Due to low enrollment this course has been cancelled
September 9-11, 2009
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Huxley College's Spatial Analysis Lab
Arntzen Hall 16, WWU Campus
$595 per student

Overview
This 3-day non-credit course introduces students to the concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) using ESRI’s ArcGIS. A GIS is a powerful set of computer tools for analyzing spatial information, used for research and decision making in government, the private sector, and academia.

This course provides an overview of what a GIS can do as well as extensive experience working with spatial data and the tools provided by ArcGIS. Fundamentals of spatial data models and geoprocessing are presented through a series of exercises incorporating a range of application examples. Students gain experience with spatial queries and selections, creating, editing and presenting data, and the process of working through a systematic workflow for spatial analysis, culminating in a summary project.

This is a hands-on computer lab course. Participants do not need to have prior GIS experience but should be familiar with the Microsoft Windows and basic file management.

How is GIS used?

• Planning & Community Development
• Resource Management
• Environmental Monitoring
• Business
• Real Estate
• Census and Demographic Analysis
• Construction & Civil Engineering
• Education

Who Needs GIS skills?

• Local City and County Government
• State and Federal Government
• Tribal Organizations
• Community and Non-Profit Organizations
• Private Sector Consultants and
• Educators (K-12, Higher Ed, Community and Environmental Programs)