GIS and the Natural Environment In this course students will be introduced to the concepts and applications of geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing through the lens of physical environmental change. We will apply technological solutions to an array of real-world geospatial problems, including land use change, climate, wildfire, and forest ecology. Students will build expertise in geospatial workflows by independently acquiring, cleaning, analyzing, and visualizing datasets from local to global scales. The first half of the course will focus on building analytical and cartographic skills in QGIS, before delving into cloud-based geospatial coding. Students will leave the course grounded in the how (technical) and why (theoretical) of spatial analysis for physical environmental systems.

Charlie Bettigole

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Charlie is a phenomenal instructor. This class is an incredible introduction to GIS and the technical aspects of environmental GIS in a very approachable way. I could not reccommend this class enough. He makes something that can be extremely boring and tedious into something super interesting and meaningful.

I loved my experience in this course. While we did have a significant workload, I thought that all of our projects were engaging and satisfying. Charlie is a great professor and explains complicated topics clearly. The class is half in QGIS and half in Google Earth Engine, so you get a sample of both programs.