Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog, Volume 78 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog, Volume 78 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ENVA - 460. GIS: Environmental Applications

Two hours lecture and two hours laboratory.
3 credit(s)
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a tool for viewing and analyzing spatial information. In this course, students will learn GIS fundamentals through applied projects that explore environmental issues. Topics include delineating watersheds and river networks, plotting GPS data, analyzing land-use trends over time, tracking weather systems, classifying remote sensing data, and mapping ecosystem patch structure and dynamics. Emphasis is placed on gaining hands-on experience using the ESRI ArcGIS and Google mapping environments. Students will complete an individual research project and share their research in a poster presentation.

Prerequisite(s): ENVA 210  (may be taken concurrently) or Junior Standing.
Attribute: (ATTR: ARTS, REC)



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