APPLICATIONS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN PLANNING

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: GEOG/CIV ENGR/ENVIR ST 377 or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify how planning agencies use GIS. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explain the nature, characteristics, and possible ways of analyzing spatial data in a planning context. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Communicate geospatial data and analyses effectively. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Obtain and analyze geospatial data using a range of spatial analysis tools for a number of planning practices. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Conduct site-selection and land-suitability analysis. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Identify ethical issues surrounding access to and use of geospatial data. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Analyze and provide written feedback on undergraduate student presentations. Audience: Graduate 8. Produce a memo on land-suitability analysis. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify how planning agencies use GIS. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explain the nature, characteristics, and possible ways of analyzing spatial data in a planning context. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Communicate geospatial data and analyses effectively. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Obtain and analyze geospatial data using a range of spatial analysis tools for a number of planning practices. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Conduct site-selection and land-suitability analysis. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Identify ethical issues surrounding access to and use of geospatial data. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Analyze and provide written feedback on undergraduate student presentations. Audience: Graduate 8. Produce a memo on land-suitability analysis. Audience: Graduate