Geob 472 Advanced Cartography & Data Visualization
         

Course Outline 2012


Instructor Sally Hermansen: sallyh@geog.ubc.ca
   
Office Hours Thursdays 3:30-4:30
   
Office

Room 144
   
Class Time

Tuesdays, 2-5 room 214 geography building
Two hours of the time will be lecture, and one hour student lead discussions.
The first week there will be no student lead discussion, and the final week of term will be devoted to student presentations.

   
TA Sam Walker: swalker@geog.ubc.ca (will help with Assignment 2 and 4 and final projects)
   
Lab Time
 

There are no official lab times, however, room 115 and room 239 are computer lab rooms that you can use for your technical assignments. You will be required to use ArcGIS or Adobe Illustrator, or both for your technical assignments and final project.
Alternatively, you can use the computers in Koerner Library for ArcGIS (no Adobe Illustrator software) or you can purchase from forestry a $25 student version of ArcGIS.

   
Lab Fee
A $15 course fee will be collected at the first lab to cover some of the costs of running the computer lab (note this is 1/2 of the full course fee because there are less labs). You will also need to purchase some printing credits.
   
Readings
 
Every week there are readings to supplement the lectures and discussions. Most of these readings are available on-line and are found on the course schedule. There are a selection of books placed reserve in the Geography Information Centre. See the section on Resources for a GIC reserve reading list.
     
Grading


 

Assignments
Discussion: (participation and mini-assignments, leading discussion)
Term Project

40% (#1 and #3 worth 7% each; #2 and #4 worth %13 each)
15%

45%

 

Updated February 27, 2012