Geographic Information Systems (6919.4)
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| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Education, Science, Technology & Maths |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| Academic Program Area - Science | Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
Learning outcomes
1. use and analyse spatially distributed data;2. use ArcMap GIS software package;
3. assess earth and biological resources using GIS tools;
4. analyse land and environmental management problems using GIS and remote sensing techniques
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
Prerequisites
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Required texts
Textbook (highly recommended, but not required, some copies are available at the library)
Bolstad, P. (2008) GIS Fundamentals, 3rd Edition, ISBN: 978-0-9717647-2-9.
Available from the Coop bookshop on campus or directly from Atlas Books ~$A50, www.atlasbooks.com, or EBook, Formated for Adobe Digital Editions, from http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/pbolstad
The following texts are excellent reference resources available from the Co op Bookshop or on short-term loan from the Library.
Burrough, PA & McDonnell, RA (1998) Principles of Geographical Information Systems, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
Delaney, J & van Niel, R (2007) Geographical Information Systems: An Introduction (2nd ed), South Melbourne: Oxford University Press ($55 rrp).
Longley, PA, Goodchild, MF, Maguire, MF & Rhind, DW (2001) Geographic Information Systems and Science, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
Ormsby – Getting to Know Arc GIS Desktop. ISBN 9781589482104 (this book has a one year licence for ArcGIS, which allows you to work from home)
Other Recommended Reading include the following:
Brimicombe, A (2003) GIS, Environmental Modelling and Engineering, New York: Taylor & Francis.
Burrough, PA (1986) Principles of Geographical Information Systems for Land Resources Assessment, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Cho, G (2005) Geographic Information Science: Mastering the Legal Issues, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
Cho, G (1998) Geographic Information Systems and the Law: Mapping the Legal Frontiers, London: John Wiley & Sons.
Clarke, KC (1997) Getting Started with Geographic Information Systems, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Cromley, EK & McLafferty, SL (2002) GIS and Public Health, New York: Guilford Press
Demers, MN (1997) Fundamentals of GIS, New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Frohn, RC (1998) Remote Sensing for Landscape Ecology: New Metric Indicators for Monitoring, Modeling, and Assessment of Ecosystems, Boca Raton, LA: Lewis Publishers.
Gatrell, AG & Loytonen, M (eds) (1998) GIS and Health, Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis.
Huxhold, WE (1990) An Introduction to Urban Geographic Information Systems, Oxford: OUP.
Johnston, CA (1998) Geographic Information Systems in Ecology, Malden, MA: Blackwell Science.
Kennedy, M (1996) The Global Positioning System and GIS: An Introduction, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Chelsea Press.
Kennedy, M (2006) Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGIS, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Korte, GB (1997) The GIS Book (4th ed.)
Legg, C (1994) Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems: Geological Mapping, Mineral Exploration and Mining, New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Longley, PA, Goodchild, MF, Maguire, MF & Rhind, DW (2001) Geographic Information Systems and Science, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
Maguire, DJ, Goodchild, MF & Rhind, DW (eds.) (1991) Geographical Information Systems: Principles and Applications (2 vols.),
Spencer, J et al. (2003) Global Positioning Systems. A Field Guide for the Social Sciences,
Star, J & Estes, J (1990) Introductory Readings in Geographic Information Systems, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
GIS Related Journals (Online and Print)
AURISA Annual Conference Proceedings, Australian Urban and Regional Information Systems Association Inc.
Cartographica, Journal of the Canadian Cartographic Association.
Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, Journal of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping.
GeoInformatica, Kluwer (online from Library) 1997 -
Geo Info Systems at http://www.geoinfosystems.com
Geospatial Solutions (online from Library) 2000 -
GIS Monitor http://www.gismonitor.com
GIS World, GIS World Inc.,
Location. The Australasian Geographic Information Systems Applications Journal, South Pacific Science Press,
International Journal of Geographical Information Systems, published by Taylor and Francis.
