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| TYPE | 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 | |
| short | Natural Resource Management with GIS and Remote Sensing | Berkeley | Center for the Assessment and Monitoring of Forest and Environmental Resources | short | "intensive hands on technical training, extensive data introduction, and real-world problem solving casework in the context of GIS, remote sensing, and natural resource management" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| short | Professional Series in GIS | Berkeley | Geographic Information Science Center | short | na | na | na | na | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | Two tracks: Introduction to Desktop GIS or GIS Planning and Design (managers). Involves five 6 hour short courses. Manager series includes "data quality, error analysis and metadata" and "integrating and using public data". Desktop GIS series only covers ArcView and its extensions. Metadata covered at managerial but not technical level! | http://www.gisc.berkeley.edu/education/extension/ | |||||
| short | GIS software classes | Sonoma State University | Extended Education | short | na | na | na | na | ArcView | Intro and Advanced GIS using ArcView; Avenue and GPS: typically three evening classes. | |||||||||||||||
| short | GIS software classes | Berkeley | Geographic Information Science Center | short course | na | na | na | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | ArcView, ArcInfo | Core Classes: Intro to GIScience, Intro to Mapping, Spatial Data Structures, Intro to ArcView, Intro to ArcInfo, Intro to Remote Sensing. Manager courses: Advanced ArcView and ArcInfo, Applied Metadata, Quality Control and Standards, Integrating GIS and CAD, Integrating Public Data, Integrating GPS and GIS. Analyst Classes: Managing a GIS project, Managing GIS Datasets, Metadata and Quality Control, Database Design; Specialist Classes: ArcView extensions, Avenue, Visual Basic | http://www.gisc.berkeley.edu | ||||
| short | GIS certificate program | Cal Poly Pomona | College of Extended Study | short course | na | na | na | na | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | arcview | Certificate availabe for GIS or Progamming for GIS, both available in one year with 5 evening courses: Understanding GIS, Intro to GIS with ArcView, Data Sources and Conversion, Intermediate GIS with ArcView, Spatial Analysis, and GIS application development. The Programming Certificate covers application development, but does it provide a sufficient base in GIS and data issues? | http://www.csupomona.edu/_cgisr/giscert.html | Keith Mann | wkmann@cuspomona.edu | ||
| short | Intro to GIS Concepts (2 hours); Intro to ArcView (3 days); Advanced AV (6 hours) | University of South Carolina | Liberal Arts Computing Lab. | short course | |||||||||||||||||||||
| short | Municipal and Environmental Applications of GIS using ArcView | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee | Center for Continuing Education | short course | yes | na | na | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | arcview | A three day class covering ArcView basics. In a short technical skills class like this, metadata may only be addressed once, most likely in "data sources" or in classifying legends | |||||
| short | Managing a GIS project | San Francisco State University | Geography | short course, certificate | yes | na | na | na | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | Part of a GIS certificate based solely on short (1-4 day) courses: "Our philosophy is to provide students with skills and a conceptual base from which they will be able to develop and manage large or small GIS projects" | http://www.sfsu.edu/~gis/cert/welcome.htm | |||||
| short | Faculty training | Cal Poly Pomona | Center for Geographic Information Systems Research | workshop | yes | yes | na | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | arcview | deMers, GTAV | Two five day workshops "to help faculty from all disciplines develop course materials and undertake research projects using GIS and related technologies". First session is basic intro to GIS/GPS, second session includes development of GIS pilot project including procedural flowchart, project log file, data dictionary and metadata, and requires a proposal for uing GIS in teaching, curriculum development or research projects. | http://www.csupomona.edu/~sagarver/GISFW99/adv-frontpage.htm | Sara Garver | sagarver@csupomona.edu | |
| short | Professional training series | University of Wyoming | Spatial Data and Visualization Center | short course | yes | na | na | no | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | Arcview, ArcInfo | Two day class for ArcView, including a brief mention of on-line data clearinghouses and metadata; a four class for Arc/Info including data download exercises requiring reading of metadata and a 1 hour presentation on the importance of basic elements of metadata | Jeff Hamerlinck | itasca@uwyo.edu |