1.2 Course Objectives

This course has five intertwined objectives. After completing the course, students will be able to:

1. Geographic information science: Describe the concepts that form the foundation of GISc work.

2. Data management: Perform basic data cleaning and geoprocessing tasks using R and ArcGIS Pro.

3. Data visualization: Create and present visualizations of spatial data using R, ArcGIS Pro, and ArcGIS Online.

4. Analysis development: Apply techniques that make GISc work more reproducible, accurate, and collaborative using GitHub, R, Markdown, and other tools.

5. Research synthesis: Plan and implement a spatial data analysis project that utilizes the techniques described throughout the course.