SCI L376 - GIS for Environmental Decision Making Laboratory

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Bryant University

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Session Cycle: Fall Yearly Cycle: Annual This laboratory will accompany the GIS for Environmental Decision Making course, which is designed to provide an overview of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), widely used by geologists, hydrologists, oceanographers, community planners and environmental engineers, utilizing diverse computer hardware and software applications. The lab will utilize GIS hardware and software to examine problems and challenges confronted by environmental decision makers, including land use planning, facility citing, resource management, conservation strategies, public health issues, and transportation planning. This course will consider how GIS applications are structured, what types of mapping data can be processed, and what customized products can be generated. Prerequisite/Corequisite: this course may only be taken concurrently with the lecture course or in a subsequent semester to the lecture course; fulfills the laboratory requirement. Prerequisite: junior standing 1.000 Credit Hours 2.000 Lab hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lab College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Division Science and Technology Department Course Attributes: Environmental Science Minor, Environmental Science Major, Science Lab Mode of Thought

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bryant.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 232-6000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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