ClassInfo - Fall 2020 Geography Classes

Fall 2020 | GEOG 8292 Section 001: Seminar in GIS: Spatial Analysis and Modeling (33179)

Instructor(s): Ying Song
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020

Mon 01:00PM - 03:30PM

UMTC, West Bank

Blegen Hall 415
Enrollment Status:: Open (4 of 12 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Overview of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis/modeling of human/environmental systems. Spatial statistics, modeling spatiotemporal processes, simulation techniques, visualization, complex systems/complexity. Guidance in thesis/dissertation research. prereq: 3511 [or equiv statistics course], [3561 or 5561 or equiv intro GIS course] or instr consent
Class Description:: Overview. Spatial analysis and modeling involves the use of mathematical and computational methods in conjunction with spatial data to explore explore human and environmental systems. This course is a standard seminar focused on readings, a student-led presentations, and a final paper. NOTE: The Fall 2020 offering focuses on urban mobility and accessibility. Topics covered includes the classic transportation planning models, sustainable mobility, trajectory data mining, time geography and space-time accessibility, and recent topics in health and urban environment. The methods to be introduced include optimization, logit model, visual exploratory analysis, spatial data mining, stochastic modeling as well as functions and tools in GIS (using ArcPro).
Learning Objectives:: Get familiar with main-stream models in studying and modeling urban mobility and accessibility as well as state-of-art methods in the field.
Grading:: 30% Reading Assignment and Class Participation
20% Lab Exercises
50% Semester Project See course website for detailed information.
Exam Format:: No exam.
Class Format:: 70% Discussion
20% Lab Exercises
10% Student Presentations
Workload:: 50 pages reading per week - (3 reflective essays; 2-3 pages each; 1 essay every 2-3 weeks)
1 individual project/proposal - (2 progress report; 1 final report; 1 oral presentation)
4 lab exercises - (5 questions each lab to report the progress and discuss the results).
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33179/1209
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 21 April 2020

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