Course Schedule
Section outline
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WEEK 1
9/2-9/4
· Intro to Course & GIS
· Read Bolstad, Chapter 1
· Excel mini lab (Optional)
WEEK 2
9/9-9/11
· Principles of Mapping & Representation
· Read Bolstad, Chapter 4 (focus on Building a GIS Database [pp. 147-156] & Output: Maps, Data, and Metadata [181-190])
· Lab 1: Getting Oriented in ArcGIS
WEEK 3
9/16-9/18
· Projections & Coordinate Systems
· Lab 2: Projections, Choropleth Maps, Layouts
WEEK 4
9/23-9/25
· Attribute Tables and Working With Census Data
· Lab 3: Attribute Data
WEEK 5
9/30-10/2
· GIS for Environmental Research Topics and Vector Data Models
· Lab 4: Spatial Attribute Sums
WEEK 6
10/7-10/9
· Lab 5: Vector Models
FALL
BREAK
WEEK 7
10/21-10/23
· Feminist GIS and Vector Operations 2
· Lab 6: Census Data Join
WEEK 8
10/28-10/30
· Vector Operations 3
WEEK 9
11/4-11/6
· Raster Data Model
· Lab 7: Raster Analysis
WEEK 10
11/11-11/13
· Geospatial Technologies and Carceral Geographies
· Read Predictable Policing: Jefferson (2018)“Predictive Crime Mapping and Geographies of Policing and Race”
· Lab 8 – Choose your own adventure!
WEEK 11
11/18-11/20
· GIS Day 11/19
· Lab
WEEK 12
11/24
· Lab Session
WEEK 13
12/2-12/4
· GIS Ethics
· Read More than Arrows, James Chesire
WEEK 14
12/2-12/4
· Final Lab “Presentations”