS applications, users, and their data analysis requirements; map scale, coordinate systems, and projections; raster and vector data models; data acquisition technologies for capturing GIS data; routine spatial and table-based queries | http://www.du.edu/~shick/gis4501/Syl_4501.htm | Steven Hick | shick@ du.edu | |
| gis other discpline | Medical Applications of GIS | George Mason University | Geography and Earth Systems Science | yes | na | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | A web page containing annotated list of data sources; a GIS analysis exercise where students must consider some of the following: Geometric transformations, Interpolation, Overlay, query, reclassification, Geocoding; Spatial autocorrelation, Regression, Residuals, forecasting, Effect of scale, Supply and demand | http://home.earthlink.net/~ldecola/medgis | Lee De Cola | ldecola@usgs.gov | ||||
| spatial awareness | GIS Using Internet Resources | George Mason University | Geography and Earth Systems Science | yes | yes | yes | yes | "Begin by selecting a couple of regions and see what information you can find for them. Be sure to cover the 4 dimensions of space, time, phenomenon (or feature) and scale. Extraction, simplification, reformatting, etc." | http://home.earthlink.net/~ldecola/geog590/index.html | Lee De Cola | |||||||||||||||
| gis basic | Intro to GIS | Georgia Institute of Technology | City Planning Program | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | yes | arcview | Huxhold 1991 and DeMers | Very brief mention of metadata in database discussion. Download data from Georgia clearinghouse and Census but no mention of metadata. Lots of analysis covered. | http://www.arch.gatech.edu/~cpgis/syll_sm.html | S. Muthukumar | |||
| advanced issues/applications | Applications of GIS | Glenville State College | GIS | community college | yes | na | na | no | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | DeMers, Clarke | M.H. Akram | ||||
| gis basic | Intro to GIS | Glenville State College | GIS | community college | yes | na | na | no | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | DeMers | M.H. Akram | |||||
| gis basic | Fundamentals of GIS | Harvard | Graduate School of Design | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | arcview | Using ArcView | Project based GIS, versus organizational/societal; good instance of importance of metadata; importance of data sharing | http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/~gsd6322/ | Paul Cote | pbcote@gsd.harvard.edu | |
| gis basic | Intro to GIS | James Cook University (Australia) | Tropical Environmental Studies & Geography | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | indirect | brief | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | idrisi | DeMers | Data for GIS lecture includes comparison of different sources, questions to ask about data, brief reference to SDTS; Data Quality lecture includes metadata and methods of visualization. Projects and exercises focused on GIS techniques rather than data. | http://cathar.tesag.jcu.edu.au/~pmap/tg2100/ | Marji Puotinen | gemlp@jcu.edu.au |