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601.734.86
Spatial Applications

Location
Internet
Term
4th Term
Department
MAS Office
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
Asynchronous Online
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

Spatial Data Technologies for Mapping (601.732.86) and Applied Spatial Statistics (601.733.86)

Description
Focuses on further developing and integrating components of the spatial science paradigm: Spatial Data, GIS and Spatial Statistics. Provides an opportunity for students to gain a working knowledge of resources for conducting spatial analysis (e.g., literature, software, and data). Expands students’ abilities to design and conduct spatial analysis by providing data for reproduction, and in some cases, extension of analyses from existing studies.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Integrate spatial information and spatial analysis into public health research and practice
  2. Frame a scientific question and/or hypothesis about spatial relationships into the appropriate spatial statistical methodology, the results and interpretations of which represent quantities of scientific interest
  3. Identify appropriate resources (literature, software, data) for conducting spatial analysis
  4. Complete a spatial analysis (including methods, results and interpretation) that addresses each component of the spatial science paradigm
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 10% Quizzes
  • 90% Assignments
Enrollment Restriction
Restricted to students enrolled in the MAS in Spatial Analysis Program