Dec 05, 2025  
2025-2026 University Catalog 
    
2025-2026 University Catalog
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ASM 54000 - Geographic Information System Application


Credit Hours: 3.00.  Fundamentals of GIS analysis applied to environmental, agricultural, and engineering-related problems. Topics include data sources, spatial analysis; projections; creating data and metadata, and conceptualizing and solving spatial problems using GIS.
Learning Outcomes
1. Apply fundamental geographic information system concepts for organizing, symbolizing, and visualizing spatial and temporal data.
2. Demonstrate proficiency with spatial data manipulation methods for creating and editing geodatabases, geocoding, and performing geoprocessing operations on spatial data.
3. Apply spatial analysis tools to process vector and raster data for decision-making.
4. Create models to automate GIS workflow and build custom geoprocessing tools.
5. Construct user-friendly dashboards/web apps/StoryMaps for sharing developed solutions.
6. Research publicly available GIS data and use it for the final project or demonstrate Python programming skills to analyze publicly available data.
Credits: 3.00



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