Class Schedule

• Description: Study of geospatial technology, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), cartography, remote sensing, and spatial analysis. Application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) science to spatial data management. Assessment of vector and raster systems, scale, resolution, map projection, coordinate systems and georeferencing. Identification and acquisition of spatial data.
• Prerequisite:
• Corequisite:
• Advisory: Advisory: This is an introductory level course in the applications of GIST, and assumes no prior knowledge of the discipline; concurrent or prior enrollment in GEOG 11 or GIST 11 recommended; not open to students with credit in GEOG 12.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 3 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. 72 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:
• Transferability: Both
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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