ENVS 255 - Spatial Analyses in Environmental Science

This course provides an introduction to spatial analysis and its applications in wildlife spatial ecoloo, landscape ecology and briefly planning how spatial analysis can be used to plan cities. Topics covered include methods used to track animals, and the impact spatial analysis has on the study of land use and landscape change over time, environmental impact analysis, disaster and natural resource management, and to help us plan for a future of increased urbanization. The laboratory section of this course with go over the basics of using QGIS, a user friendly, open source geographic information systems software to generate maps and conduct introductory analyses of spatial data. Students should take the lecture and lab together.

Pre-req: ENVS 100 or BIOL 101
4 credits