WWU GIS & Remote Sensing Courses and the GIS Minor

For more information, contact Stefan or Dr. Michael Medler

 

See also:   SAL Schedule

                SAL home page (w/links to current class web pages)

                Previous Class web pages (from previous years/quarters)

                ESRI VIRTUAL CAMPUS (available free to WWU students - see Notes and Courses)

 

                WWU's Course Catalog for Course details

                    WWU's ClassFinder for this year's class schedule

 

 

 

Huxley College of the Environment GIS & RS Courses*

            ENVS-221     Geographic Information Systems Survey (2) (formerly EGEO-250)

            ENVS-320     Introduction to GIS (4) (formerly EGEO-350)

            ENVS-321     Computer Cartography (2) (formerly EGEO-352)

            ENVS-419      Applications in GIS (3) (formerly ESTU-401)

            ENVS-420     Foundations of GIS (4) (formerly EGEO-450)

            ENVS-421     GIS Databases (4) (formerly EGEO-451)

            ENVS-422     Advanced GIS (4) (Old EGEO-452) (formerly EGEO-452)

            ENVS-423     GIS Processing and Analysis (3) (formerly EGEO-453)

 

            ESCI-442       Introduction to Remote Sensing (5)

            ESCI-497       GIS and Environmental Modeling

 

* NOTE: Effective Fall 2012 the course numbers for Geography (formerly "EGEO") and Environmental Studies (formerly "ESTU") courses have been combined under the single heading of Environmental Studies "ENVS" - as such, all of the course numbers have been changed...

 

Non-Huxley Majors (& Wait Lists)

Registration for many of the Huxley GIS courses is restricted to Huxley majors only during the first phase of registration.

Following the initial phase of registration the restrictions are removed opening the class and the class wait-lists to all WWU students. 

 

 

Geology Department Courses

            GEOL-213       GIS in Geology

            GEOL-442       Introduction to Remote Sensing (5) - may no longer be offered

            GEOL-443       Digital Image Processing (4) - may no longer be offered

            GEOL-447       GIS Applications in Field-Based Studies (3)

 

 

 

 

   The GIS Minor (29-31 credits, see scheduling notes below)

        The GIS Minor has recently been revised

 

            ENVS-320     Introduction to GIS (4)

                                (or ENVS-419 Application in GIS [3] )

            ENVS-321     Computer Cartography (2)

            ENVS-322     Analysis of Spatial Data (Statistics) (4)

                                (or an approved Statistics course, e.g. ESCI-340 [5] or DSCI-305 [4] )

 

NOTE: Students doing the GIS Minor are strongly encouraged to have taken all of the above courses prior to taking ENVS-420 or ESCI-442.

 

            ENVS-420     Foundations of GIS (4)

            ENVS-421     GIS Databases (4)

            ENVS-422     Advanced GIS (4)  

            ENVS-423     GIS Processing and Analysis (3)

            ESCI-442      Introduction to Remote Sensing (5)

 

 

Notes on the GIS Minor (Scheduling)

Students considering the GIS Minor should note that many of the classes are only offered once or twice a year. Given that most classes are also sequential, completing the minor requires at least two years. The recommended schedule would be:

        Year 1 (Soph. or Junior year)     ENVS-320    Intro to GIS

                                                            ENVS-321    Cartography

                                                            ENVS-322    Analysis of Spatial Data

                                                            ESCI-442      Remote Sensing* (or year 2)

 

        Year 2 (Junior or Senior year)    ENVS-420    Foundations of GIS*

                                                            ENVS-421    GIS Databases*

                                                            ENVS-422    Advanced GIS*

                                                            ENVS-423    GIS Analysis*

                                                            ESCI-442      Remote Sensing* (or year 1)

 

        * Courses offered only once per year.

 

Spreading these courses over three years is recommended if at all possible (e.g., taking ENVS-320 and/or ENVS-322 during the Sophomore year). Likewise, taking as many as possible during the Junior year is also recommended (e.g., completing ALL of the 300 level courses and ESCI-442 if possible). Be aware that all of the 400 level courses are work intensive (so taking 5 of them your Senior year will leave very little time for any other pursuits...)