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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

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 65

Average GPA: 3.30 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 39.56%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.03%

Santosh Rijal202457.6%27.9%10.9%1.2%1.4%1.1%3.3825
Fangzheng Lyu202462.0%25.3%8.6%1.2%1.9%1.0%3.455
Joshua D Starner202459.0%22.4%12.2%1.3%5.0%0.0%3.275
Junghwan Kim202358.0%25.7%10.9%1.9%3.2%0.2%3.3214
Laurence W Carstensen202143.8%33.5%14.2%4.5%1.9%2.0%3.1313
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
Arunabha Biswas202265.6%24.1%7.0%0.0%0.0%3.4%3.571

Grade Distribution Over Time