Geob 479: Class Schedule 2013

Tentative class schedule (2013)

Week of ...	Monday's Lecture Topics	Wednesday's Lab
Jan 2	No classes on Monday (or Tuesday)	Brief meeting
Jan 7	Introduction to course	Lab 1: Introduction to FragStats Assignment 1: Landscape Ecology and GIS
Jan 14	Why is 'geography' important?	Lab 2: Exploring Fragstats Some quidelines to follow when writing a report / lab. ArcMap Etiquette.
Jan 21	Understanding landscape metrics: patterns and processes	Lab 2 continued. Some example labs. Example 1; Example 2. Map.
Jan 28	Statistics: A review	Lab 3: Introduction to Geographically Weighted Regression. (An overview of GWR) GWR variable considerations. (A simple discussion, by ESRI, on regression.)
Feb 4	Class presentations on Landscape Ecology and GIS	Lab 3 cont'd. Assignment 2: Health Geography and GIS
Feb 11	Holiday	Lab 4: Introduction to CrimeStat Project discussion. Assignment 3: Crime analysis and GIS
Feb 18	Midterm Break: No classes for the week
Feb 25	What is health geography?	Lab 4 cont'd.
Mar 4	GIS in health geography	Project time.
Mar 11	Class presentations on Health Geography and GIS	Project time.
Mar 18	Is crime related to geography?	Project time. The lab will be open March 23rd.
Mar 25	Class presentations on Crime analysis and GIS	Project time. GIS news and local events. Looking for a job? Conservation biology and GIS
Apr 1	Easter Monday	The computer lab will be open Friday, March 29th and Monday, April 1st, and Saturday, April 6th.
Apr 19	Project Presentations (Rm 239): starting at 12:30