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GIS 320 - GIS PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

GIS 320: GIS Professional Development. Knowledge
of current and relevant professional development in
GIS is essential for new graduates and experienced
practitioners to achieve and maintain success in the
continually changing GIS field. During this seminar
course we will invite local GIS industry expert

guest speakers to learn how they utilize GIS and
how their organization employs GIS. We will also
cover designation upon graduation, developing a
professional development plan, and identify various
GIS organizations.

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
SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES

Introduction to Global Navigation Satellite Systems
and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles will first 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. The
second part of the course will introduce Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles (UAV) technology. More specifically,
this includes introduction to photogrammetry,
characteristics of images obtained from UAV, mission
planning, acquiring images using UAV and digital
image processing. Students will work on series of
assignments to get the hands on experience on data
acquisition and image processing.

Prerequisites: GIS 302 Online

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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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

Prerequisites: Successful completion of GIS 302, 303,
310, 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.

Prerequisites: GIS 302

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.

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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.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of all Fall
semester GIS 300 level courses.

GIS 401 - INTRODUCTION TO LIDAR
REMOTE SENSING AND APPLICATIONS

The aim of this course is to combine vector and
raster GIS data and new remotely sensed data
source, LIDAR, with geospatial tools to make spatial
decisions. Students will master basic skills of LIDAR
needed to leverage the commercial LIDAR sources
and information products in a broad range of
applications, including vegetation characterization,
3D modeling of urban infrastructure, volumetric
analysis for underground parking garage excavation
and wetland boundary delineation. Further, students
will be given a brief introduction to Open Source
software for LIDAR data processing.

Prerequisites: GIS 302

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.

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