GIS Capstone Project

GIS Capstone Project

Knowing how to design and execute a research project using GIS is critical to your success as a GIS analyst, as is your ability to present your research findings effectively and for a variety of audiences.

In this hands-on GIS capstone course, you will complete an individual guided research project and report, applying the knowledge and skills you learned in the four prerequisite GIS courses. You will begin the course by proposing a project, then you will complete the project according to your proposed research design, and finally you will present your resulting analysis. Throughout the course, you will also learn basic project management techniques.

Topics include:

• Creating a project outline, including objectives and process flow diagram
• Using ArcGIS Pro to interpret and draw conclusions from spatial data
• Presenting project results with visualizations of key conclusions

Practical experience:

• Comprehensive GIS project, including proposal, outline, and presentation

Course typically offered: Online in Fall and Spring

Enrollment will be closed three weekdays before course start date. 

Software: Students will use ArcGIS Pro by ESRI in this course. The license for this software is included with purchase of the program textbooks. NOTE - a computer with  Microsoft Windows 10+ operating system is required.

Please visit this page for information on installing Esri software in a virtual environment.

Prerequisites: Completion of GIS I, GIS II, GIS III, and GIS IV required.

Next Steps: Upon completion of this course, consider taking additional courses in data science to continue learning.

Contact: For more information about this course, please contact unex-techdata@ucsd.edu.

Course Number: ECE-40272
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Geographic Information Systems

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10/3/2023 - 12/2/2023

$775

Online

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• SECTION ID:

  175705

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:

  Batchelor, Jason, Sr. GIS Analyst, San Diego County

  Jason Batchelor holds a master's in geography with a focus on distributed hydrologic models from San Diego State University, a bachelor's in biology and a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) professional certification. He is currently the senior GIS analyst of San Diego County, for which he focuses on wildfire planning and oversees six GIS analysts and over 100 planners. Mr. Batchelor also presently chairs the SanGIS Technical Advisory Board.

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 10/9/2023.
  

• NOTE:

• DATE & LOCATION:

  10/3/2023 - 12/2/2023
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.