GIS For the 21st Century Community College Training Program
Indiana State Univeristy - Summer 1996 (Geo 590)
(Preliminary Schedule)

Day 1-1 (June 10) Day's Theme: Introduction

Morning

• Welcoming Presentation
• Lecture 1-1a: Overview of Course
• Lecture 1-1b: Keynote Address - The Future of GIS

Afternoon

• Lab 1-1a: Internet, WWW, On-line GIS Tutorials
• Lab 1-1b: IDRISI Introduction

Day 1-2 (June 11) Day's Themes: Foundations of GIS / Raster GIS

Morning

• Lecture 1-2a: History of GIS Lecture 1-2b: Abstractions and Models of Reality
• Lecture 1-2c: Introduction to Raster GIS

Afternoon

• Lab 1-2: IDRISI - Exercise I

Day 1-3 (June 12) Day's Themes: Geographic Analysis

Morning

• Lecture 1-3a: Spatial Reasoning and Thinking Geographically (Panal Discussion)
• Lecture 1-3b: Raster GIS Analysis

Afternoon

• Lab 1-3: IDRISI - Exercise II

Day 1-4 (June 13) Day's Theme: MIS, GIS, and Computer Systems

Morning

• Lecture 1-4a: Fundamentals of Computer Systems and GIS
• Lecture 1-4b: Management Information Systems and Computer Fundamentals

Afternoon

• Lab 1-4: IDRISI - Exercise III

Day's Themes: Geodetic Control, Coordinate Systems, and Remote Sensing

Morning

• Lecture 1-5a: Geodesy, Geodetic Control, and GPS
• Lecture 1-5b: Projections, Coordinate Systems, Orthophotography, and Remote Sensing
• Lecture 1-5c: Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing

Afternoon

• Lab 1-5: IDRISI - Remote Sensing Data

Day 1-6 (June 15) Field Techniques Field Day

Day 2-1 (June 17) Day's Theme: Vector GIS

Morning

• Lecture 2-1a: Vector GIS
• Lecture 2-1b: Vector GIS Analysis

Afternoon

• Lab 2-1: Introduction to ArcView

Day 2-2 (June 18) Day's Themes: Creating and Inputing Data

Morning

• Lecture 2-2a: Creating Data: Digitizing, Scanning, and GPS
• Lecture 2-2b: Sampling, Measurement, and Data Quality Assessment

Afternoon

• Lab 2-2: ArcView - Digitizing and Scanning

Day 2-3 (June 19) Day's Themes: Sources of Existing Data and Data Conversion

Morning

• Lecture 2-3a: Natural Resources and Environment Data Sources
• Lecture 2-3b: TIGER, Census, and Socioeconomic Data Sources
• Lecture 2-3c: Strategies for acquiring data and data conversion

Afternoon

• Lab 2-3: Arcview - Exercise II

Day 2-4 (June 20) Day's Theme: Database Models and GIS

Morning

• Lecture 2-4a: Database Models I
• Lecture 2-4b: Database Models II

Afternoon

• Lab 2-4: Arcview Exercise III

Day 2-5 (June 21) Day's Themes: Advanced Vector Analysis / CAD

Morning

• Lecture 2-5a: Advanced Vector Analysis
• Lecture 2-5b: Network Analysis
• Lecture 2-5c: Introduction to CAD

Afternoon

• Lab 2-5: Microstation - CAD

Day 2-6 (June 24)

• Lab 2-6 Microstation Optional Training

Day 3-1 (June 24) Day's Themes: Assessing Final Results and Creating Map Products

Morning

• Lecture 3-1a: Map Design
• Lecture 3-1b: Assessing Results and Error Analysis

Afternoon

• Lab 3-1: Optional Training and Work on Projects

Day 3-2 (June 25) Day's Theme: The GIS Work Site Field Trip to Indianapolis

Day 3-3 (June 26) Day's Themes: Implenting GIS and Social Issues

Morning

• Lecture 3-3b: Legal Issues of GIS
• Lecture 3-3c: GIS and Society

Afternoon

• Lab 3-3: Optional Training and Work on Projects

Day 3-4 (June 27) Day's Theme: GIS Program Building I

Morning

• Lecture 3-4a: GIS Curriculum for Community Colleges (Panal Discussion)
• Lecture 3-4b: Setting up a GIS Lab (Panal Discussion)

Afternoon

• Lab 3-4: Optional Training and Work on Projects

Day 3-5 (June 14) Day's Theme: GIS Program Building II

Morning

• Lecture 3-5a: Inventorying the GIS marketplace
• Lecture 3-5b: Grant Writing and External Funding
• Lecture 3-5c: Teaching GIS

Afternoon

• Session 3-5: Program Development and Work During 1996/1997
• Session 3-5b: Final Words: The Work Ahead

 Last Updated: September 15, 1996