This class is intended to provide graduate students with advanced GIS skills in areas supportive of thesis work, capstone projects, and other research needs. Â To be eligible for this course, students must have fulfilled prerequisite study of Advanced GIS.
General GIS topics to be covered include:
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â GIS in 3D: Creating visualizations of elevation in maps and interactive apps using LiDAR datasets
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Application of satellite imagery for mapping landcover and change detection
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Deploying Survey123 for mobile field GIS studies and data collection
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Implementation of Community Analyst (Esri) software for demographics analysis
Special Topics in GIS is the third course in the three-quarter sequence for the Certification in GIS.
HYBRID CLASS PRESENTATION: This class will be offered in a "hybrid" approach. Class meetings will be offered, with both in-person attendance at the campus CAL (Computer Applications Lab) and fully-online (Zoom) options for student participation. Each class session will be broadcasted over Zoom to any students who elect to attend from home or other off-campus location. Note that taking this course in hybrid manner requires two computer monitors, and reliable and sufficient internet bandwidth, especially for those students relying on RDP connections to access a campus computer over the web.Â
Class Schedule: This course typically meets on Mondays, 7:00pm-9:30pm, PST.
Open GIS Lab hours will be offered Tuesdays from 4:00pm-6:00pm, PST.