GIS update
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theyellowhobbitThe classes for spring 2007 are finally up.
The only GIS course being offered is City Planning 666 (sounds ominous, doesn't it?) Here's the description:
L/L 666. Modeling Geographical Objects. (B) Tomlin.
Introduction to the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in urban and regional planning. Reviews the conceptual foundations of GIS. Students achieve proficiency in Arc View.
Even though it's a 600-level class, it has no prerequisites. And apparently Dr. Tomlin knows a lot about archaeology, or is an archaeologist, or Ben had him for GIS (and got an A+. Meanwhile, he doesn't believe in A+s. I really think I should get an A+ on my thesis, considering that I work on my thesis more than I work on all my other classes combined. I eat, sleep and breathe thesis. And besides, I numerically had an A+ in Biblical Archaeology, but only got an A. One shiny A+ on my transcript is all I need. Or maybe 2, since it would be weird for my thesis grade to go down 2nd semester.) and he's like the world's leading GIS expert. Definitely one or more of the above. So I'll be taking it.
My other class next semester will be the Monge Class of Death (quite literally- ANTH 210, Death: an Anthropological Perspective).
So I'll have class from 3-4:30 on Tuesday and Thursday, and class on Wednesday from 12-3. So I'll have 3 days of class instead of 2, but I could sleep in really late every day, or get up early and work in the museum library until it's time for class. And I get Monge! What could be cooler than that?
As soon as registration opens, I'm registering. Hopefully I won't have any trouble signing up for the City Planning course.
The only GIS course being offered is City Planning 666 (sounds ominous, doesn't it?) Here's the description:
L/L 666. Modeling Geographical Objects. (B) Tomlin.
Introduction to the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in urban and regional planning. Reviews the conceptual foundations of GIS. Students achieve proficiency in Arc View.
Even though it's a 600-level class, it has no prerequisites. And apparently Dr. Tomlin knows a lot about archaeology, or is an archaeologist, or Ben had him for GIS (and got an A+. Meanwhile, he doesn't believe in A+s. I really think I should get an A+ on my thesis, considering that I work on my thesis more than I work on all my other classes combined. I eat, sleep and breathe thesis. And besides, I numerically had an A+ in Biblical Archaeology, but only got an A. One shiny A+ on my transcript is all I need. Or maybe 2, since it would be weird for my thesis grade to go down 2nd semester.) and he's like the world's leading GIS expert. Definitely one or more of the above. So I'll be taking it.
My other class next semester will be the Monge Class of Death (quite literally- ANTH 210, Death: an Anthropological Perspective).
So I'll have class from 3-4:30 on Tuesday and Thursday, and class on Wednesday from 12-3. So I'll have 3 days of class instead of 2, but I could sleep in really late every day, or get up early and work in the museum library until it's time for class. And I get Monge! What could be cooler than that?
As soon as registration opens, I'm registering. Hopefully I won't have any trouble signing up for the City Planning course.
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666
Date: 2006-10-17 07:15 pm (UTC)Re: 666
Date: 2006-10-17 07:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-17 07:36 pm (UTC)And despite the standard numbering system, I still say that Devil's Pact should be numbered 666 in all its crossover departments.
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Date: 2006-10-17 07:41 pm (UTC)Geographic Information Systems. Mapping software, though it's also used for city planning and site layouts and stuff. In middle school we used a basic GIS program to make political maps with different statistics and stuff.