Graduate Certificate

2018 Summer Course Info
Community Development II: Organizing for Community ChangeElective in CD: International DevelopmentGrantwritingElective in CD: Introduction to GIS
2018 Fall Course Info
Community Development I: Principles and Strategies of Community ChangeOrientation in Community DevelopmentCommunity and Regional Economic Policy and AnalysisCommunity Leadership and Capacity BuildingSustainable CommunitiesEconomic Development and Strategies and ProgramsIntroduction to Native Community Development
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Summer 2018 Course Information
Elective in CD: Introduction to GIS
Course Description
This course introduces students to geographic information systems (GIS). The course includes discussions of GIS hardware, software, data structures, data acquisition, data conversion, data presentation, analytical techniques, and implementation procedures. Laboratory emphasis is on practical applications and uses of GIS.
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Instructor

Christopher Seeger
cjseeger@iastate.edu

Campus Coordinator

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Disability Support Services

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Textbooks

TBD

Course Access
 
Students will receive course information and a welcome letter about 3 weeks prior to the start of class.  Then approximately one week before the first day of class at Iowa State University, the ISU campus coordinators (Michelle Zander or Karen Smidt) will email course access instructions to students for courses taught by Iowa State. 
Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

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