GIS at Cypress College

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Course Prefix & Number: GEOG232
CC Approved: Spring 1997
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CYPRESS COLLEGE COURSE OUTLINE Division: SOCIAL SCIENCE
Department/Subject Area: GEOGRAPHY
Course Prefix: GEOG
Course Number: 232
Course Title: Geographic Information System: Advanced Vector and Raster
Units: 3
Lec Hours: Full Term Hrs/Wk. 2 Lec Hours: Short Term Hrs/Wk. 4
Lab Hours: Full Term Hrs./Wk. 3 Lab Hours: Short Term Hrs./Wk. 6
Assignment Preparation Hours: 4 hours
Prerequisite, Corequisite, or Advisory Validation Date: Spring 1997
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 231
Corequisite(s):
Advisory(ies):

1a. CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
This course introduces students to advanced topics, techniques, and analysis in Geographic Information System (GIS). Students will retrieve and apply data in their chosen business or academic area of interest.
$4.00 Laboratory Fee - Payable at the bookstore 1b. SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION (max 3 lines):
This course provides advanced instruction and training in the use of Geographic
Information System (GIS). Individual student projects, related to their chosen interest will be developed.
$4.00 Laboratory Fee - Payable at the bookstore 2. ENTRY LEVEL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE (To be completed if required by Prerequisite Policy)
Upon entering this course, the student needs to be able to:
a. Manipulate and enter data into programs on a basic operating system (such as WIN 95).
b. Prepare and input spatial data for an ARC/Info type project into GIS.
c. Input tabular data into software (such as ARC/Info).
d. Manage the database and perform geographic analysis.
e. Evaluate and present the results of geographic analysis. 3. INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES (Use measurable objectives only)
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
a. Examine and prepare data for an advanced GIS project
b. Analyze and input spatial data into raster and vector software
c. Make spatial data useable
d. Analyze and input tabular data into appropriate GIS software
e. Perform field work with GIS, inputting the results into a GIS database
f. Set up and manage the database
g. Perform geographic analysis
h. Evaluate and present the results of geographic analysis
4. COURSE CONTENT AND SCOPE (instructional topics or units):
I. Why Geographic Information System (GIS)? What are it’s applications and uses? a. Review of vector GIS design, concepts and operation
b. Introduction to Raster GIS design, concepts and operation
II. Review of basic functions a. Vector based software III. Introduction to advanced functions a. Vector based software
b. Raster based software
IV. Project Design and Development
                                        a. Essentials of developing a GIS project utilizing vector and raster based software-
        1. Sources of data, et al
        2. Project design and planning
                                        b. Intended product
V. Data Capture
a. Selection and acquisition of data and base information for your project
b. How data will be modified for your applications
VI. Data entry and import
VII. Coordinate System for a Multi-Coverage Database
a. Applying information which is available in differing coordinate System VIII. Steps for Performing Geographic Analysis
                                        a. Querying data
                                        b. Selecting appropriate data ranges
                                        c. Selecting the appropriate spatial relationships
                                        d. Selecting data relationships.
IX. Cartographic Presentation of Data
                    a. Learn and apply cartographic protocols X. Customizing software applications 5. INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGIES (instructor initiated learning strategies):                                         a. Lecture b. Group discussion
c. Written assignments
d. Student verbal presentations
e. Final projects - written and graphic
f. Computer generated project
g. Field trips
6. MULTIPLE METHODS OF EVALUATION (measurements of student achievement):

Class participation
Verbal presentations
Written work
Final computer developed graphic projects - geographic analysis
Final exam
7. LIST RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS:
Textbooks such as the following are appropriate:
Geographic Information System, Star, Jeffrey & John Estes. 1990.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Idrisi Student Manual (Version 4.1), Eastman, J. Ronald. 1993
Clark University
8. LIST SUPPLEMENTAL READING: Supplemental readings such as the following are appropriate: Various articles from current periodicals which pertain to the projects selected by the students.
9. WRITING ASSIGNMENTS AND/OR PROFICIENCY DEMONSTRATION (skill-based courses):
Written assignments will include presentation of scope of semester project, methodology, source documents, source data, and source maps. Students must also present a final written discussion of their semester project, along with final products demonstrating their problem solving and analysis.
10. ASSIGNMENTS THAT DEMONSTRATE CRITICAL THINKING (Use detail when describing student assignments and state in cognitive terms):
Students must develop the scope of their individual geographic analysis. They must problem solve, discover data sources, and make decisions related to the full dimensions of their semester projects. They must also demonstrate their learned critical thinking and analytical skills in their final projects, including a written discussion and a series of student produced analyses.
11. REQUIRED OUT-OF-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS—Performances, Field Trips, etc. (to be completed only if applicable):
Field trips utilizing Geographic Information System and Geographic Positioning System will be required.

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