GIS Education at Montana Universities Anna Klene Christiane von Reichert Kevin McManigal Diep Dao & Mike Sweet
Montana University System Hamilton MSU = 16 Institutions, over 47,000 students Does not include private colleges = 7 Tribal Colleges
Participating Institutions Four-year Colleges & Universities Courses* Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Butte 2 University of Montana - Western, Dillon 2 University of Montana - Missoula 12 Montana State University - Bozeman 6 Montana State University - Billings 2 Montana State University - Northern 0 *Undergraduate Courses in GIS, Remote Sensing, & Surveying (not CAD)
Participating Institutions Two-year Colleges Courses* Gallatin College, Bozeman (MSU) 0 Great Falls College (MSU CoT Great Falls) 0 Helena College (UM CoT Helena) 2 City College of MSU Billings 1 Bitterroot College, Hamilton 0 Highlands College of MT Tech, Butte 2 Missoula College (UM CoT Missoula) 1 Dawson Community College, Glendive 3 Flathead Valley Community College, Kalispell 13 Miles Community College, Miles City 1
Common-Course Numbering Course Availability by Campus Four Year Colleges Two Year Colleges Community Colleges Course TECH UMW UM MSU MSUB MSUN GFC HC CC HCMT MC DCC FVCC MCC ENSC 135 Topo Maps and Aerial Photo ENSC 394 Seminar: GIS ** Not necessarily in GIS DDSN 149 Map Surface Modelng Volmtrcs DDSN 244 GIS Mapping FORS 250 Intro to GIS for Forest Mgt S FORS 251 Photogram/Rem Sens FORS 350 Forestry Apps of GIS FORS 351 Env Remote Sensing GEOE 406 Geomorphology-Photogeology GPHY 262 Spatial Sciences Tech and Appl GPHY 282 Mapping Techniques GPHY 284 Intro to GIS Science Cartog GPHY 358 GPS Mapping Service Learning GPHY 380 Principles of GIS GPHY 384 Adv GIS and Spatial Analysis GPHY 468 Community Regional Analysis GPHY 469 Planning Analysis Laboratory GPHY 481 Adv Cartographic Design S GPHY 482 Spatial Analysis GIS GPHY 484 Applied GIS Spatial Analysis GPHY 485 Internet GIS GPHY 486 Transport, Planning GIS GPHY 487 Remote Sensing/Raster GIS GPHY 488 Thematic Cartography GIS GPHY 489 Cartography/GIS Laboratory SRVY 130 Basic GPS I SRVY 131 Basic GPS II SRVY 135 Intro Field Srvy GPS SRVY 152 Surveying Graphics SRVY 233 Intro to GIS Natrl Res Assess SRVY 245 GPS Mapping SRVY 246 Intro to GPS for Surveyors SRVY 247 Survey-grade GPS Cntrl Anlys SRVY 255 Surveying Calculations (= 355) SRVY 262 Pub Land Srvy Syst (= 362) SRVY 265 Surveying Laws Land Division SRVY 275 Analyt Phot/ Rem Sens (= 375) SRVY 280 Land Surveying Computers SRVY 283 GIS for Survey Analysis SRVY 375 Analyt Phot/ Rem Sens (= 275) SRVY 440 GPS Surveying 2 1 12 6 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 3 13 1 ** Does not include the CAD courses, some of which do overlap with GIS technologies - such as the ones in the CAD certificate at Missoula College
Additional Institutions Tribal Colleges Courses* Aaniiih Nakoda College, Harlem (Fort Belknap) 1 Blackfeet Community College, Browning 3 Chief Dull Knife College, Lame Deer 0 Fort Peck Community College, Poplar 0 Little Big Horn College, Crow Agency 1 Salish Kootenai College, Pablo 1+ Stone Child College, Box Elder 5 Some are going to participate in CCN but that appears incomplete. *# based upon Web searches 5/2014 of course descriptions
Missoula College CAD Certificate 1 year Certificate in Computer Aided Design Began Fall 2009. On completion of the program, students will: Develop and produce engineering documents using computeraided technologies and hand-drawn graphics. Demonstrate proficiency in surveying equipment, GPS/GIS technologies, and computing systems to collect and analyze spatial field data. Effectively utilize information technology as a research and productivity tool. Demonstrate the workplace skills of effective communication, problem solving, collaboration, critical thinking, and leadership. Solve technical problems involving mathematics at the level of college algebra
GIS @ University of Montana Courses taught by Geography, Forestry, (occasionally Anthropology & Geosciences). Intro GIS course is required for majors in Geography & the College of Forestry. Have Cart/GIS option in Geography MS program. Undergraduate Certificate, 2007
GIS @ University of Montana
Certificate in Geospatial Information Sciences & Technologies Began 2007 after Board of Regents Approval. Joint between Department of Geography & College of Forestry and Conservation. Formed in response to requests from industry for some form of credential. Successful
Certificate in Geospatial Information Sciences & Technologies Have had 124 students from 14 different majors ranging from Anthropology to Wildlife Biology. Have had at least 18 students get the Certificate as a post-baccalaureate, not while or just after completing a degree at UM.
