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| 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 | bplewe@fhss.byu.edu | |
| 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 | sagarver@csupomona.edu | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | gli@csuhayward.edu | ||
| 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 | swechsle@csulb.edu | ||
| 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 | eugene.turner@csun.edu | ||
| 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 | |||
| Intro to GIS | Cleveland State University | College of Urban Affairs | certificate | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | ArcVIew | Using ArcView, Davis | Bruce Davis "GIS: a Visual Approach" | http://urban.csuohio.edu/fall98syllabi/ust642.html | Mark Salling | mark@urban.csuohio.edu | |
| Intro to GIS | Cleveland State University | College of Urban Affairs | yes | na | na | yes | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | yes | MapInfo | Aronoff | Lab: examine a metadata web site, create a metadata report in MapInfo | http://urban.csuohio.edu/fall98syllabi/ust434jw.html | Jim Wyles | |||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Intro to GIS | Metropolitan State College of Denver | Earth and Atmospheric Science | yes | na | web - GIS info | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | arcview | clarke, GTAV | ||||||
| GIS | Michigan State | Geography | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | Arcinfo | readings | http://www.ssc.msu.edu/~geo/fac/brown/geo425.txt | Daniel Brown | ||||
| Workshop on GIS | MIT | Urban Studies and Planning | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | ArcView Network | Heavy on ArcView exercises. Census data. | ||||||
| GIS | Mohawk College | community college | yes | na | na | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no | ||||||||
| NCGIA Core Curriculum for Technical Programs | NCGIA | Geography | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | Designed from the point of view of students: I want to learn how to do this. Includes prepartory units and complimentary units to make sure student has sufficient background knowledge to accomplish the desired task. | http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/cctp | Steve Palladino | |||||
| GIS | Oregon State University | Geosciences | yes | yes | na | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | ArcView | Clarke | Project requires finding, dowloading, and using data. One lab on error & uncertainty. | http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/gis/ | Dawn Wright | |||
| Elements of GIS I | Penn State | Geography | distance, certificate | yes | na | na | yes | yes | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | yes | Geomedia | Worldcampus distance learning program. Web-based and requires homeware. Lessons include: Data collection, data entry, data maintenance, transformations, database design, data quality issues, data documentation. | http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu:8901/welcome/geog5122/syllabus.html | Todd Bacastow | |||
| GIS | San Francisco State University | Geography | yes | na | na | no | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | ArcInfo | includes a study guide for exam that covers basics such as projections, representation, scale/resolution, accuracy | http://www.sfsu.edu/~geog/jdavis/620/ | Jerry Davis | ||||
| Intro to GIS | Sonoma State University | Geography | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | clarke | arcview | Students have required WWW readings and must post summaries and comments on summaries to class web site. Includes FGDC's Value of Metadata and Costa Rica National parks metadata homepage and articles on management of GIS projects | http://www.sonoma.edu/gic/Geog387/default.html | Tim Pudoff | Tim.Pudoff@sonoma.edu | ||
| Intro GIS | University of Akron | geography and planning | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | arcview | burrough GTAV | Data Input and Storage lecture includes data sources, metadata, example of metadata from Montana clearinghouse. Exercises appear to be based entirely on GTAV. Final exam asks what is metadata and list 5 things included in it | http://www.uakron/edu/geography/lrb/gis/sched.html | Linda Barrett | barrett@uakron.edu | |
| Intro to GIS | University of Buffalo | geography | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | yes | Direct links to NCGIA originial CC units. Seciton on NSDI and SDTS. Outdated unit on Data Archives. One section on GIS in society. | |||||||
| Intro to GIS | University of California Santa Barbara | Geography | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | ArcView | Clarke | http://pollux.geog.ucsb.edu/~kclarke/g176a.outline.html | Keith Clarke | kclarke@geog.ucsb.edu | ||
| Intro to GIS | University of Cincinnati | Geography | yes | na | na | no | no | no | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | no | yes | ArcView | DeMers | http://www.geography.uc.edu/courses/course_list.html | Lin Liu | ||||
| Introduction to GIScience | University of Colorado | Geography | yes | na | na | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | ArcView, ArcInfo | deMers, GTAV | Includes extensive reading list and a lecture on distributed computing and GIS data on the internet; also lecture on building data dictionary (indirect reference to metadata) | http://www.colorado.edu/geography/courses/geog_4103/syllabus.htm | Barbara Buttenfield | babs@colorado.edu | ||
| GIS | University of Hawaii | Geography | yes | na | na | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | no | no | yes | ArcView, Idrisi | readings and Burrough | Lecture on SDTS and NSDI: Hype or Resource? Metadata; SDTS Metadata Reporting Requirments | http://www2.hawaii.edu/~matt/488/sylabus.html | Matthew McGranaghan | |||
| GIS Primer | University of Idaho | Geography | yes | yes | na | no | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | arcview | Clarke | Metadata mentioned and examples given in data quality/accuracy lecture | http://geolibrary.mines.uidaho.edu/courses/Geog385/ | Piotr Jankowski | piotrj@uidaho.edu | ||
| Principles of GIS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Geography | yes | na | na | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | ArcView, ArcInfo | access FGDC web sites and import/export exercise | http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~j-domier/classes/379syl.html | Tom Frank | frank@gis.uiuc.edu | |||
