NRPI 377: Introduction to GIS Concepts Fall, 2006
Course Syllabus**Subject to Change**NRPI 377: Introduction to GIS Concepts Fall, 2006
Meeting Times and Course Information: Lecture ...............................................Tues & Thurs 8-8:50 AM NR101
Lab: Section 11 (42178) .................Tues 5-7:50 PM FR203 Section 12 (42196) .................Thurs 5-7:50 PM FR203 Section 13 (44104) .................Fri 2-4:50 PM FR203
Instructor...............................................Mike Gough
Office Hours..........................................Tues, Thurs 9:30-10:30 and by appt.
Office Location......................................Natural Resources Building, Rm. 213
E-mail .....................................................GIS@mikegough.netCourse Website...................................www.humboldt.edu/~mog3
Teaching Assistant ..............................Jenny Kauffman
E-mail .................................................misskauffman@hotmail.comCourse Objectives: 1. Introduce the fundamental principles of GIS, spatial data management, coordinatesystems, map projections, and spatial analysis.2. Provide training on how to use a specific GIS software package (ESRI* ArcGIS 9.1).3. Develop your ability to apply the basic principles of GIS and spatial analysis to answerspatially related questions within the ArcGIS environment.Course Materials: Textbook: Paul Bolstad 2005: GIS Fundamentals (second edition), Elder Press, White
Bear Lake, Minnesota Additional Readings: From ESRI Library PDF documents (Available in Lab), more TBA
External Storage Media: Blank CD’s; Flash (Pen) drive preferably 256MB, Ideally
512MB; External Hard drive. No ZIP drives in SA-Lab. Grading: Point Distribution: Your grade in this course will be determined based on your
performance on lab assignments, two exams, a final project, and a final quiz. The grading
breakdown will be as follows:1.Labs……………..25 %2.Exam 1…………20 %3.Exam 2…………20%4.Final Quiz….....5%5.Final Project….30%Final Grade: Accumulation of point totals at the following percentage levels will be
assigned a grade no lower than that indicated in the table below. Incompletes are strongly
discouraged and only approved in extreme cases.> 93.0 A80.0-82.9 B-65.0-69.9 D+90.0-92.9 A-77.0-79.9 C+60.0-64.5 D87.0-89.9 B+73.0-76.9 C< 60.0 F83.0-86.9 B70.0-72.9 C-Late Policies: Lab Assignments: Lab assignment submissions are due at the beginning of your
scheduled lab period. Labs received 10 minutes after the beginning of class but before the
end of class will be eligible for half credit. After the due date, labs may be accepted at the
discretion of the instructor for grading and feedback but they will not receive credit.Lost computer data, oversleeping, parking difficulties, etc. are not valid excuses for late
assignments. In general a valid excuse should be accompanied by written documentation
from a doctor, coach, professor or appropriate university staff person.Final Project: The final project is due at 8:00pm Thursday December 7th! I will beleaving the SA lab at 8:00pm on Thursday Dec 7th. Any projects turned in after that timebut before 9:00 am on Thursday December 14th (the day of the final quiz) may receive upto half credit. No credit will be given for projects turned in after Thursday December
14th at 9:00am.
Make Up Exams: Please note that you must apply in advance for permission to miss a scheduled exam.
Written verification is required (e.g. court summons, obituary notice, doctor’s note). Schedule of Course Topics:**Subject to Change**Unit #1: What is a GIS? Unit #2: Data! & Intro AnalysisUnit #3: Analysis*In Addition to the required readings from Bolstad listed below, there will beadditional required and recommended readings announced weekly.WeekReading Assignment (Bolstad)Lecture TopicLab Topic1 – 8/22, 8/24 Ch. 1 What is a GIS?/ The GIS
Process No Lab 2 – 8/29, 8/31 Ch. 2 Data Models File Management/ Introduction
to ArcGIS 3 – 9/5, 9/7 Ch. 3 (p. 67-87) Geodesy/Datums/Coordi
nate systems/Projections ESRI Tutorial (Datums,
Projections, C.S.) 4 – 9/12, 9/14 Ch. 3 (p. 88-109) Coordinate systems
/Projections Symbology/Classification/Layou
ts 5 – 9/19, 9/21 Study For Exam! Review/ Exam #1 SQL Queries/working with
Attribute tables End of Unit #1 6 – 9/26, 9/28 Ch. 8 Attribute Data & Tables Adding x,y Data & Joining &
Relating tables 7 – 10/3, 10/5 Ch. 9 (p. 295-315) Basic Spatial Analysis: A Spatial Analysis I: Spatial
Queries & Buffers 8 – 10/10, 10/12 Ch. 9 (p. 315-345) Basic Spatial Analysis: B Spatial Analysis 2: Overlay
Operations 9 – 10/17, 10/19 Ch 10 & 11 Raster /Terrain Analysis Raster/Terrain Analysis 10 –10/24, 10/26 Ch. 4 Data Sources & Entry “Heads Up” Digitizing 11 – 10/31, 11/2 Study For Exam! Review/ Exam #2 TBA (ESRI Exercise?) End of Unit #2 12 – 11/7, 11/9 Ch. 7 Digital Data Final Project 13 – 11/14, 11/16 Ch. 14 Data Standards, Quality
& Doc Final Project 14 – 11/21, 11/23 Thanksgiving Holiday! Thanksgiving Holiday! 15 – 11/28, 11/30 TBA Cartographic Design in
ArcMap Final Project 16 – 12/5, 12/7 Ch. 15 New Developments in
GIS Final Project DUE 12/7 by 8:00
PM!17 – 12/14 Study For Quiz! Final Quiz 8:00 Thursday! No Lab End of Unit #3
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