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GEOG-1084: 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: FREC-1004

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 11

Average GPA: 3.52 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 49.83%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.05%

Courtney I Thomas201737.8%45.7%9.3%2.8%1.3%3.1%3.173
Hoa T Tran201970.0%22.2%3.2%1.1%1.1%2.2%3.551
Staff Derwin201881.5%13.4%3.1%2.0%0.0%0.0%3.711
John P Gannon202476.2%18.8%3.8%0.3%0.9%0.0%3.666

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