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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

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Summer I 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Summer I 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Summer I 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Summer I 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W