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GEOG-2084: Principles of Geographic Information Systems

Description: Principles and diverse applications of Geographic Information Systems, geographic coordinate systems, Cartesian map projections, spatial data sources, GIS databases, map representations, and illustrated spatial applications of GIS. Requires regular use of computer systems for geographic data analysis.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: GEOG-4084, GEOG-4404, GEOS-4084

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 74

Average GPA: 3.20 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 33.86%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.32%

Santosh Rijal202457.3%28.0%10.4%1.7%1.6%1.0%3.3728
Laurence W Carstensen202135.3%34.3%21.3%4.8%2.0%2.3%2.9625
Sanam K Aksha201838.5%61.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.251
Junghwan Kim202358.0%25.7%10.9%1.9%3.2%0.2%3.3214
Arunabha Biswas202265.6%24.1%7.0%0.0%0.0%3.4%3.571
Joshua D Starner202457.3%22.4%12.4%2.2%5.7%0.0%3.223
Sharrika D Adams202235.5%35.4%22.5%0.0%3.2%3.2%2.991
John D Boyer202235.5%38.8%16.1%0.0%9.7%0.0%2.871

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