GIS Class Schedule

Class Number: 9771 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

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Instructor

Quentin Clark

Location

Online

Description

This course is an introduction to the concepts and uses of GIS. Lecture topics include history of GIS, GIS data structures and sources of data, GIS tools, vendors and software, applications, and resources. Exercises include spatial data display and query, map generation, and simple spatial analysis using ArcGIS software. Class format is approximately 50% lecture and 50% lab exercise.

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Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 9910 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

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Instructor

Quentin Clark

Location

Online

Description

This course is an introduction to the concepts and uses of GIS. Lecture topics include history of GIS, GIS data structures and sources of data, GIS tools, vendors and software, applications, and resources. Exercises include spatial data display and query, map generation, and simple spatial analysis using ArcGIS software. Class format is approximately 50% lecture and 50% lab exercise.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online asynchronous
Class sessions are entirely online with no set day/time.

Class Number: 9772 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

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Instructor

Sally Shatford

Location

Online

Description

This course explores various methods of capturing data for use in GIS, including digitizing from maps, digital photos, and satellite imagery; locating and reformatting existing digital data, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), scanning, image classification and address matching. Topics will include methods of attributing and concepts of data conversion, georeferencing, projections, and coordinate systems. Class format: approximately 50% lecture, 50% software applications.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 9774 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

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Instructor

Seth Hiatt

Location

Online

Description

This course focuses on the planning, construction, and administration of a GIS database including spatial and attribute data. The lecture provides a conceptual background, as well as practical guidelines, and is reinforced with exercises using both ESRI software and traditional database design techniques. Topics include data requirements analysis; relational database design; attribute and entity definitions; table normalization; table creation and population; query optimization; and data integration. Class format: approximately 50% lecture, 50% software application.

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Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 9775 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

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Instructor

Jerry Davis

Location

Online

Description

Topics in this course include the use of raster GIS tools for natural resource modeling and environmental analysis; the raster structure and its advantages and limitations, appropriate data and procedures; simple raster surface modeling and image integration; map algebra concepts using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst; proximity and dispersion modeling, and cost surfaces.

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Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 9776 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

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Instructor

Tom Robinson

Location

Online

Description

This course teaches current methods for assessing vulnerabilities and resilience to expected effects of climate change - e.g., extreme heat, aridification, flooding - from both community (built environment) and natural (unbuilt) perspectives, using GIS.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 9777 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

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Instructor

Jerry Davis

Location

Online

Description

This course explores the visual tools and methods used for processing data in GIS. The course introduces students to the geoprocessing concept, and its framework (tools, scripts and models), and will focus on model use not just for advanced analysis but also for common repetitive procedures common in GIS manipulation. Topics will include the Geoprocessing framework, the analytical method, Tools, Toolboxes, Scripts, Models using the ArcGIS ModelBuilder, and process documentation. Class Format: Approximately 50% lecture, 50% software applications.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 9778 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

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Instructor

Ana Carolina Pelegrini Guimaraes

Location

Online

Description

ArcGIS Online is a cloud-based web mapping platform used across multiple industries and by GIS professionals worldwide. It enables you to make maps, host data, create various mapping applications, and share your data with anyone who has internet access. Web GIS is becoming the cornerstone of sharing GIS data and map distribution. In this course you will learn the fundamental terminology and capabilities of ArcGIS Online. We will review the various data types, web map configurations, mobile data collection, sharing security model, and various desktop web applications. ArcGIS Online is becoming an industry standard for sharing and creating data, GIS students who would like to expand their knowledge of GIS should take advantage of this course.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 9773 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

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Instructor

Leonhard Blesius

Location

Online

Description

This course covers basic concepts and procedures used in remote-sensed image processing. Emphasis is placed on use of imagery from passive sensors like digital satellite or aerial data. The course is designed for beginning level users and consists of lecture, examples, and introductory labs. Topics include sensor properties, the electromagnetic spectrum, image analysis and classification, image transformations and enhancement, applications, integration with GIS, accuracy assessment, and ERDAS Imagine. Prerequisites: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (Geog 9003) or equivalent.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 9779 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

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Instructor

Quentin Clark

Location

Online

Description

This course is a discussion and demonstration of the essential cartographic principles and practices used for designing maps. The focus is on techniques for creating maps that effectively communicate single/multi-variant qualitative and quantitative spatial data to the viewer. Through numerous hands-on exercises, participants will have the opportunity to use most of the map production tools provided with ESRI software products to prepare raw data and produce a variety of thematic maps. Class format: approximately 50% lecture, 50% software application.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 9780 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

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Instructor

Seth Hiatt

Location

Online

Description

An introduction to the use of GIS in the visualization of map and image-based scientific data sets, and subsequent interpretation. Topics covered include terrain analysis, viewshed analysis, spatial statistical analysis of point sample data, and surface generation from points and contour data sets. ArcGIS 3D Analyst will be used to explore the possibilities of three-dimensional data visualization.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.

Class Number: 9781 | CEU: 1.6 | Fee: $435

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Instructor

Tom Robinson

Location

Online

Description

Designed for managers who may be new to supervising GIS projects. Topics covered include defining the scope of a project; data acquisition; project planning; project budget estimation; staffing; pilot studies; cooperative projects. Case studies.

Notes

Course fee $435

Learning Mode

Online synchronous
Class meets entirely online at scheduled days/times.