Metadata Education Project

Survey of GIS-related courses

Disciplinary courses teaching about GIS

Other course types | Description of table fields for the survey

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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 GEOGRAPHER'S CRAFT OTHER ON-LINE SOFTWARE TEXT COMMENTS WEBSITE INSTRUCTOR E-MAIL
GIS in Planning and Urban Geography Brigham Young University Geography   yes na na yes   no no no no yes yes no no no no     Case study of a municipal government GIS, urban demography study, site/transportation planning project      
GIS for Demographic Analysis in Business and Social Sciences California Sate University Monterey Social and Behavorial Sciences   yes yes no no yes no no no yes no no no no no no arcview   learning objectives: understanding of principals of business demography; comfort with acquiring, transferring and evaluating GIS data; skills of using GIS to display and analyze market data; ability in applying GIS to solve common business marketing and site selection problems. Sample exam questions include projections, categorizing data      
Medical Applications of GIS George Mason University Geography and Earth Systems Science   yes na yes no   no no no yes no no no no no no     A web page containing annotated list of data sources; a GIS analysis exercise where students must consider some of the following: Geometric transformations, Interpolation, Overlay, query, reclassification, Geocoding; Spatial autocorrelation, Regression, Residuals, forecasting, Effect of scale, Supply and demand http://home.earthlink.net/~ldecola/medgis Lee De Cola ldecola@usgs.gov
GIS and Forest Engineering Applications Oregon State University Forest Engineering Dept.   yes yes na yes   no no yes yes no no no yes yes yes ArcView Using ArcView Final project, must provide a data quality description http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/teach/fe357/project.htm Michael Wing Michael.Wing@orst.edu
Computers in Planning and Management Rutgers Urban Studies and Planning   yes na na na yes yes no no yes no no no no no arcview   first half of course other computer applications; second half GIS http://urban.rutgers.edu/420s98/description.htm Lyna Wiggins  
Remote Sensing & GIS University of Idaho COLLEGE OF FORESTRY, WILDLIFE and RANGE SCIENCES   yes na yes no   no no yes yes no no no no no yes     Exercises: pick an application and discuss use of a sensor for that application, including metadata such as type of data capture, spatial, spectral, temporal and radiometric resolution, how to get imagery/cost. Another exercise: surf the web and again describe key metadata about sensors used for applications http://www.uidaho.edu/cfwr/RemSens/RS_COURSES/FOR472/472.html Paul Gessler paulg@uidaho.edu
Aerial Photo Interpretation and Mapping University of Idaho COLLEGE OF FORESTRY, WILDLIFE and RANGE SCIENCES   yes na na no   no no yes yes no no no no no yes     Lectures on data qaulity and error; data sources such as DOQQs, aerial photographs; map reading; coordinate systems; vegetation and landuse delineation http://www.uidaho.edu/cfwr/RemSens/RS_COURSES/FOR375/375main.html Paul Gessler  
Fundamentals of GIS for Planners University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urban and Regional Planning   yes na na yes   yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no no no ArcView GTAV, readings One of five learning goals: Review the emerging issues and trends (e.g., integration with other technologies, creation of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure, metadata standards, object-oriented technologies, etc. Overall: understanding of the underlying principles that guide GIS development and implementation, working knowledge of a GIS software, and ability to assess the suitability of technology to support planning tasks http://www.urban.uiuc.edu/courses/UP318/Syllabus99.html Zorica Nedovic-Budic budic@uiuc.edu
Marketing GIS University of Iowa Marketing   yes na na yes   no no no yes no no no no no no ArcView   demographics, geocoding, site locating, customer profiling, sales territory design http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/mrktg/courses/syllabus/6M222S98.html Thomas Gruca thomas-gruca@uiowa.edu
GIS for Environmental Studies: Introduction University of Iowa Geography   yes na na no   yes no yes yes yes no no no no no ArcView deMers, GTAV Lab 12: data on the Internet: selection using metadata and downloading. http://www.geography.uiowa.edu/courses/44080/syllabus.htm Raja Sengupta rsengupt@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu
GIS in Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife University of Massachusetts Forestry and Wildlife Management   yes na na yes   no no yes yes no no no no no no ArcView GTAV   http://bandersnatch.fnr.umass.edu/pub/GIS592/sum97syllabus.html Jack Finn finn@forwild.umass.edu
GIS Applications in Natural Resources Management University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment   yes na na yes   yes no yes no yes no no no no no ArcView DeMers   http://www-personal.umich.edu/~danbrown/nre540/syllabus.htm Daniel Brown danbrown@umich.edu
GIS Applications in Civil Engineering and Environmental Science University of Oklahoma Civil Engineering   yes na na no   no no no yes no no no no no no Grass          
GIS as Planning Support Systems University of Pittsburgh Urban and Regional Planning   yes na na no   no no no no yes yes yes no no no MapInfo   discussion topics relating to articles about GIS in planning: competing views on GIS; GIS effectiveness; GIS human resource issues http://www.pitt.edu/~murp95/murpwork/giss97/2790gs97.html James DeAngelis  
Intro to GIS in Forest Resources University of Washington Forest Resources   yes yes yes no   yes no yes yes no no no no no no arcview GTAV This is closer to a GIS Basic course; emphasis is on GIS (three out of 20 lectures specific to Forest). Labs: how to use ArcView, plus an interesting exercise in comparing properties of different projections (differences in measure); metadata mentioned in "data sources" lecture and in one exercise asks users to find bounding coordinates of the data set (hint: look at metadata). Very thorough lecture notes and labs with outstanding graphics! http://lobo.cfr.washington.edu/cfr250/ Phil Hurvitz phurvitz@u.washington.edu
Intro to Urban GIS for Planning University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Urban Planning certificate yes na na yes   no no yes yes yes no no no no no arcview arc/info Huxhold 1991 Emphasis throughout on land records information; overview of urban/regional GIS activities; case studies and trends in urban GIS. Labs designed to provide technical skills. Metadata may be mentioned in sources/accuracy of land record data and in GIS Project planning and management. Project includes statement "to what degree does accuracy affect the problem", and what are the cost/time tradeoffs between "ideal" system to a "practical system" http://sarup.uwm.edu/Planning/Courses/692791.htm William Huxhold  
Geological and Environmental Applications of GIS Wright State University Geological Sciences   yes na na yes   no no yes yes no yes no no no no idrisi     http://geology.wright.edu Songlin Cheng Songlin.Cheng@wright.edu