EPID777: Geographic Information Systems for Epidemiology
Graduate level
Residential
Summer term(s) for residential students;
1 credit hour(s) for residential students;
Instructor(s):
Offered Every Summer
Prerequisites: None
Description: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are used for analyzing and displaying
spatial data. Data from a variety of sources may be compared with overlay
analysis and spatial statistics. Modern tools permit novice GIS users to
perform advanced spatial analysis without extensive training. This course
will introduce students to ArcView, the world's leading GIS analysis
package. Examples of epidemiological applications will give students the
opportunity to see and use this powerful tool. Some of the topics to be
covered are data import/export, layering, table management, classification,
labeling, spatial and attribute queries, buffering, and address geocoding.
No prerequisite.
