Lab Syllabus
GEO 2470
Introduction to GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
Fall 2008
Synonym 22889
Contact Information
Instructor: Dr.
Mary Beth Booth, OD
Office: Room
2145, Building 2000
Northridge Campus
E-mail: mbooth@austincc.edu
Telephone: 512-223-4023
Office Hours: See attached
Required
Textbook/Materials
Ormsby, Tim et
al. 2004. Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop.
Grading for Lab Only
Lab Project 1 25 points
Lab project 2 25 points
Lab project 3 50 points
Lab quiz 60 points
Total Points Available 160 points
Students with Special Needs
Each ACC campus offers support services for students with documented physical or psychological disabilities. Students with disabilities must request reasonable accommodations through the office for Students with Disabilities on the campus where they expect to take the majority of their classes. Students are encouraged to do this three weeks before the start of the semester.
Academic Integrity
Students enrolled in this class are responsible for observing the policy on academic integrity described in the 2008-2009 ACC Student Handbook.
Acts prohibited by the college for which discipline may be administered include scholastic dishonesty, including but not limited to cheating on an exam or quiz, plagiarizing, and unauthorized collaboration with another in preparing outside work. Academic work submitted by students shall be the result of their thought, research, or self-expression. Academic work is defined as, but not limited to tests, quizzes, whether taken electronically or on paper; projects, either individual or group; classroom presentations, and homework.
If a student commits any of the above actions, the instructor may seek disciplinary action in the form of an academic penalty (which may include a course grade of 'F'). Such disciplinary action will be at the discretion of the instructor.
Lab Projects
There will be three lab projects due throughout the semester. These lab
projects will use the skills acquired from the previous lab exercises. The
first two lab projects will be worth a maximum of 25 points each and the last
lab project will be worth a maximum of 50 points
Lab Quiz
On November 20th, there will be an in-lab hands-on lab quiz. You will not be able to use your notes or lab book, but you will be able to use ArcGIS’s help feature. I will give you 3 practice lab quizzes ahead of time. These are intended for you to gain practice with the software before the actual lab quiz. The lab quiz is worth a maximum of 60 points.
Lab Schedule
(Subject to change at the instructor’s
discretion)
|
Date |
Chapters
|
Subject |
|
Aug 26 |
1 & 2 |
Introduction/Getting
passwords |
|
Aug 28 |
3 |
Exploring ArcMap |
|
Sep 2 |
4 |
Exploring ArcCatalog |
|
Sep 4 |
5 |
Symbolizing features and
rasters |
|
Sep 9 |
6 |
Classifying features and
rasters |
|
Sep 11 |
7 |
Labeling features |
|
Sep 16 18, and 23 |
|
Lab Project 1 |
|
Sep 25 |
8 |
Querying data |
|
Sep 30 |
9 |
Joining and relating
tables |
|
Oct 2 |
10 |
Selecting features by
location |
|
Oct 7 |
11 |
Preparing data for
analysis |
|
Oct 9 |
12 |
Analyzing spatial data |
|
Oct 14 |
13 |
Projecting data in ArcMap |
|
Oct 16, 21
& 23 |
|
Lab Project 2 |
|
Oct 28 |
|
GPS |
|
Oct 30 |
14 |
Building geodatabases |
|
Nov 4 |
15 |
Creating features |
|
Nov 6 |
16 |
Editing features and
attributes |
|
Nov 11 |
17 |
Geocoding addresses |
|
Nov 13 |
18 |
Making maps quickly |
|
Nov 18 |
19 |
Making maps for
presentation |
|
Nov 20 |
|
Lab Quiz |
|
Nov 25 – Dec 9 |
|
Project 3 |
|
Dec 11 |
|
Project
Presentations |