EEG 260 - GIS and Remote Sensing

Credits: 4

Prerequisite: Earth and Environmental Geoscience major or Environmental Studies major; and EEG 100, EEG 101, EE 102, or EEG 105. A laboratory course introducing the use of a Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing in geological/environmental analyses and decision making. Students use state-of-the-art software with a wide variety of spatial geologic, environmental, economic and topographic data derived from satellites; remote databases and published maps to evaluate geologic conditions; local landscape processes; environmental conditions; and hypothetical land-use cases.