GEOG 110 - Introduction to GIS

4 social science credits

This course covers the fundamentals of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and how it is being applied in such diverse fields as planning, marketing, health, criminal justice, political science, natural resources, and engineering. Students will learn the processes to collect, organize, analyze and display geographic data obtained from sources such as address geocoding, GPS, CD-ROM and Web sites. The emphasis of the course will be on data preparation, analysis, and presentation.Class Hours: 4Corequisite: DP 103 Computer Information Systems.