Short Courses in Geomatics at the University of Glasgow

Issued: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:15:00 BST

Credit-bearing:

1. Fundamentals of Geomatics 1; 10 credits (April 8- April 12, 2013 OR October 28-November 1, 2013, plus exam in Summer 2013, December 2013, or Summer 2014 to obtain full credit) code: GEOG5009

2. Fundamentals of Geomatics 2; 10 credits (April 15- April 19, 2013 OR November 4 – November 8, 2013, plus exam in Summer 2013, December 2013 or Summer 2014 to obtain full credit) code: GEOG5010

3. GIS Principles; 10 credits (March 25 - 29, 2013 OR December 9 – 13, 2013, plus exam in Summer 2013, December 2013 or Summer 2014 to obtain full credit) code: GEOG5019

These three modules are within our RICS and CInstCES accredited Geospatial and Mapping Sciences postgraduate programme, and are at these times offered in an intensive mode, and may, with other modules, lead to a PGCert, PGDip or MSc qualification, or a ‘stand-alone’ transcript.

Non Credit-bearing:

1. Introduction to GIS (June 7, 2013) for staff and research students of the University of Glasgow, only.

MODULES’ DETAILS

1.  Fundamentals of Geomatics 1 (Tuition fees - including text-books: £375 for EU residents; £1188 for non-EU residents)

This is similar to the first half of a 20 credit module in our postgraduate programme. There is no prerequisite.

Topics covered include: basic principles of geodesy; size and shape of the Earth; datums; Earth based coordinate systems; coordinate transformations; map projections; selection of map projections.

Assessments (completion is required to obtain credit; some submission dates are after the end of the taught component)

• Applications of Plane Trigonometry (15%)
• Applications of Spherical Trigonometry (20%)
• Test (5%)
• Exam – to be taken after the Fundamentals 2 module (60%)

2. Fundamentals of Geomatics 2 (Tuition fees - including text-books: £375 for EU residents; £1188 for non-EU residents)

This is similar to the second half of a 20 credit module in our postgraduate programme. Fundamentals of Geomatics 1 (or equivalent) is a prerequisite.

Topics covered include: precision and accuracy of geospatial measurements; correlation; least squares adjustment applied to surveying and mapping; introduction to programming for mapping applications.

Assessments (completion is required to obtain credit; some submission dates are after the end of the taught component):

• Application of Matrix Algebra in Least Squares Adjustment and writing Projection Change software (40%)
• Exam (60%)

Note: The exams for Fundamentals of Geomatics 1 and 2 are combined into one 90 minute exam.

3. GIS Principles (Tuition fees - including text-books: £375 for EU residents; £1188 for non-EU residents)

This is identical to the 10 credit module in our postgraduate programme, except it is offered intensively, over 5 days. There is no prerequisite. Topics covered include: understanding the aims of GIS; 2&3D vector structures; 2&3D raster structures; analytical tools; applications; Geospatial database design; data sources; research directions.

Assessments (completion is required to obtain credit; some submission dates are after the end of the five-day taught component):

• Essay (20%)
• Recreation and GIS project (15%)
• Geospatial database design (5%)
• Exam (60%)

4. Introduction to GIS (£75 – including notes, handouts and exercise data)

This is non-credit bearing and only available to staff and research students of the University of Glasgow. The programme introduces colleagues to ESRI’s ArcGIS suite, for the purposes of their own research, through introductory exercises, tutorials and a small project.

JOINING US

PLEASE CONTACT THE SHORT COURSES COORDINATOR AT LEAST FOUR WORKING WEEKS BEFORE THE COURSE COMMENCES AND CONFIRM ATTENDANCE AT LEAST FIVE WORKING DAYS BEFORE THE COURSE COMMENCES

Participants for credit bearing courses will be registered as students of The University of Glasgow, unless they are already so registered.

For further details contact the Short Courses Coordinator: Dr Jane Drummond, MRICS MCInstCES at jane.drummond@glasgow.ac.uk ; Telephone: 44 (0)141 330 4208