Human Geography with GIS
Human Geography with GIS How do geographers study spatial interactions between people and the environment? How does socio-economic status relate to spatial patterns of settlement, social organization, access to resources, and exposure to risks? How can geographic information systems (GIS) help geographers explain these spatial patterns and processes? In this course we will apply GIS to a wide range of topics in human geography including urban, environmental, political, hazards, and health. We will learn how to gather, create, analyze, visualize, and critically interpret geographic data through tutorials, collaborative labs, and independent work that culminate in cartographic layouts of our results.
Human Geography with GIS How do geographers study spatial interactions between people and the environment? How does socio-economic status relate to spatial patterns of settlement, social organization, access to resources, and exposure to risks? How can geographic information systems (GIS) help geographers explain these spatial patterns and processes? In this course we will apply GIS to a wide range of topics in human geography including urban, environmental, political, hazards, and health. We will learn how to gather, create, analyze, visualize, and critically interpret geographic data through …Read more
Niwaeli cares deeply. I appreciated her personable approach to teaching. But I wish this course had been taught in ArcGIS and not Q. I don’t find QGIS particularly useful to future internships or professional work in the geography field.
Niwaeli is a really patient instructor. I found it really helpful to go to her office hours after classes to clarify unclear concepts. The first month of the class seems to be fairly easy, but after the first project begins there will be an increase in workload and difficulty.
This course is really time consuming and detail oriented. I really appreciate how well structured this class is, every week has a similar layout which makes it easier to stay on top of work. It is definitely hard and takes a big commitment to actually understand what is going on, but the subject matter is really cool if you're interested in spatial analysis or if you're a visual learner. Don't be intimidated by its reputation, this class is interesting and useful!
This course is really time consuming and detail oriented. I really appreciate how well structured this class is, every week has a similar layout which makes it easier to stay on top of work. It is definitely hard and takes a big commitment to actually understand what is going on, but the subject matter is really cool if you're intere …Read more
This class was just incredibly time consuming. And having to physically go into lab to do work made it so much worse. The material itself was not challenging and I enjoyed lectures. There was a weekly pre-class module with recorded lectures and an assignment that took me about 1.5 hours every week. In the past this was instead of a lecture, but ours was in addition to. There were also lab assignments that had to be turned in and often took more than lab time. Exams were project exams and were quite challenging and time consuming. And exam corrections were also really time consuming. There were weeks where I probably spent over 10 hours in the lab room.
This class was just incredibly time consuming. And having to physically go into lab to do work made it so much worse. The material itself was not challenging and I enjoyed lectures. There was a weekly pre-class module with recorded lectures and an assignment that took me about 1.5 hours every week. In the past this was instead of a l …Read more
Niwaeli is great, this course is just a tough prerequisite that is hard to enjoy if you're not a geography person. It really should not be required for ENVS majors. I did feel like I got a lot out of it as a GEOG major and found it interesting but it moves super fast and is definitely not easy. She is an awesome prof though and would take her other classes like Urban Africa.