Geographic Information Systems

This course aims to give an overview of the different GIS applications and provide the conceptual, and theoretical knowledge, as well as the technical skills, allowing to properly work with geospatial data (both in vector and raster format) in a GIS environment. The course is structured in order to provide the key GIS background to Students with no prior experience, with GIS in general and/or the ArcGIS PRO software, and consolidate the knowledge of those with basic experience.

Students are expected to gain the theoretical and conceptual competencies, as well as the technical skills for (i) working with georeferenced vector and raster datasets in a GIS environment, (ii) creating, editing, and querying geospatial datasets, (iii) using geospatial data to represent real world objects, and model real world geospatial processes and phenomena, (iv) analyzing geospatial data to produce new knowledge and extract actionable information, and (v) communicating their findings clearly and effectively to different audiences.