Time: TR 6:00 to 8:05 p.m.
Room: Pellegrino Hall, Rm. 219
Instructor: Dr. Kenneth J. Tobin
Semester: Fall 2018
Office/Phone/E-mail: LVB 346b - X-2417 - ktobin@tamiu.edu
Office Hours: MWF 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.; R 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
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Date | Lecture Topic | Assignment/Quiz/Other |
Aug 28 | Course Introduction | |
Aug 30 | Lecture 1 - Introduction to GIS | |
Sept 4 | Lecture 2 - Coordinate Systems | |
Sept 6 | Overview of GIS Interface | Quiz 1 |
Assignment 1 - Tour of ArcGIS | ||
Sept 11 | Lecture 3 - Map Scales | |
Sept 13 | Assignment 2 - Geography Overview | |
Sept 18 | Lecture 4 - Datums & Projections | |
Sept 20 | Assignment 3 - Projections & Coordinate Systems | |
Quiz 2 | ||
Sept 25 | Lecture 5 - Vector Data Model | |
Sept 27 | Lecture 6 - Raster Data Model | |
Oct 2 | Lecture 7 - Data Capture & Metadata | Quiz 3 |
Oct 4 | Lecture 8 - Data Error & GPS Tech | |
Oct 9 | Lecture 9 - Reference Maps & Aerial Phot. | Prepare for GPS Project |
Quiz 4 | ||
Oct 11 | GPS Field Work | |
Oct 16 | Finish GPS Project - Mapping | |
Oct 18 | Lecture 10 - Thematic Mapping | |
Oct 23 | Lecture 11 - GIS Analysis I | Quiz 5 |
Oct 25 | Assignment 4 - Making a Thematic Map | |
Oct 30 | Lecture 12 - GIS Analysis II | Quiz 6 |
Nov 1 | Assignment 5 - Ecological Threat Analysis | |
Nov 6 | Lecture 13 - Intro to Remote Sensing | |
Nov 8 | Assignment 6 - GIS Analysis for Life Scientists | |
Nov 13 | Lecture 14 - GIS Data Products | Final Project Selection Day |
Nov 15 | Quiz 7 - Work on Final Project | |
Nov 20 | Work on Final Project | |
Nov 22 | Thanksgiving - No Class | |
Nov 27 | Final Project Presentations | |
Nov 29 | Final Project Presentations - FINAL REVIEW | |
Nov 30 | Final Project Paper Due | |
Dec 4 | Final Exam (6:00 p.m.) | FINAL REVIEW |