Geographic Information Systems   

Microsoft Access is a computerized database that allows you to manipulate, link, chart, query and report your data to customize the information you need.  You will learn to use Microsoft Access to create databases, view, format, manage and modify data tables and fields.  You will learn to create forms, queries, reports and explore data relationships using its pull-down menus, toolbars and dialog boxes.  Microsoft certified courseware publication is used to present the software features in a well-illustrated graphic format to prepare students to complete the appropriate Microsoft Certification exam #77-730 for students who wish to write the MOS (Microsoft Office Certification).  Students can identify Access Skills to potential employers by successfully completing the course capstone project to earn a skills badge. Prerequisite: Familiarity with Windows and file management concepts No Textbook Required. 

Software required: MS Access v. 2019/365

At the end of this course, the student should be able to create data in ArcView, to query and manipulate data; geocode addresses perform spatial analyses, produce map outputs and charts. Prerequisite: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. Textbook required. Software Required: Included with the textbook is a fully functioning 180-day trial version of ArcGIS software that can be downloaded from the internet, along with the data for working through the book's exercises. Once installed and registered, the single-use software cannot be re-installed. This software requires a Windows OS. Hardware requirements: a minimum 2.2 GHz processing speed, 2 GB RAM, 2.4 GB free hard disk space, including 50 MB on the operating system drive, an additional 285 MB hard disk space is required for the exercise data.

Gain an understanding of GIS fundamental concepts and terminology including the role of GIS in business, government, surveying and natural resources. Learn how to create and manipulate data using GIS. Examine the collection, management, analysis and presentation of spatial data, concepts of database systems, data modeling and digital mapping. Textbook Required

Software Required: Quantum GIS (QGIS) - free software (Works on Windows, Macs and Linux) but all instructions and tutorials will be based on a Windows environment.