EEG 3106 - GIS and Remote Sensing

Prerequisites or Corequisites: EEG 1000, EEG 1001, EEG 1002, EEG 1003, EEG 1005, EEG 1007, EEG 1008, or EEG 2000.
Credits: 4

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.