Syllabus

Instructor:
Sean Ahearn - sca@geo.hunter.cuny.edu
Phone: (212) 772-5327 - Office: 1023 Hunter North CARSI Lab

Lab Instructor:
Sue Grady - suegrady@geo.hunter.cuny.edu

Phone: (212) 212-650-3939 - Office: 1023 Hunter North CARSI Lab

Office Hours: Monday and Thursday 4:00pm to 5:15pm

Meeting Location & Time:
Thursday 5:35 PM - 8:15 PM
Room 1032 HN

Prerequisites:
For GTECH 362: GTECH 260/361 and STAT 113.
For GTECH 732: GEOG 701, 702 and permission of instructor.
Additional prerequisite: Computer Literacy in the Geosciences (formerly GTECH 102) or equivalent and Mapping Sciences.

Course Descriptions:
This course will provide an introduction to the principles of geographic information systems (GIS) including an overview of data structures, data types, methods of data analysis, and cartographic modeling. It will also compare the relative merits of different types of GIS software packages. The primary software used will be ArcView. There will be no incompletes given in this course. Grades will be assigned based on the work that is completed.

Texts:
DeMers M. N., 2000. Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems. John Wiley and Sons.

References:

Bolstad, P., 2002. GIS Fundamentals. Eider Press.
Burrough, P. A., R. A. McDonnell, 1998. Principles of Geographic Information Systems. Oxford University Press
Chrisman, N., 1997. Exploring Geographic Information System. John Wiley and Sons.
Worboys, M. F., 1995. GIS: A Computing Perspective. Taylor and Francis, pp. 375
Laruini, R. and D. Thompson, 1992. Fundamentals of Spatial Information Systems. Academic Press. pp. 680.

Evaluation:
Midterm                    25%
Abstracts                  10%
Lab Assignments       40%
Final Exam                25%

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