Geographical Information Systems

Knowledge and understanding____ Know and understand the theoretical foundations of GIS.
Applying knowledge and understanding__Know and understand the potential and application fields of GIS.

Students are expected to gain the conceptual competencies and technical skills for (i) working with both georeferenced vector and raster datasets in a GIS environment, (ii) processing/manipulating and analyzing geospatial datasets, (iii) properly using them to represent and model real-world systems, problems, and phenomena, (iv) extracting/producing valuable information, (v) creating reusable and sharable automatic GIS workflows, and (vi) communicating findings clearly in visual/map and text form.