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Postgraduate Diploma in Geographical Information Systems

Course code: 3052 + Course abbreviation: PGradDipGIS + Total credit points required: 48 + 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

This course seeks to provide education and training in recently adopted methods of digital spatial data handling, with special reference to thematic mapping relevant to the environmental and social sciences, planning, and facilities management. Students will learn how to test and derive information from a range of data products, including satellite images and data sets from public and commercial spatial data vendors. In addition, students are introduced to the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) run by NAVSTAR, undertake an analysis of the digital data behind satellite images and study spatial analysis using the vector and the raster data models. Application of knowledge gained is then tested and explored in stage 2 of the course, which involves training in GIS project formulation and execution.

Entry requirements

Candidates for admission to this course should normally hold a first degree with a major sequence in a social or an environmental (including forestry cartography, planning, landscape architecture and building) or social science, or a Graduate Certificate in GIS with a credit average.

Course structure

Students complete 48 points, including two core units and two electives from stage 1 and two core units from stage 2:

Stage 1

Core units
  • GYM4920 GIS for environmental science (6 points)
  • GYM4610 GIS for social science applications (6 points)
Electives
  • GYM4600 Global positioning systems (GPS): applications in GIS (6 points)
  • GYM4620 Processing and deployment of image data in GIS (6 points)
  • GYM4630 Network modelling in transportation with GIS (6 points) (not offered in 2006)
  • GYM4640 Spatial modelling and decision making with GIS (6 points) (not offered in 2006)

Stage 2

Core units
  • GYM4650 GIS applications: project formulation and database assembly (12 points)
  • GYM4660 GIS applications: data integration and analysis project (12 points)

Contact details

Course coordinator

Associate Professor Jim Peterson, Dr Xuan Zhu

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