Materials associated with each lecture topic are hyperlinked in the schedule below. These include lecture slides as well as readings and resources, required and optional. Expect minor changes to the schedule as we navigate through the term; any larger changes, e.g., those involving assignment due dates and materials will be announced on Canvas and may be made in consultation with the class.
| Week | Tuesday | thursday | Notes | Weekly Labs |
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| 1: Sep 8 (no class), 10 |
Imagine Day (no class) | Introduction to the course You can pay your $20 lab fee online; it must be paid before Oct. 2nd to continue to access Geography in-person and remote ArcGIS. If the fee is a barrier, speak to the instructor before the end of add/drop. If you are taking another Geography Dept computer-based class you only have to pay one lab fee. |
Lab introduction (PDF); Remote desktop guide (PDF) If you want to take on the task of installing and supporting ArcGIS Pro on your own Windows system, you can also pay here (this is separate from our lab fee) and then Canvas Message Jose Aparicio with the receipt to download ArcGIS Pro. |
No in-person labs this week. Review “Lab 0” Introduction to ArcGIS Pro and Python Notebooks |
| 2: Sep 15, 17 |
What is the context? GI: Society, Science, and Systems | What is it? The Nature of Geographic Data |
Just for interest:
Local GIS Organizations that help you learn and network: |
Lab 1: Exploring Linguistic Diversity in Edmonton and Vancouver (due Fri 25 Sep) |
| 3: Sep 22, 24 |
What is it? The Nature of Geographic Data (continued.) | Representing Geography | A web site that provides interactive tools to play with cartographic concepts: Cartography Playground | Lab 1 Continued. Lab 1 due Friday. |
| 4: Sep 29, Oct 1 |
Representing Geography (continued.) | Spatial modeling with GIS | Lab 2: An Overview of Digital Terrain Modelling and Multi-Criteria Analysis Using the Suitability Modeler (due Fri 9 Oct) | |
| 5: Oct 6, 8 |
Spatial modeling with GIS (continued.) | Spatial modeling with GIS (continued.) | Lab 2 Continued. Lab 2 due Friday. |
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| 6: Oct 13, 15 |
Spatial Analysis I | Midterm 1 (content through 8 Oct) | Lab 3: Crime in the City (due Fri 23 Oct) | |
| 7: Oct 20, 22 |
Spatial Analysis I (continued.) | Spatial Analysis I (continued.) | Lab 3 Continued. Lab 3 due Friday. |
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| 8: Oct 27, 29 |
How to find out more? Spatial Analysis II | How to find out more? Spatial Analysis II (continued.) | Lab 4: The Identification of a Least-cost Pathway (due Fri 6 Nov) | |
| 9: Nov 3, 5 |
Project Proposal Presentations | Project Proposal Presentations | Lab 4 Continued and Final Project Proposal work Lab 4 due Friday. FYI: ArcGIS Pro Etiquette |
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| 10: Nov 10 (no class), 12 |
Midterm break (no class) | Where is it? Georeferencing | No in-person labs as they are during the break. Work on final projects. | |
| 11: Nov 17, 19 |
What does it tell us? Uncertainty | Midterm 2 (content is cumulative, but focuses more on 13 Oct to 12 Nov) | Lab time for final project work | |
| 12: Nov 24, 26 |
How to show it? Cartography and Geovisualization | GIS and Generative AI | Lab time for final project work FYI: ArcGIS Pro Etiquette |
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| 13: Dec 1, 3 |
Project Presentations | Project Presentations | Lab time for final project work | |
| After classes end | The final project write-ups are due after classes end. The date is to be determined after the exam schedule is released. |