Interdepartmental 109 - Aerial Imagery and Cinematography

This two-credit course designed to immerse students in drone avionics, photogrammetry, image processing, surveying/mapping, and aerial photography and videography. The course encourages teamwork, curiosity, critical thinking, perseverance, and creativity, as well as collaboration and etiquette regarding fieldwork and community-based research We seek motivated students who want to learn practical techniques for acquiring and analyzing aerial data, and students who may be skeptical about drone technology and want to improve Smith’s approach to teaching and research with drones. Enrollment limited to 12.