1. GTECH 709 Course outline
Course schedule (topics) week-by-week

2. General Remarks
As this is an online course, there is considerable freedom with respect to how you mix and match the material and when you access and work through it
Do not procrastinate!
Make working through the material a daily habit
Stay involved by checking the web site daily

3. First Half of the Semester
Week
Topic
Software 1
Intro; semester overview; Opportunities of GIS - 2
Principles of GIS 3
GIS data formats
ArcGIS Online 4
Data input; where to find data
Quantum GIS 5
US Census data and mapping; joining data 6
Address matching and georeferences
CartoDB 7
Organizing data in spatial databases
ArcCatalog 8
Projections and coordinate systems
ArcMap

4. Second Half of the Semester
Week
Topic
Software 9
Midterm Exam; Setting up a GIS project - 10
Basic GIS analysis operations
ArcMap 11
Geoprocessing and modeling 12
Raster-based GIS analysis
ArcMap / SAGA 13
Designing maps with GIS
Your choice of GIS 14
Project work and submission 15
Final exam