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2006-2007 / Course descriptions / GI301305 GIS and society  

GI301305 GIS and society

Course Code
GI301305

Course Name
GIS and society

Credits
5.00

Target Audience
Third year students - Bachelor in Information Systems

Prerequisites

General university college entrance requirements.

Objectives

After completion of the course students should:

  • understand the key GIS implementation issues
  • know the different roles between the different parties involved
  • understand the role of GIS in the knowledge economy
  • know national and international legal constraints, demands for competence and quality assurance
  • understand the importance of national and international infrastructure for spatial data and partnership on all levels.
Topics
  • GIS in business, government and research
  • GIS and the Knowledge Economy
  • GIS as a business asset
  • Competence and education
  • Management
  • Legal issues and availability to information
  • Partnership, lokal to global
Instruction

Lecture, individual excercises and group project.

Mandatory Assignments

Delivered and passed project a premise to attend examen.
Regulation for minimum requirement for the content and deadline for the project will be given at the start of the course.
Project cannot be improved after deadline.

Evaluation

Project work in group, and individual oral exam. The grade is given from an overall evaluation of the project before examen. Both project and mandatory literature will be subject at the oral examinaton.

Student that fail in their project work have to deliever a new project.

Hjelpemidler til eksamen
None

Grades
Grades from A - F where A is the best and E is the lowest pass mark.

Revised date
2006.06.30

Revised by
Liv Møller-Christensen