Below please find a list of Spring 2022 class offerings. Use the search filters to further narrow your results.
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Global Environment Change Spring 2022 | GEOGRAPH 110
The natural relationships between the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere; human impact on the natural environment. Global environmental issues: global warming, sea-level rise, and ozone depletion in the stratosphere. Global changes of the past also studied to give perspective to forecasted changes. Includes writing exercises. (Gen.Ed. PS)
| Instructor | Time | Meets | Credits | Term |
| Kinuyo Kanamaru | On-line | Jan 25, 2022 – May 4 2022 | 4 | Spring 22 |
Geography of US and Canada Spring 2022 | GEOGRAPH 200
This course provides a survey of the geography of US and Canada, starting with core integrative themes and methods of analysis, and then moving into a region-by-region overview. Special emphasis will be on historical development, environmental change and sustainability, and the diversity of peoples and cultures and their relationships with landscapes and each other. Short of literally traveling the continent, the class aims to immerse you in the images, sounds, data, and experiences of places, regions, and people’s lives, so they come to life. Every week you will have at least one movie and/or Google Earth exercise that virtually transports you to a new location of study. You’ll take different perspectives, try out new skills, dive into data, and think critically. Most weeks you will write reflectively about a movie, Google Earth exercise, and/or experience. (Gen. Ed. SB, DU)
| Instructor | Time | Meets | Credits | Term |
| James Carney | Online | Jan 25, 2022 – May 4 2022 | 4 | Spring 22 |
Seminar- Spatial Decision Making and Support Spring 2022 | Geography 493S
This graduate-level course is aimed at students who have a foundation in basic GIS techniques and applications and are interested in expanding their knowledge into their area of spatial decision making and visualization of the decision maps. We will start with the linkage between GIScience, spatial analysis, and decision support. We will then discuss different decision-making techniques and highlight the important distinction between conventional MCDA methods and spatially explicitly multicriteria approaches. An overview of handling spatial uncertainty as well as sensitivity analysis will be discussed. The course will also introduce Python scripting for geoprocessing as a flexible approach for the development of spatial decision-making models. In this course, students will: – Learn the fundamentals of spatial decision making and support – Become familiar with using Python scripting to solve decision-making problems for spatial models – Create decision analysis maps along with uncertainty/sensitivity maps in order to support the decision-making process
| Instructor | Time | Meets | Credits | Term |
| Seda Salap-Ayca | 10:00 – 11:15 am UWW Remote Learning | Jan 25, 2022 – May 4, 2022 | 3 | Spring 22 |
Seminar- WebGIS Spring 2022 | GEOGRAPH 493W
Students in WebGIS will explore web-based applications in geographic information science. This course will focus on hands-on practice using and building web-based mapping and analysis platforms, including Google Maps, ArcGIS Online, Leaflet, and Open Street Map. Along with conceptual discussion of how the internet, web servers, and cloud-based GIS services function, students will create and host web services relevant to their coursework, research, or professional goals.
| Instructor | Time | Meets | Credits | Term |
Forrest Bowlick | Online | Jan 25, 2022 – May 4, 2022 | 3 | Spring 22 |
Special Topics– Geocomputation Spring 2022 | GEOGRAPH 497A
Automated geography helps us to understand the complex geographic phenomena that are intractable to solve by conventional techniques. This class focuses on opportunities for taking a computational approach to the solution of complex spatial problems, often non-deterministic. Through introductory lab practices and foundational lectures, the course covers various computer-based models and techniques applicable to spatial science, including expert systems, cellular automata, agent-based modeling, genetic algorithms, visualization, and data mining. The goals of this course are to teach basic geocomputation concepts through theory and practice to enable students to better use of the vast spatial data, exploit the value of this information resources and expand the spatial information towards analysis and modeling. Students are expected to design and implement a project which will enable them to practice the skills that they acquired during the course
| Instructor | Time | Meets | Credits | Term |
| Seda Salap-Ayca | TU, TH 1:00 – 2:15 pm UWW Remote Learning | Jan 25, 2022 – May 4, 2022 | 3 | Spring 22 |
Seminar- Spatial Decision Making and Support Spring 2022 | GEOGRAPH 693S
This course is aimed at students who have a foundation in basic GIS techniques and applications and are interested in expanding their knowledge into their area of spatial decision making and visualization of the decision maps. We will start with the linkage between GIScience, spatial analysis, and decision support. We will then discuss different decision-making techniques and highlight the important distinction between conventional MCDA methods and spatially explicitly multicriteria approaches. An overview of handling spatial uncertainty as well as sensitivity analysis will be discussed. The course will also introduce Python scripting for geoprocessing as flexible approach for the development of spatial decision-making models. In this course, students will: – Learn the fundamentals of spatial decision making and support – Become familiar with using Python scripting to solve decision-making problems for spatial models – Create decision analysis maps along with uncertainty/sensitivity maps in order to support the decision-making process
| Instructor | Time | Meets | Credits | Term |
| Seda Salap-Ayca | TU,TH 10:00 – 11:15 am UWW Remote Learning | Jan 25, 2022 – May 4, 2022 | 3 | Spring 22 |
Seminar- WebGIS Spring 2022 | GEOGRAPH 693W
Students in WebGIS will explore web-based applications in geographic information science. This course will focus on hands-on practice using and building web-based mapping and analysis platforms, including Google Maps, ArcGIS Online, Leaflet, and Open Street Map. Along with conceptual discussion of how the internet, web servers, and cloud-based GIS services function, students will create and host web services relevant to their coursework, research, or professional goals.
| Instructor | Time | Meets | Credits | Term |
Forrest Bowlick | On-Line | Jan 25, 2022 – May 4, 2022 | 3 | Spring 22 |
Special Topics- Geocomputation Spring 2022 | GEOGRAPH 697A
Automated geography helps us to understand the complex geographic phenomena that are intractable to solve by conventional techniques. This class focuses on opportunities for taking a computational approach to the solution of complex spatial problems, often non-deterministic. Through introductory lab practices and foundational lectures, the course covers various computer-based models and techniques applicable to spatial science, including expert systems, cellular automata, agent-based modeling, genetic algorithms, visualization, and data mining. The goals of this course are to teach basic geocomputation concepts through theory and practice to enable students to better use of the vast spatial data, exploit the value of this information resources and expand the spatial information towards analysis and modeling. Students are expected to design and implement a project which will enable them to practice the skills that they acquired during the course
| Instructor | Time | Meets | Credits | Term |
Seda Salap-Ayca | TU,TH 1:00 – 2:15 pm UWW Remote Learning | Jan 25, 2022 – May 4, 2022 | 3 | Spring 22 |