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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: 8

Average GPA: 3.56 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 64.20%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.28%

Hoa T Tran201970.0%22.2%3.2%1.1%1.1%2.2%3.551
John P Gannon202475.5%16.1%3.3%2.3%2.8%0.0%3.567

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