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GEO4080 - Applied geographical information management

Facts about this course: Credits: 5 Level: Advanced course at master's level Teaching semester: GEO4080 will not be taught 2012, it is uncertain when or if the course will be taught again. Examination semester: Language of instruction: English Administrated by: Department of Geosciences

Detailed course information - Current and previous semesters: Autumn 2010 Autumn 2009

Course content

The course is a practical introduction into geographical information handling. You will use modern computer technology to sample, manage, analyse and publish geographical data.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and skills:
The students will learn

• Reading geographical data
• Producing of simple maps
• Simple vector and raster analysis
• Basic principles of remote sensing and presentations of images

Attitudes:

• The course aims at fostering and developing scientific curiosity around the course theme and a critical reflection of representativeness, accuracy, reliability and importance of the data and results

Admission

Students at UiO must apply for courses in StudentWeb.

International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

The examination in this course is not available for external candidates. Only students admitted to the course may sit for the examination.

Prerequisites

No obligatory prerequisites beyond the minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway.

Overlap

5 credits against GEG1240 - Maps and geodata. 2 credits against GEG2240 - Introduction to remote sensing.

Teaching

Will be given as a two weeks intensive course with lectures and computer lab. Daily obligatory lab assignments, which all have to be passed.

Exam information

You pass the course when all 10 lab reports are approved.

General information about examinations at the faculty can be found at www.matnat.uio.no/english/studies/index.html

Assessment and grading

Students are awarded either a passing or a failing grade. Read more about the grading system .

Tilsynssensor: Bjørn Wangensteen

An external auditor regularly evaluates the academic quality of the course, including the form of exam used on the course.

Explanations and appeals

Information about appealing: www.matnat.uio.no/english/academics/edu_info/exam/appeal.html

Students can request an explanation of their grades, and can also appeal against their grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals

Possibility of make-up exams and re-takes

This course does not offer new examination in the beginning of the subsequent term for candidates who withdraw during an ordinary examination or fail an ordinary examination. For general information about new examinations, see http://www.mn.uio.no/studier/admin/eksamen/utsatt-og-ny-eksamen/index.html and www.matnat.uio.no/english/studies/examination/repeat.html

You can usually resit an exam, but the conditions depend on whether you had a valid reason for absence from the regular exam. Read more about resitting an exam .

Withdrawing from exams and limits on re-takes

A student can sit for this exam up to 3 times. If a student wishes to withdraw from the exam, s/he must do this in StudentWeb at least two weeks prior to the first day of the exam. Failure to do so will be counted as one of the three opportunities to sit for the exam.

Exam options for students with special needs

Information for students with disabilities or health problems or who are pregnant: www.matnat.uio.no/english/academics/edu_info/exam/facilities.html

Students may apply for access to alternative exam resources or exam forms on the basis of chronic illness and/or special needs that create a marked disadvantage to other students in the exam situation. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.

Evaluation of this course

Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. As a student at the University of Oslo you will therefore be asked to participate in various types of evaluation of our courses, facilities and services. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, in-depth evaluation of this course, a so called "periodic evaluation".

Periodic evaluation autumn 2009 and autumn 2010

Auditor for this course is Professor Cecilie Rolstad, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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