Master's Degree - Community Development

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2024 Fall Course Info
Foundations of Community DevelopmentCommunity and Regional Economic Policy and AnalysisPrinciples and Strategies of Community ChangeSustainable CommunitiesEconomic Development and Strategies and ProgramsIntroduction to Native Community Development
2024 Summer Course Info
Organizing for Community ChangeGrantwritingElective in CD: GIS for Community DevelopmentNonprofit ManagementTopics: Community Development & Advocacy In Urban Metropolitan Cities
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Course Information
Elective in CD: GIS for Community Development
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.
Contacts
Instructor

Shakil Kashem
Office: 785-532-5961
shakilkashem@ksu.edu

Campus Coordinator

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Textbooks

GIS Fundamentals: A First Text on Geographic Information Systems (OPTIONAL)
Paul Bolstad
Edition: Sixth
ISBN: 978-1593995522
Publisher: XanEdu Publishing Inc

Course Access
 
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Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Comments

The GIS Fundamentals: A First Text on Geographic Information Systems textbook is optional but recommended.

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