3.00 Credits
Introduces geographic information science (GIS) and remote sensing to graduate students interested in environmental research. Students explore geographic thought, coordinate systems, mapping, data models and structures, software, environmental data sources and capture, and issues related to data quality. Students apply learning to a personalized project requiring a literature review, two- or three-dimensional analysis, and map production. Project subdisciplines can include biogeography, water and climate issues, environmental biology, conservation, ecology, ethnobiology, or natural resource management.