Metadata Education Project

Survey of GIS-related courses

Introduction to GIS

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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