GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS: TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS
ARC3GIS
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Geographic Information Systems are now an essential tool for research and planning in many fields. GIS allow the documentation and integration of diverse spatial data-sets, valuable in academic research on past and present societies or environments and applied directly to plot current trends and to provide the basis for planning future developments. In this subject the key concepts and techniques are introduced, including the design of appropriate databases and their manipulation using GIS software. Archaeology provides many of the case-studies examined, with further examples drawn from a wider variety of fields and applications in research and planning.
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Jessie Birkett-Rees
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: ARC2GIS
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: You need to be able to attend the Computer Laboratory session for this subject. You need to have basic computer skills (saving and retrieving of documents; compressing files).
Melbourne, 2014, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: 25
Enrolment information: Limited facilities (staff and computer systems) First in, first served, preference given to Bachelor of Archaeology students (ABAR).
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Jessie Birkett-Rees
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Computer LaboratoryWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours computer laboratory per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| One Essay (1200-word) | 30 | |
| Three practical assignments (3 x 800 words equivalent) | 60 | |
| Two quizzes (2 x 200 words) | 10 |