Lab Syllabus
GEO 2471
Advanced GIS
Hybrid Course
Fall 2008
Synonym 25700
Contact Information
Instructor: Dr. Mary Beth Booth, OD
Office: Room 2145, Building 2000
Northridge Campus
E-mail:
Telephone: 512-223-4023
Office Hours:
Required
Textbook/Materials
Required
Technology for the Hybrid course
A computer with the following minimum specifications:
Platform: PC-Intel
Operating system:
Windows
Processor: 1.6 GHz
Memory/RAM: 1 GB minimum (2 GB recommended)
Disk space: 2.4 GB
Reliable Internet access and a working email address ("working" also means that your mailbox is not full.)
Grading for Lab Only
Lab Project 1 30 points
Lab project 2 30 points
Lab project 3 40 points
Completion of Virtual Campus Courses 30 points
Completion of tutorial exercises
15 points
Total
Points Available 145 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 2006-2007 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.
Completion of Spatial Analyst Virtual Campus
Course
You will complete the six modules of the ESRI Virtual Campus course on
Spatial Analyst. At the end of each module, there is a quiz. You must pass the
quiz with an 80% score to get credit for that module. When you have
successfully completed all six modules, print out the certificate of completion
and hand it to the instructor. You will receive 5 points for completing each
module for a total of 30 points.
Completion of Tutorial Exercises
You will complete the three exercises that come with the ArcGIS Spatial
Analyst Tutorial. Once you have completed the exercises, turn in the following
to earn 15 points:
o
A copy
of your completed model that you created in ModelBuilder for the new school
site selection process
o
A map
with the location of the optimal
site for the new school
o A map showing the alternate access route to the
new school site
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. You will
be given a one-year student copy of the ArcGIS software to complete the lab
exercises and projects. Some of the lab data will be given to you. You will
have to download other lab data.
First Lab Project: Wildfire
Risk Assessment
You will create a composite wildfire risk assessment map based on slope
and vegetation type. In the model, the slope will be given twice as much weight
as vegetation. Most of the data will be provided to you.
Second Lab Project: Landfill
Analysis
You will determine the optimal location for a new landfill in
Third Lab Project: Analysis of
Changes in Crime Patterns over Time OR a project of your own choosing
You have a choice for this lab project – you can analyze changes in
crime patterns over time OR you can design and carry out your own project.
Analysis of Change in Crime
Patterns over Time
You will use a table of crime statistics and a zip code shapefile to create
density surfaces of the crimes in a region for two different time periods. Then
you will use Map Algebra to show the changes in crime over time (i.e., which
areas had increased crime rates, which areas had decreased crime rates, and
which areas had no significant changes in crime rates over the 10-year study
period). A brief oral presentation of your project to the class will be part of
your grade
Your Own Project
You can create your own project with instructor approval. Your project
must use at least three variables and it must use the analysis capabilities of
the Spatial Analyst extension. You will submit a written proposal by November
12, 2008. A brief oral presentation of your project to the class will be part
of your grade.
Lab Schedule (Subject to change at the instructor’s discretion)
|
Week(s) of |
Subject |
|
Aug 27 – Oct 8 |
Spatial Analyst Virtual
Campus |
|
Oct 15 |
Spatial Analyst Tutorial
exercises |
|
Oct 22 - 29 |
Lab Project 1 |
|
Nov 5 - 12 |
Lab Project 2 |
|
Nov 19, 26, and Dec 3 |
Lab Project 3 |
|
Dec 10 |
Presentations of Lab Project 3 |