GIS&T Curriculum 20 Total Credits ~6 Courses: 3 Core Required Courses Electives to allow Specialization Planning, Remote Sensing, Etc. Internships & Independent Studies are Encouraged up to 6 credits
GIS&T Curriculum 9-11 Required Credits in 3 Core Areas: Introduction: FORS 250 Introduction to GIS for Forest Management or GPHY 284 Introduction to GIS & Cartography GIS Applications: GPHY 488/9 Thematic Cartography and GIS Remote Sensing: FOR 351 Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing or GPHY 487/9 Remote Sensing/Raster GIS & lab
GIS&T Curriculum 9-11 Elective Credits (20 Total): Remote Sensing: GPHY 587/9 Digital Image Analysis and Modeling & lab FOR 551 Digital Image Processing GIS Applications: ANTY 452 GIS in Archaeology FORS 503 Predictive Distribution Modeling WBIO 562 Wildlife Habitat Modeling GPHY 385 Field Techniques GPHY 482 Spatial Analysis & GIS GPHY 491 Advanced Cartographic Design (Service Learning) GPHY 564 Planning Design
GIS&T Curriculum 9-11 Elective Credits (20 Total) Vector GIS & Networks: GPHY 486/9 Transport, Planning, and GIS & lab GPHY 588/9 Vector GIS & lab GPHY 580 Seminar in GIS and Cartography Data Management and Collection: CSCI 250 Computer Modeling for Science Majors (Python) GPHY 468/9 Community and Regional Analysis & lab FOR 505 Sampling Methods Occasionally: BIO 491 Spatial Epidemiology GEOS 491 GIS in Geology
Kevin McManigal Joint hire between 2 colleges to strengthen Certificate Program Cartography, GIS, Remote Sensing, Mountain Geography, Glaciology Intro to GIS Course 100 students/semester GIS Applications 2 nd course in Certificate Advanced Cartography Recent Hires
Dr. T.H. Diep Dao GIScience, Spatial Analysis & Modeling, Spatial Data Mining, GeoComputation, GPSbased Positioning & Navigation Programming for GIS GeoDa, Python, R, etc. Graduate-level Spatial Statistics for GIS Graduate-level Seminar in GIS Recent Hires
Health GIS Business GIS Crime GIS Web GIS Population GIS Sampling Methods Computer Modeling GIS in Arch. Image Processing GIS in GeoSci Spatial Epidemiology Spatial Analysis Planning Design Predictive Modeling Wildlife Modeling Seminar in GIS Field Techniques Regional Analysis Transport Planning Advanced Cartography Current Offerings: Image Analysis Thematic Cart Vector GIS Bold = Every yr Forestry GIS Italics = Elective Light = Potential Remote Sensing Raster GIS Intro GIS
What we would like to add: Web GIS Keep Adding to Open Source Software Taught More Departmental Application Offerings (after Intro pre-requisite) Business GIS Crime GIS Etc Short-Courses & Workshops Topical or Project based, Professional Dev???
UM's GIS Vision Continue keeping courses current! Complete consolidation of Intro course & Applications course Big Data: Certificate being developed Further outreach to campus departments New outreach through Cobell Institute to tribal colleges and groups
Big Data Science Initiative Study Big Data at UM Big Data academic programming focuses on providing students with knowledge and skills in mathematics, computer science, and management information systems to become effective programmers, developers, and analysts in Big Data. Focused courses in other disciplines (e.g. chemistry, ecology, economics, biology, geosciences, journalism, sociology, physics, forestry) allow students to apply existing dataanalysis tools to problems in their area of interest. The University partners with local businesses to offer students internship opportunities, timely and topical seminars, and exposure to real-world computer security and data analytics problems. http://www.umt.edu/provost/bigdata/
Big Data Science Initiative UM currently offers these Big Data courses: Intro to Data Analytics: (BMIS) 391 Big Data Project: (BMIS) 482/ (M) 491 Marketing Analytics: (BMKT) 491 Intro to Real-time Analytics: (BMIS)465/(M) 491 Theoretical Big Data Analytics & Near Real-Time Computation Algorithms: (M) 491 Practical Big Data Analytics: (M) 491 Data Science Theory And Practice: (BMIS) 491 http://www.umt.edu/provost/bigdata/
Elouise Cobell Land & Culture Institute New Language GIS & laboratories being built in the Payne Family Native American Center. Distance-learning facilities.
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