| Computer Mapping and GIS | University of Maryland | Geography | yes | na | na | no | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | arcview | DeMers | Includes data capture but apparently not data sources; data quality dealt with in detail in advanced class. Structured similar to ESRI ArcView classes with focus on data development and analysis, no implementation. Graduate Student extra assignment: essay on metadata based on literature review with at least once source being non-governmental. | http://www.inform.umd.edu/geog/homepage/courses/materials/GEOG373/g373intro.html | Chad Shuey | chshuey@geog.umd.edu | ||
| GIS in Planning and Design | University of Massachusetts | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning | na | na | na | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | no | yes | MapFactory, MapInfo, ArcView | http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~abhu000/rp691e/ | Bruce MacDougall | ebm@larp.umass.edu | ||||
| GIS | University of Northern Alabama | geography | certificate | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | no | yes | no | yes | no | no | URISA; the GIS Primer from PMR | arcview | aronoff | Requires students to keep an exercise notebook "to learn ArcView to fullest extent possible" - good place to incorporate metadata. Data is provided for siting project. | ||||
| GIS | University of Oklahoma | Geography | yes | na | na | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | ArcView | Berhardsen | http://geowww.ou.edu/~geog/courses/4453my | May Yuan | myuan@ou.edu | |||
| Intro to GIS | University of Oregon | Geography | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | arcview | DeMers | students can choose any data for project. Exercises for projecting different data sources. One exercise has students look at PRISM metadata and answer questions. Exam question: what is metadata and its importance? | http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~nicholas/gisweb/ | Nick Kohler | nicholas@darkwing.uoregon.edu | |
| GIS, GPS & Computer Methods | University of Pittsburgh | Geology and Planetary Scicence | certificate | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | arc/info | ESRI: understanding GIS | Search the Web to find data in point, polygon, raster, population data, biological data; search DLG info to find map projection and accuracy information. Import and trasnform data from various sources, keep a data dictionary for final project. | http://corona.eps.pitt.edu/www_GPS/courses/GEO1445 | William Harbert, Sarah Zimmerman | harbert+@pitt.edu | |
| spatial analysis and modeling | University of Southern California | Geography | certificate, distance | yes | na | na | na | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | ESRI virtual campus | arcview, GeoMedia, Idrisi | building blocks of a GIS project; data models; analysis and modeling and issues related | |||||
| Into to GIS | University of Texas at Dallas | School of Social Sciences | certificate | yes | yes | yes | no | indirect | no | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | NIMA - geodesy | arcview | good example exercises: web download, census, address matching, heads up digitizing | http://www.utdallas.edu/~briggs/ | Ronald Briggs | briggs@utdallas.edu | ||
| Principles of GIS | University of Utah | geography | certificate | na | na | na | GIScience Certificate Program includes three tracks: (multipath) including Applied GIS; GIS Application Development and GIS software design. Appears to be more emphasis on GIS data models/analysis less on implementation/organizational issues | |||||||||||||||||
| Intro to GIS | University of Virigina | Civil Engineering | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | ArcView | Inside ArcView | Good lecture on data acquisition including "data pedigree". GIS Trends: Object-oriented design & functionality; Integration of GIS functionality into "normal" applications; Metadata stored with spatial/attribute data | http://www.people.virginia.edu/~bls2z/gis_spring97/gishome.html | Brian Smith | briansmith@virginia.edu | ||
| GIS Analysis | University of Washington | Geography | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | arcview | Chrisman | Teaches GIS from perspective on why it was done versus what was done: empahsizes social context, institutional context down to information, analysis and measurement components. Labs to teach ArcView but also data exploration; discussion group essays: include find application example, note whether author considered accuracy and data quality; also includes essay on models of national coordination (FGDC, ANZLIC). Fitness of use brought up as an ethics question. Uses a metadata viewing tool in ArcView. Project: find your own data, evaluate it, use process diagramming for operations. | http://faculty.washington.edu/chrisman/G460/Project.html | Nick Chrisman | chrisman@u.washington.edu | ||
| GIS | West Point | Geography and Environmental Engineering | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | yes | yes | arcview | GATV | Each section has Learning Objectives, Vocabulary, and Assignments. Two modules deal with metadata: data quality and database creation. Exercises in metadata involve reviewing FGDC website, learning how to read and create compliant metadata. For project data is provided, no data issues. | http://www.dean.usma.edu/geo/Courses/EV398/ | Michael Hendriks | bm9886@exmail.usma.edu | |||
| Intro to Gis | West Virginia University | geography | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | arcview | Clarke | Lecture on Data Inputs to GIS includes data sources, standards, errors & accuracy, clearinghouse, metadata, framework. Exam: given a project description, write: The selection of the inputs; data required; sources; acquisition and capture; analytical steps; recommendations; suggest ways in which you might improve the GIS project if you had more time and a larger budget. | http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~elmes/geog250.htm | Gregory Elmes | elmes@geo.wvu.edu | |||
| Fundamentals of GIS | Wright State University | Geography | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | ArcView, Idrisi | Davis, Inside ArcView | http://www.wright.edu/~jay.gatrell/geo447.htm | Jay Gatrell | jay_gatrell@wright.edu |