Section 07 Schedule

Class Details

Room TBD

Two hours of lecture per week
Tuesday: 4:00 - 5:50

Three hours of lab per week
Thursday: 4:00 - 6:50

Section 07 - Fall Term Calendar 2026

Date Week Topic
August 25 1 Lecture: Introduction, What is GIS, Computers Reading: On Computers
August 27 1 Lab 1, Computers
September 1 2 Lecture: Basic GIS Concepts | Scale, Coordinate systems, and Map Projections
September 3 2 Lab: TBD
September 8 3 Lecture: Spatial Data Models and File Formats
September 10 3 Lab: TBD
September 15 4 Lecture: Data Creation, Editing, Topology Basics
September 17 4 Lab: TBD
September 22 5 Lecture: Tables: Joins and Queries, GeoProcessing and Vector Operations
September 24 5 Lab: TBD
September 29 6 Lecture: GCS Review, GPS Data, plotting x/y coordinates, exporting vector data
October 1 6 Lab: TBD
October 6 7 Lecture: Rasters and Digital Elevation Models
October 8 7 Lab: TBD
October 13 8 Lecture: Raster Analysis: Map Algebra, Resampling, Reprojecting Rasters
October 15 8 Lab: TBD
October 20 9 Lecture: Remote Sensing and Spectral Indices
October 22 9 Lab: TBD
October 27 10 Lecture: Interpolation, Zonal Statistics, and Summarizing Surfaces
October 29 10 Lab: TBD
November 3 11 Lecture: Workflow Design and Geoprocessing Models
November 5 11 Lab: TBD
November 10 12 Lecture: Other GIS platforms
November 12 12 Lab: TBD
November 17 13 Lecture: Advanced topics
November 19 13 Lab: TBD
November 24 Fall Break
November 26 Fall Break
December 1 14 Lecture: Modern Map Making
December 3 14 Lab: TBD
December 8 15 Lecture: TBD
December 10 15 Lab: TBD
December 15 Finals Lecture: TBD
December 17 Finals Lab: TBD