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| course | university | department | special | outline | lecture | lab | project | exam | metadata | standards/legal | data quality | data sources | implementation | decision making | future | ncgia cc | g.craft | other on-line | software | text | comments | website | instructor | |
| 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 | ||||||
| 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. | |||||
| 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 | gossette@csulb.edu | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Advanced GIS | Metropolitan State College of Denver | Earth and Atmospheric Science | yes | na | na | yes | no | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | ArcView Spatial | Chrisman, Berry | Berry, J.K. 1995. Spatial Reasoning for effective GIS. | |||||
| Design and Implementation of GIS | Ohio State University | Geography | yes | na | no | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | A very advanced course purely on GIS implementation. Less opportunity for metadata integration than a GIS project class. Similar to Huxhold's 1995 book. | http://www.geography.ohio-state.edu/courses/687.dm.html | Duane Marble | marble.1@osu.edu | ||||
| GIS in Business and Social Science | Ohio State University | Geography | no | yes | na | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | no | arc/info | Very first lecture covers data sources, data quality, scale and resolution. Hands on Arc/Info labs including projection, site analysis, interaction. | http://www.geography.ohio-state.edu/classdocs/686Kwan/lectures.html | Mei-po Kwan | ||||
| Advanced Applications of GIS in the Geosciences | Oregon State University | Geosciences | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | ArcInfo | DeMers, J.K Berry | http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/buffgis/580desc.html | Dawn Wright | ||||
| GIS in practice: environmental applications | Penn State | Geography | distance, certificate | yes | na | na | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | yes | specific environmnetal models and analysis | ||||||
| GIS: Project Development | San Jose State University | Geography | certicate | na | na | na | na | yes | arcinfo | |||||||||||||||
| Natural Resources Applications in GIS | University of Akron | Geogrpahy | yes | na | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | yes | ArcView | http://www.uakron/edu/geography/lrb/gisres97/html/course_schedule.html | Linda Barrett | |||||
| Advanced Issues in GIS | University of British Columbia | geography | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | yes | yes | Cornell | arcview; ESRI virtual campus | burrough GTAV | Uses NCGIA CC, G CRAFT and other websites extensively. Sections on remote sensing, GPS, Multi-objective decision making, interpolation, GIS applications. Project: data provided, no mentions of metadata. | http://www.geog.ubc.ca/courses/klink/g472/g472.html | Brian Klinkenberg | brian@geog.ubc.ca | ||
| GIS Urban and Economic Applications | University of Cincinnati | Geography | yes | na | na | no | no | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | yes | ArcView | Huxhold | http://www.geography.uc.edu/courses/course_list.html | Lin Liu | ||||
| Advanced GIS | University of Delaware | Geography | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes | ArcView | Berhardsen | Includes discussion of Geographic Information Science. Lectures on data quality and data sources, Web resources exercise, data download and projecting exercise, final project also involves data mining | http://www.udel.edu/Geography/DeLiberty/Geog471-671/geog472_syllabus.html | Tracy DeLiberty | tracyd@udel.edu | ||
| Information management and spatial analysis with GIS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Urban and Regional Planning | yes | na | na | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | ArcView, ArcInfo | DeMers | spatial analysis including statistical techniques and advanced database including object-oriented | http://www.urban.uiuc.edu/courses/up419/OldPages/syl99.html | Zorica Nedovic-Budic | |||
| Spatial Data Administration | University of Minnesota | Geography | na | na | na | na | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | Part of a Masters In GIScience program as one of several "technical courses" including Arc/Info, GPS, Raster-based GIS, GIS and the Internet. One of these courses is required, along with 3 core courses (Intro to GIS) | http://www.geog.umn.edu/degrees/mgis_tech_courses.html | |||||||||
| Applied Issues in GIS | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Geography | yes | yes | na | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | arcview | readings | Correspond to original NCGIA CC: technical issues; applied issues. Lots of case studies of specific applications; lots of readings; data acquisiton; "integrated GIS planning process" | ||||||
| GIS Applications | University of Oklahoma | Geography | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | ArcInfo | ESRI: understanding GIS | May Yuan | |||||
| Map Sources and Errors | University of Washington | Geography | na | na | na | na | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | yes | Holistic examination of data quality issues as they apply to GIS, GPS, and mapping. Communication of data quality. Fitness testing for usage. Learning metadata content standards and software for metadata. Understanding transformations. | http://faculty.washington.edu/chrisman/Geog_458.html | Nick Chrisman | |||||
| GIS Workshop | University of Washington | Geography | yes | na | na | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | Students work together on a full GIS project. Metadata is integral (3 lectures) required to create it; also needs analysis, evaluating data, projection management important | |||||||
| Technical Issues in GIS | West Virginia University | geography | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no | limited info available but appears this course is based on NCGIA CC lectures related to projections, transformations, georeferencing, geocoding, algorithms | |||||||
| GIS Applications | Wright State University | Geography | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | ArcInfo | Chou, | Text: Exploring spatial analysis in GIS; course objective also says "to introduce the student to a collection of specialized data sources relevant to specific applications" | http://www.wright.edu/~jay.gatrell/geo448.htm | Jay Gatrell | |||
| Geography and Society | University of Southern California | Geography | certificate, distance | yes | na | na | na | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | ESRI virtual campus | arcview | GIS for a manager: background on information systems, information strategy and business strategy; organizational (impact on) issues, implemental strategy, how much is information worth? | |||||
| Management and Implementation of GIS | University of Texas at Dallas | School of Social Sciences | certificate | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | FGDC | Huxhold and Levinsohn 1995 | Required readings include Metadata Primer and FGDC pages. Exam questions include 1) pro and con arguments for participating in FGDC's framework concept 2) arguments to convince boss metadata is worthwhile |