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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: 11

Average GPA: 3.53 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 44.39%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.47%

Vanthu T Tran201968.2%13.6%18.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.451
John P Gannon202473.3%21.3%4.3%0.5%0.3%0.3%3.618
Staff Derwin201873.9%20.3%4.3%0.0%0.0%1.4%3.631
Courtney I Thomas201720.2%58.0%14.9%4.0%1.4%1.4%2.891

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