IEPG9532B-F14
GIS
Use CRN 90494 to register
Aid workers in Haiti are using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to analyze patterns of cholera outbreak. Scientists are using GIS to assess risk in the face of CBRN threats. Business leaders are using GIS to predict profit patterns and to guide logistics-based decisions.
What exactly is a GIS? A GIS is a system and a science for analyzing spatial data. Using hardware, software, and methods, GIS allows you to free your data from your spreadsheets and to elicit data patterns, relationships, and trends over space and time. This hands-on, project-based class will show you how to use a GIS to create maps and charts that answer questions and solve problems.
- Term:
- Fall 2014 - MIIS
- Location:
- Casa Fuente CF442(CFNT CF442)
- Schedule:
- 10:00am-11:50am on Tuesday, Thursday (Aug 25, 2014 to Dec 12, 2014)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Monica Galligan
- Subject:
- Intl Environmental Policy
- Department:
- Intl Environmental Policy
- Division:
- Intl Policy & Management
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Levels:
- MIIS Graduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- IPMG8532B-F14 *
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 90587
- Subject Code:
- IEPG
- Course Number:
- 9532
- Section Identifier:
- B