GIS 320 - GIS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Knowledge of current and relevant developments and
trends in the GIS profession are essential for new
practitioners to achieve success in the marketplace
and their world. During this course, several local

GIS guest speakers are invited to the classroom for
learner access and networking. We will explore old,
new, and emerging topics related to professionalism
including professional ethics, certification, life-long
learning, and entrepreneurialism.

GIS 321- NEW MEDIA FOR GIS

A venue to showcase your work or business is
important, no matter what your profession. This
New media course consists of a series of workshops
designed to build skills using some popular New
media industry tools, including Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Illustrator, CamStudio, and an Open Source
CMS; Wordpress. In addition to creating new media
products, we will also explore social media tools

and their benefits. Learning these tools will provide
you with a strong foundation from which you can
build your own website, hosting your own interesting
media outputs to showcase your work.

GIS 323 - INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL
NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS

This course will introduce the fundamental concepts
of Global Navigation Satellite Systems with specific
emphasis on Global Positioning System (GPS) and
the applied technologies for GPS data collection and
GIS integration. Through interactive instruction and
hands-on course exercises, students will work with
a variety of GPS tools and field collection techniques
to learn how to create, edit, update and manage
geographic information. Emphasis areas will include
familiarity with GPS receivers, GPS processing
software, data collection standards and cartography.

Pre-requisites: Admission to ADGIS Program.

GIS 325 - INTERNET MAPPING

This course investigates the full range of Internet
and intranet mapping, including static maps, online
data, and web map (image) and feature services.
Most of the emphasis of the course will be on the
use of ESRI’s ArcGIS Server software to serve maps
over the Internet. Free mass media applications
Google Earth and Google Map applications will be
introduced. Web map OpenGIS Consortium standards
and freeware server and viewer software will be
discussed. The course curriculum will be delivered
using lectures and hands-on class exercises.
Students will author, administer, design and manage
interactive Web Mapping projects through a number
of lab assignments, and through a term project. The
term project will be the development of a site which
will be served through the campus intranet and/or
through the SGRC public server. The course requires

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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS — BACHELOR DEGREE

prior knowledge of GIS theory, BC datasets, and
ArcGIS software which students have previously
acquired in ADGIS courses GIS 302, 303, 310 and
318.

Pre-requisites: Successful completion of GIS 302, 303,
370, and 378.

GIS 329 - PRINCIPLES OF PROGRAMMING

Principles of Programming for GIS assumes no prior
programming knowledge. Students will learn how
to set and use variables, write and import modules,
and use selection and repetition to control program
flow as implemented in the Python language. At a
more advanced level, students will learn to write
programs that embed functions and object-oriented
programming (OOP) concepts such as the use of
objects, properties, and methods. Topics of scripting
in Python and the usage of ESRI’s ArcPy module for
the automation of geoprocessing and mapping tasks
will be introduced.

Pre-requisites: GIS 302 or permission of ADGIS School
Chair.

GIS 331 - ADVANCED TOPICS IN GIS

GIS and other geomatics technologies have become
essential for decision support in the private and
public sectors. Decision support refers to the tools
and information provided by/to people during all
aspects of their decision-making processes. GIS as

a decision support system involves the application

of spatially referenced data in a problem-solving
situation (s) with the integration of data management,
analysis techniques, and visual representation. GIS
as a decision support system has matured sufficiently
to handle such complex environmental, social,
economic, and urban problems and is sometimes
termed a spatial decision support system (SDSS).
This course will focus on the application of GIS within
three areas: Municipal Operations (Planning), Health
and Medicine, and Emergency Management.

GIS 390 - APPLIED RESEARCH METHODS

Applied Research Methods involves the design and
planning of a project idea from initial concept to
anticipated final outputs. Topics include an overview
of the steps necessary to successfully integrate GIS
into the project decision-making process. Specific
skills will be developed in project scoping and
research proposal development, reference material
management, and project presentation methods,
including oral, poster, and written project documents.
This course is a prerequisite for Co-op 301, GIS 491,
and GIS 492.

Pre-requisites: Successful completion of all Fall semester
GIS 300 level courses.

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GIS 427 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT

GIS project management will focus on skills
pertaining to issues surrounding the management of
GIS projects from start to finish. Emphasis areas will
include description of the project work environment,
organizational skills and tools, deliverable oriented
performance appraisals, leadership and team
orientation. In addition to these emphasis areas,
supporting information covering proposal writing,
costing, budgeting, meeting preparation, time
management and communication skills will be
addressed.

GIS 435 - STATISTICS AND SPATIAL
DATA MANAGEMENT

Spatial statistics is a two part course that starts
with a review of essential statistical techniques

and secondly focuses on statistical approaches

use in spatial analyses. Emphasis will be placed on
integrating practical examples into course exercises
and projects. Basic statistical concepts of exploring
data, probability distributions, hypothesis testing,
one sample, two sample tests, regression, and
model building will be addressed using real data and
a variety of computer software. Students explore
geostatistical functions such as interpolation, point
pattern analysis, kernel density estimation, kriging
and trend surface analysis in the second part of

the course. A research project that includes spatial
analyses is completed as part of the course.

GIS 437 - EMERGING TRENDS IN GIS

As the vast field of Geomatics and specifically GIS
changes and evolves on the technical level, new ways
to do things are continually being introduced. To stay
abreast of these important changes, Emerging Trends
in GIS will focus on exposing learners to practice

a variety of current, high-level and technical topics
with a focus on five main areas: ArcGIS Runtime and
customizing ArcGIS Desktop using Add-ins, Open
Source GIS, GIS in the Cloud, mobile applications,
and Augmented Reality. In addition, learners will be
exposed to integrating ArcGIS functionality within
Microsoft Office products, gaming, the incorporation
of time (4D) and a general reliance on Location Based
Services. Topics may change as industry demands.

GIS 491 - TECHNICAL PROJECT

Technical Project is the implementation of a project
as outlined and defined in Project Development.
Implementation will involve building the database,
conducting analysis with a variety of geoprocessing
tools and producing final products. This course
provides an opportunity for students to integrate
their knowledge of CAD, GIS, remote sensing and
databases to solve a specific problem.

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