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FREC-1004: Digital Planet

Description: Exploration of innovative geospatial technologies and their impact on the world around us, including how humans interact with the environment and each other. Roles of location-based services, global positioning systems, geographic information systems, remote sensing, virtual globes and web based mapping for environmental applications. Skills and techniques for spatial thinking and environmental decision-making. Ethical implications of the use of geospatial technologies, data, and computational approaches.

Pathways: 5F Quant & Comp Thnk Found., 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: GEOG-1084

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 10

Average GPA: 3.62 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 51.96%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.24%

John P Gannon202475.3%19.9%3.8%0.4%0.3%0.3%3.649
Vanthu T Tran201968.2%13.6%18.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.451

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Spring 2020Summer I 2020Spring 2021Spring 2022Summer I 2022Spring 2023Summer I 2023Spring 2024Summer I 2024Term050% W