Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Upon successful completion of Geography 266 the student will be able to:

• Demonstrate an advanced understanding of data preparation and manipulation.
• Demonstrate an advanced understanding of map principles and map design.
• Demonstrate an understanding of geodatabase design and management.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of statistical processes behind data analysis.

Students will be expected to demonstrate mastery of themes, concepts, issues, competencies and skills by any combination of the following: 

    * Written results of class labs and exercises

    * An analysis and critique of peer-reviewed articles published in GIS journals

    * Completion of a midterm project involving the creation of a geodatabase

    * Completion of a final project utilizing either Spatial Analyst or 3D Analyst

Themes, Concepts, Issues:
* GIS
* Maps and Cartography
* ArcGIS
* ArcGIS Extensions
* Use of ArcGIS to geocode addresses
* Use of ArcGIS to create and manage geodatabases
* Spatial analysis with ArcGIS
* Statistical analysis with ArcGIS
* Creation of TINs for three-dimensional analysis

Competencies and Skills:
* Use ArcGIS to select, buffer, clip, dissolve, or otherwise prepare data for analysis.
* Use ArcGIS to perform spatial & statistical analysis
* Identify the processes involved in creating and maintaining geodatabases in ArcGIS.
* Identify the steps involved in geocoding and georeferencing data.
* Identify the current trends in GIS research by analyzing professional journals.
* Identify the statistical techniques used for performing spatial analysis.
* Use ArcGIS to create vector, raster, and TIN data.
* Use ArcGIS to create and animate three-dimensional models.