Natural Resources Conservation 585 - Introduction to GIS

Fall
2018
01
4.00
Forrest Bowlick
TH 11:30AM 12:45PM
UMass Amherst
77832
Herter Hall room 227
fbowlick@umass.edu
74903,79138
The goals of this course are to teach you basic GIS concepts such as spatial data sources and structures, projections and coordinate systems, geospatial analysis, cartographic modeling, and the integration of remote sensing and GIS. By the end of the course, students will be proficient in ESRI ArcGIS software.
This course is open to graduate students in ECO or SUSTAIN SCIENCE and seniors and juniors in NRC, BCT, or ENVIRSCI. meets with PUBP&ADM 697B and Geograph 593GIS
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.