This course is part of the James Madison University Geospatial Semester program and provides students with a research experience applying geospatial technologies, such as geographic information systems (GIS), global positions systems (GPS), and remote sensing to a problem of interest. This course will allow students to design and execute an extended research project. Students will work to identify a problem of interest, define the stakeholders for the problem, evaluate the data and geospatial tools needed to solve the problem, analyze the data, and propose and communicate possible solutions to stakeholders.
Prerequisites
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College Credit: This course is dual enrolled at James Madison University (JMU) as Geog 161 for a total of 6 credits at JMU pending successful completion of the course. The content of this course is taught at the college level Please consult with your counselor for more details.