Continuing Education

CCTG165 - Environmental Applications

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Course Overview

GIS technology provides the tools that permit us to better manage natural resources and more objectively tackle environmental issues, by helping us assess future scenarios, explore alternatives, and resolve conflicting requirements. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to use GIS applications to solve environmental issues.

This class comprises five units, each employing unique GIS applications for solving environmental issues. Graduates of this course will be able to clarify where and how GIS can solve issues. You will also be able to apply GIS technology to provide solutions.

At the end of this course, you will have the skills to apply spatial analysis and mapping to wildlife biology questions, employ map algebra to determine potential stream flow in hydrological modeling, and subsequently resolve conflicting demands in land-use planning. You will also be able to assess the level of landscape fragmentation, and how to interpret the results.

Graduates of this course will be able to interpret biodiversity using remote sensing data and process the data to classify the landscape. You will also be able to simulate the growth of a forest of hundreds of years in mere minutes to assess how much of it could be harvested sustainably, and be able to describe techniques that are frequently crucial to assessing environmental issues, but are often misused.

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Geographic Information Systems Technology


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Delivery Methods

  • Face to Face: Where: In-person meetings. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Face-to-face instruction at all class meetings. Location may be on campus or at a worksite.
  • Blended: Where: Mixture of in-person & online components. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Combination of face-to-face and online components at specific times. Some online components may be accessed online anytime.
  • Hyflex: Where: Choice to attend in-person or online meetings. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. For each class, students choose to attend in-person with the instructor or online at a specific time.
  • Remote Live Delivery: Where: Online with instructor. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Instruction is delivered at set times online. Students do not come to campus.
  • Remote On-Demand Delivery: Where: Online anytime. When: No set class meetings. Coursework is accessed on-demand and online. While there are no set class meetings, there may be set due dates and deadlines for some activities. Students may interact with peers through virtual tools.
  • Remote Independent: Where: Online anytime. When: No set class meetings. Coursework is accessed on-demand and online, with no instructor support. While students choose when to do coursework, there may be set due dates and deadlines. 
  • Work Placement: Where: In-person meetings. When: Work is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Onsite work integrated learning. Location at a worksite.
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