CURRICULUM DESIGN FOR A UNIVERSITY GRADUATE COURSE ON ADVANCED TOPICS IN GIS FOR NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

摘要

Geographic Information Science or what is so called GIScience is an applied science, which involvesrnspatial or geo data collection and analysis. It consists of three major fields: remote sensing, GIS and GPS.rnGIS is one of the most important techniques used to analyze spatial data. Designing a course curriculum isrnnot an easy task. However, it would be even more difficult when designing an advanced one. To design arnreasonable curriculum for an academic university course: interest, knowledge, experience and motivationrnare required. Designing a curriculum for a course on advanced GIS topics for natural resourcesrnmanagement is the objective of this paper.