Some introductions to GIS
USGS GIS Tutorial at http://www.usgs.gov/research/gis/title.html
The Geographer's Craft at http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/gcraft/notes/intro/intro.html
Nick Chrisman's "What is GIS?" at http://faculty.washington.edu/chrisman/G460/Lec02.html
ESRI's About GIS at http://www.esri.com/library/gis/abtgis/what_gis.html
The Essential Guide to GIS at http://giswww.kingston.ac.uk/ESGUIDE/start.html
"What is GIS?" from Australia at http://www.dlsr.com.au/whatgis.htm
Submission of assessment items
Extensions & Late submissions
Electronic Lodgement of Assessment Exercises:
All assessment exercises are to be submitted electronically to a student's home directory on the local server, and will be taken from there by the Tutor for marking. The automatic computer date stamp is used as the date of submission. It is important therefore not to re-work any submitted material as a new and later date stamp would be recorded. It may be possible that as a result the submitted work would be considered as a late submission.
Due to the amount of data handled in GIS assessment exercises cannot be submitted online through Moodle.
The first page of each assessment item should include the following information:
Student Name:
Student ID:
Assessment Name:
Date of Submission:
Word Count (if applicable):
Students will be asked to confirm the following online declaration at the point of submission. I certify that:
• the attached assignment is my own work and no part of this work has been written for me by any other person except where such collaboration has been authorised by the lecturer/s concerned;
• material drawn from other sources has been fully acknowledged as to author/creator, source and other bibliographic details according to unit-specific requirements for referencing; and
• no part of this work has been submitted for assessment in any other unit in this or another Faculty except where authorised by the lecturer/s concerned.
Late submission of assignments
Late submission of assignments without an approved extension will result in the assignment not being marked and zero being recorded for that particular assignment. In extenuating circumstances a late submission may be considered upon the production of supporting documentation and at the discretion of the unit convener.
Extensions: Extensions must be applied for before the due date
Students can apply for an extension to the submission due date for an assessment item on the grounds of illness or other unavoidable and verifiable personal circumstances. Documentary evidence will be expected for an extension to be granted.
It should be noted that such documentation will be considered but will not guarantee that the application will be successful. The Unit Convener will decide whether to grant an extension and the length of the extension.
Responsibility for understanding
If there is any doubt with regard to the requirements of any particular assignments or assessment procedure, the onus for clarifying the issue rests with the student who should contact the unit Convener or tutor. Further, it is the responsibility of students to ensure that they are correctly enrolled in the unit and that the tutor and Student Administration have their correct contact details.
Special assessment requirements
The unit convener reserves the right to question students orally on any of their submitted work.
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Participation requirements
While attendance at lectures is not compulsory, attendance is highly recommended. Students will have difficulty completing computer practical exercises without the knowledge imparted during lectures. Attendance at the computer practical classes is compulsory and students cannot expect additional personal practical attention outside these classes.
Required IT skills
Students are expected to have a basic level of IT understanding and computer literacy. Specialist IT skills are expected to be acquired over the semester in practical lab classes. Generic skills and graduate attributes 8 is specially relevant here.
The discussion forum at the unit's moodle site is for asynchronous communication with other students and staff. It is asynchronous because the parties communicating with each other do not all have to be sitting at the computer at the same time.
You do not have to install any special software to access the discussion forum - just use your browser.
To use the Discussion Forum, you need to be able to:
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Navigate through the various topics and conversations
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Add your own topics and converse on topics (threads)
To contribute to an existing thread (topic) in the forum, click on the forum, then click on the thread of interest. After reading what your colleague has written, click on the "Reply" button to add a response.
Try this with the Round-Table thread. Treat it seriously, as it will help us to get to know each other and break the ice.
To post a new thread (topic) in the discussion forum, you click on the forum, then click on a topic, then click on reply. Other students and tutors will then pick up on the thread and add their two pence worth, and so on an online conversation will develop.
Please note that the Discussion Forum is visible to all academic staff and all students enrolled in the Unit GIS 6919. If you have a private enquiry, use email or the personal messaging facility.
In-unit costs
There are some costs associated with this Unit such as the purchase of books (and other materials including minor IT equipment – thumb drive, CDs or
Work placement, internships or practicums
Guest lecturers have been invited from research institutes, industry and agencies to address workplace issues.
Additional information
Students should keep a back-up copy of any assessment item that has been submitted.
