COURSES

Over past eight years, students have used geospatial technologies (geographic information systems, global positioning systems, and remote sensing) in a wide-range of environmental, biological, geological, and socioeconomic applications. By integrating these technologies into over 20 academic courses, students have the opportunity to learn fundamental principles regarding the collection, interpretation, and analysis, of geographic information, as well as develop practical skills through hands-on experiences. For example, students have learned how to use GIS to identify large parcels of forested land along with their owners, track wetland gains and losses within state game lands, and generate a groundwater recharge potential map for Mill Run. The following is a list of academic courses the regularly use GIS: