ES 355 Geographic Information Systems
This course provides advanced hands-on experience in the use and creation of geographic information systems (GIS) with the goal of preparing students for the job market or graduate programs in environmental science and related fields. With an emphasis on acquiring, organizing, managing, and visualizing spatial data, students will be prepared to use GIS for research purposes and to create and deploy methods of field data collection. Spatial data will be analyzed and visualized in QGIS and R. Three hours lecture weekly. Prerequisite: ES 265 or instructor permission. Three credit hours.